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E. Affordable accessory residential units. <br />Through its land development regulations, Indian River County permits tilt construction <br />of small dwelling units (second unit) as accessory to single family houses on a residentially <br />zoned property. This regulation is intended to make inexpensive dwelling units associated <br />with a primary residence available to low income households. Following is the applicable <br />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 this section). The standards and requirements of this section are intended to make <br />available inexpensive dwelling units to meet the needs of older households, single -member households, <br />and single parent households. This is in recognition of the fact that housing costs continue to increase, <br />that households continue to decline in size, and that the number of elderly Americans is on the rise. <br />(b) Districts requiring administrative permit approval, <br />A-3 <br />A-2 <br />A-1 <br />RFD <br />RS -1 <br />V-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 />L A site plan conforming to Chapter 914 requireme <br />e) Criteria for accessory dwelling units: <br />1. Accessory dwelling units shall be located on y" which satisfy the minimum lot size requirement <br />of the applicable zoning district, with the exception o legal nonconforming lots that are at least 75 feet <br />wide and have a minimum lot area of 9,750 square feet. <br />2. Any 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. On lots that are less than 200,000 square feet in size, not more than one (1) accessory dwelling unit <br />shall be established in conjunction with a principal dwelling unit. <br />4. No accessory dwelling unit shall be established in conjunction with a multifamily dwelling unit <br />5. For lots that are one(]) acre in size or less, the heated/cooled gross floor area of the accessory dwelling <br />unit shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the heated/cooled gross floor area of the principal structure or <br />one thousand,000) gross square feet, whichever is less. For lots greater than one (1) acre in size or less, <br />the heated/closed gross floor area of the accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the <br />heatedlcooled gross floor area of the principal structure or one thousand two hundred (1,200) gross square <br />feet, whichever is less. Existing accessory dwelling units may be enlarged consistent with the above <br />allowances. Any accessory dwelling unit shall be no smaller than three hundred (300) gross square feet <br />of heated/cooled area. <br />6. Lots two hundred thousand (200, 000) square feet in size or greater may be allowed a second accessory <br />dwelling unit not exceeding six hundred (600) square feet in size. <br />7. For lots that are less than two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet in size, detached accessory <br />dwelling units shall be located no farther than seventy-five (75) feet in distance from the principal dwelling <br />unit from the closest point of the principal dwelling unit to the closest point of the accessory dwelling unit <br />For lots two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet in size or greater, the maximum distance separation <br />shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet measured in the same manner. <br />14 49 <br />