accessory dwelling units

On ADUs, council plays Groundhog Day

Written January 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Eighteen people talked to the Albany City Council Wednesday about accessory dwelling units, most of them in favor of allowing larger ones. But it made no difference in the outcome: The mayor and two councilors want one thing, four councilors want something else, and nothing was resolved.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs

Council deadlocks on ADUs and boards

Written January 9th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

All was sweetness and light at the opening of the first regular meeting of the Albany City Council Wednesday. But it didn’t last as the mayor and councilors argued again about accessory dwelling units and also disagreed on who should appoint city advisory commissions and boards.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, Albany boards and commissions, Alex Johnson II, mayor's appointments

Albany ADUs can be mobile homes

Written January 6th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

The Albany City Council gets another chance this week to pass a code change to allow detached “accessory dwelling units” — essentially small second houses –on all single-family residential lots in line with a state mandate.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany and ADUs, Albany council, Albany Planning Commission, tiny houses as ADUs

Why the big worry about ADUs?

Written November 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Once again the Albany City Council wrestled Wednesday with allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which is hard to understand since the city already allows them in most areas and hardly anybody is putting them in.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany housing

Accessory unit: A family’s quest stymied

Written August 11th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

When you see the spot where Marcie Howard and her husband, Gary, would like to build a small house on the property of their son, it’s hard to see why the city of Albany and Mayor Sharon Konopa won’t let them.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, Albany development code

Accessory units: Mayor explains her veto

Written July 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa has vetoed a council-passed ordinance on accessory dwellings, hoping the members will agree on changes that she and all the councilors can support.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, mayor's veto, Sharon Konopa

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