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Updated ADU Laws: SB 897 and HCD’s ADU Handbook

Santa Cruz Architect

ADU and JADU (Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit) permits can’t be denied for nonconforming zoning conditions, building code violations, or unpermitted structures on the property, unless they pose a threat to public health and safety. Concurrent Permit Review. Retroactive Permitting. Multifamily.

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American Icon or Chief Offender?

Community Architect

It often controls for maximum height and putting another factory in wouldn't have been permitted either, but a bar or a car repair shop was ok. Research indicates both sides are overstating their case, Bloomberg recently reported about the results in Minneapolis, the city that first took the step of eliminating single family zoning in 2018.

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How to Teach Equity in Architecture?

Community Architect

Introduction to the guest blog When in 1968 the then President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Durham, FAIA, extended an invitation to the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Fig 7: Urban segregation (Photo by author) Inspired by Eric Klinenberg (2018, p. Charlesworth, 2018).

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Will Councilman Dorsey's Elimination of Single Family Zoning Help Baltimore?

Community Architect Daily

The bill mandates nothing but it allows additional use options by permitting accessory dwelling units and, under certain circumstances, dividing single family homes into two or more units. Bloomberg recently reported about the results in Minneapolis, the city that first took the step of eliminating single family zoning in 2018.

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