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E. The allowance of affordable accessory residential <br />units in residential zoning districts. <br />Through its land development regulations, Indian River County permits the construction <br />of small dwelling units (second unit) as accessory to single family houses on a <br />residentially zoned property. This regulation is intended to make inexpensive dwelling <br />units associated with a primary residence available to low income households. Following <br />is the applicable LDR section for accessory dwelling units. <br />Section 971.41(10) of the LDRs Accessory Dwelling Unit : <br />a) The construction of an accessory dwelling unit on a residentially zoned lot shall be allowed subject to <br />the provisions of section 971.41(10). The standards and requirements of this section are intended to <br />make available inexpensive dwelling units to meet the needs of older households, single member <br />households, and single parent households. This is in recognition of the fact that housing costs continue <br />to increase, that households continue to decline in size, and that the number of elderly Americans is on <br />the rise. <br />(b) Districts requiring administrative permit approval, (pursuant to the provisions of 971.04): <br />A-3 <br />A-2 <br />A-1 <br />RFD <br />RS -1 <br />RS -2 <br />RS -3 <br />RS -6 <br />RT -6 <br />RM -3 <br />RM -4 <br />RM -6 <br />RM -8 <br />RM -10 <br />Con -2 <br />Con -3 <br />Rose -4 <br />RMH-6 <br />RMH-8 <br />I Requirements of section 971.41(10) shall not supersede property owner deed restrictions. <br />(d) Additional information required: <br />1. A site plan conforming to Chapter 914 requirements. <br />e) Criteria for accessory dwelling units: <br />1. Accessory dwelling units shall be located only on lots which satisfy the minimum lot size requirement <br />of the applicable zoning district. <br />2. The accessory dwelling unit shall be clearly incidental to the principal dwelling and shall only be <br />developed in conjunction with or after development of the principal dwelling unit. <br />3. Not more than one (1) accessory dwelling unit shall be established in conjunction with a principal <br />dwelling unit <br />4. No accessory dwelling unit shall be established in conjunction with a multifamily dwelling unit. <br />5. The heated/cooled gross floor area of the accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed thirty-three (33) <br />percent of the heated/cooled gross floor area of the principal structure or seven hundredfifty (750) gross <br />square feet, whichever is less. The accessory dwelling unit shall be no smaller than three hundred (300) <br />gross square feet of heated/cooled area. <br />6. No accessory dwelling unit shall have a doorway entrance visible from the same street as the <br />principal dwelling unit. <br />Z Detached accessory dwelling units shall be located no farther than seventy-five (75) feet in distance <br />from the principal dwelling unit from the closest point of the principal dwelling unit to the closest point <br />of the accessory dwelling unit. <br />8. Excluding converted garage accessory dwelling units, the accessory dwelling unit shall be designed <br />so that the exterior facade material is similar in appearance to the facade of the existing principal <br />structure. <br />F \Community Development\SHIP\AHAC\AHAC 2014WiAC 2014 report.doc <br />13 <br />58 <br />