San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is proposing reforms to the city’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Density Bonus Program in order to ensure that building projects “are consistent with the scale and character of San Diego’s neighborhoods,” the mayor’s office announced Tuesday.
ADU homes are secondary housing units built alongside a primary single-family residence and they are intended to address San Diego’s housing shortage by producing more residential options for people at all income levels.
The Density Bonus Program allows additional ADU homes to be built on a property when a portion of the homes will be provided to people with moderate or low incomes. In 2024, the program was recognized as a top housing innovation in the country.
These reforms address community concerns related to unintended effects of the ADU program, such as questions about neighborhood scale, infrastructure, and fire safety. In response to these concerns, staff are incorporating feedback from the San Diego City Council in the city’s proposed revisions.
City staff will present a comprehensive package of ADU reforms to the City Council this summer.
“Ensuring that the ADU Density Bonus Program continues to provide more housing options for people with moderate and lower incomes is critical,” said City Planning Director Heidi Vonblum in a statement. “However, this must be achieved in a manner that fits with our existing communities. We look forward to working with the public to achieve this.”
Proposed changes to the ADU Density Bonus Program currently include:
Address Infrastructure Needs: Ability to collect an opt-in fee from ADU Density Bonus Program home builders to fund community improvements, in accordance with state law. Development Scale: Amend the applicability of the ADU Density Bonus Program by applying base zone height and overall allowable building area of a property in a manner that ensures ADU Density Bonus homes are similar in scale with the surrounding neighborhood. Parking: Apply parking requirements to ADU Density Bonus Program development outside of the Transit Priority Area. State law prevents the City from requiring parking inside the Transit Priority Area. Compliance: Increase fines for violations of the deed restriction for affordable rents on units created through the ADU Density Bonus Program. Adequate Evacuation Routes: Eliminate the ADU Density Bonus Program’s applicability in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones unless adequate emergency and evacuation routes exist. Fire Code: Apply fire code requirements for multifamily buildings to ADU Density Bonus Program developments, including fire sprinkler requirements. Setbacks: Align all ADU home setbacks to be consistent with fire code regulations related to brush management.More information, including on where to provide feedback, can be found here.
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