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@Alex B: True, but that's the only argument I've heard in which anyone other than the propery owners or occupiers could be affected.

Fire code? Safety? Living Space? These are all things that affect the person who owns the building or who lives in it.

With accessory dwellings, a house that used to have one or two occupants and one car could be modified to have four occupants and two or three cars. That does affect the neighbors, potentially. Parking more than traffic, most likely.

Once again, it comes down to cars taking up way too much space to store. In fact, for the floorplan in Dan's article, a parking space is about 70% of the same floor area of the accessory dwelling for that house.

by Michael Perkins on Jul 5, 2012 11:46 am • link • report

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