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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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C.   No accessory use or uses not within a building                an ADU, the design of the ADU shall take
     shall occupy more than a combined total of                    into consideration to the extent
     25% of the unbuilt lot area, or of the required               practicable the privacy of adjacent
     rear yard area, with the exception of off-street              properties.
     parking or as otherwise provided in Subsection           7.   The developer of an ADU shall record a
     6.6.2.                                                        deed restriction requiring that the ADU
                                                                   and at least one other non-accessory unit
6.6.2 Standards for specific accessory uses                        on-site remain under common ownership.
A.   Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)                          8.   ADUs shall comply with all dimensional
     1.   Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) shall be                 requirements of the underlying zone
          permitted on all lawfully conforming and                 except:
          nonconforming lots with legal residential                a.   Lot coverage and lot area per dwelling
          uses. ADUs shall comply with all                              unit requirements.
          dimensional standards of the underlying                  b.   Within the IR-1 zone, the minimum lot
          zone unless otherwise provided below.                         area shall be 70,000 square feet,
     2.   Up to two ADUs shall be permitted per                         except on Peaks Island where this
          qualifying property.                                          standard shall not apply.
     3.   At the time of an ADU’s initial construction             c.   Within the IR-2 zone, the minimum lot
          or legal creation, the owner(s) of the                        area shall be 30,000 square feet,
          property on which the accessory dwelling                      except on Peaks Island where this
          unit is created must occupy at least one of                   standard shall not apply.
          the dwelling units, with the exception of           9.   An ADU shall be limited to a gross floor
          legally nonconforming lots on Peaks Island.              area of 2/3 of the gross floor area of the
     4.   On Peaks Island, neither the accessory unit              principal unit(s). In no circumstance shall
          or principal unit shall be used for short-               the height of detached ADUs on a lot
          term rentals as defined under Chapter 6,                 exceed the height of the primary structure.
          Section 150.1 of the City of Portland Code               Additionally, the aggregate square footage
          of Ordinances.                                           of detached ADUs on a lot shall not exceed
     5.   When an ADU is significantly visible from                the gross floor area of the primary
          public ways, the building design shall:                  structure.
          a.   Be clearly subordinate to the principal   B.   Amusement devices. Except where the
               structure(s) in scale and position in          principal use consists of the sale of alcoholic
               relationship with the street and               beverages for consumption on premises or
               principal structure(s).                        where the principal structure is an airline
          b.   Not include outside stairways or fire          terminal, pinball machines or amusement
               escapes above the ground floor.                devices shall not be considered to be accessory
     6.   Under circumstances where an existing               uses whenever there are more than a total of
          nonconforming structure is converted to             two such machines or devices on the premises. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 6-31 USE STANDARDS