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Chapter 16.86 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS Sections: 16.86.080 16.86.010 Purpose. 16.86.020 Definitions. 16.86.030 Applicability. 16.86.040 Application and Review Standards for Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units 16.86.050 Development/Design Standards 16.86.060 Parking Standards. 16.86.070 Junior Accessory Dwelling Units 16.86.080 Occupancy, Rental and Sale Limitations 16.86.090 Existing Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units - Amnesty. 16.86.010 Purpose. The California Legislature has declared that accessory dwelling units are a valuable and essential component of California's housing supply. The purpose of this Section is: to incorporate Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22 of the California Government Code requirements regarding accessory dwelling units into the City's regulations and design standards; to ensure that accessory dwelling units that are located in residential districts are done in a manner which protects the integrity of the residential district and do not adversely impact either adjacent residential parcels or the surrounding neighborhood; while providing for needed housing opportunities. 16.86.020 Definitions. A. Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). An attached or detached residential unit, which provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family dwelling unit. An Accessory Dwelling Unit also includes the following as required by Government Code Section 65852.2: 1. An efficiency unit, as defined in Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code for occupancy by no more than two persons which have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet and which may also have partial kitchen or bathroom facilities. 2. A manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. B. Attached Accessory Dwelling Unit. An ADU that shares a common wall with the primary unit, either by being constructed as a physical expansion (i.e., addition) of a primary unit, conversion of existing garage attached to a primary unit, conversion of existing habitable floor space within the primary unit, or installation of a new basement underneath an existing primary unit. C. Car Share Location. A type of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour, with a designated pick up and drop off location. The organization renting the cars may be a commercial business or the users may be organized as a company, public agency,