Accessory Dwelling Units

HB24-1152

Summary

Bill 24-1152 creates additional requirements for accessory dwelling units. First, the bill creates requirements for "subject jurisdictions" and "supportive jurisdictions." A subject jurisdiction is a municipality with 1,000 or more people or a portion of a county within a census designated space with more than ten thousand people, and it must be within an area of a metropolitan planning organization. This bill creates multiple new requirements and limitations for subject jurisdictions, such as subject jurisdictions are required to allow one accessory dwelling unit as an accessory use to a single-unit detached dwelling where the subject jurisdiction allows single-unit detached dwellings. This bill also provides a fee reduction and encouragement grant, and various programs supporting accessory dwelling units for residents in supportive jurisdictions (jurisdictions that submit a report to qualify as a support jurisdiction). Additionally, this bill