B-1 21-0589 An Ordinance to Amend Section 5.15 (Table 5-15-2) and Section 5.16.6 of Chapter 55 (Unified Development Code) of Title V of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Accessory Dwelling Units) (ORD-21-14)
I support the proposed changes that would make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) (PH-1 & B-1). Adopting the AARP's recommendations to reducing the barriers to homeowners wishing to build an ADU such as removing owner-occupied deed restrictions, minimum lot size requirements, removing parking requirements and adding new permissible zoning districts will help homeowners hold on to their homes and also allow more density in our neighborhoods.
Ann Arbor has a housing shortage. The way to solve it is to allow more housing. It would be wonderful if this ordinance spurred massive new investment in rental housing, as some opponents have suggested it could. Unfortunately, the numbers don't make that look likely. But it is a step in the right direction, and will be useful for some folks. Please approve!
Valhalla Glen: how many apartments, how many parking areas, how much concrete, how many accessory buildings and how many bodies moving around on 9.8 acres replacing 7 single family homes? I would like to ask those families how they really felt about exiting and entering their neighborhood as Ann Arbor grew around them and South Main and Scio Church became more clogged.
Think about it, Council members, would you, if you were an apartment dweller, be comfortable in such an environment? Look at that plan carefully and speculate on your path in and out of your dwelling on foot, by bicycle, or in a car.
Congestion leads to stress. Why create a problem? Main/Scio Church/Ann Arbor Saline works when you learn it, but it is not intuitive. Do not add another convoluted corkscrew.
There are other issues concerning the Valhalla Glen proposal that others will speak to, this is one that will affect those of us who do not live close to the intersection but who use it constantly.
I support the proposed changes that would make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) (PH-1 & B-1). Adopting the AARP's recommendations to reducing the barriers to homeowners wishing to build an ADU such as removing owner-occupied deed restrictions, minimum lot size requirements, removing parking requirements and adding new permissible zoning districts will help homeowners hold on to their homes and also allow more density in our neighborhoods.
Make ADUs easier to build.
Period.
We should have already done this years ago.
Ann Arbor has a housing shortage. The way to solve it is to allow more housing. It would be wonderful if this ordinance spurred massive new investment in rental housing, as some opponents have suggested it could. Unfortunately, the numbers don't make that look likely. But it is a step in the right direction, and will be useful for some folks. Please approve!
I support the ADU changes.
Valhalla Glen: how many apartments, how many parking areas, how much concrete, how many accessory buildings and how many bodies moving around on 9.8 acres replacing 7 single family homes? I would like to ask those families how they really felt about exiting and entering their neighborhood as Ann Arbor grew around them and South Main and Scio Church became more clogged.
Think about it, Council members, would you, if you were an apartment dweller, be comfortable in such an environment? Look at that plan carefully and speculate on your path in and out of your dwelling on foot, by bicycle, or in a car.
Congestion leads to stress. Why create a problem? Main/Scio Church/Ann Arbor Saline works when you learn it, but it is not intuitive. Do not add another convoluted corkscrew.
There are other issues concerning the Valhalla Glen proposal that others will speak to, this is one that will affect those of us who do not live close to the intersection but who use it constantly.