38 Housing Strategy | ENVISION FRANKLIN Accessory Dwelling Units, Local Government, and Homeowners’ Associations Local governments can impose administrative requirements for accessory dwelling units, such as registration, permitting, and compliance with health and safety codes to manage these properties. The City of Franklin requires that the primary home is owner-occupied on a lot with an accessory dwelling unit. Local governments may not prohibit short term rentals under state law. Even when local government allow accessory dwelling units, they cannot compel homeowners’ associations to allow them. HOA boards may have homeowners who want an ADU – whether to provide living space for a family member, guests, or as extra rental income. To explore compatibility, HOAs may consider surveying residents in the community to investigate whether to revise the governing documents to allow ADUs. In many cases, it is effective for HOAs to examine root problems: are the objections to ADUs based on concerns about parking and traffic? Noise and trash? Perhaps there are ways to manage these concerns directly, rather than by prohibiting ADUs. MANAGE FEES TO SUPPORT MORE HOUSING SUPPLY AND LOWER HOUSING COSTS Impact fees are an important local resource to pay for needed infrastructure. However, managing administrative fees strategically can help to encourage missing middle housing options. Charging impact development fees by square foot, rather than by residential unit, is one important means to foster more variety in housing types. For example, the current local practice of calculating impact development fees by the unit makes it more expensive to build a duplex instead of a singlefamily home, even if the square footage is comparable. Reserving the option to waive or reduce fees for particular projects can also help to direct priority development. For example, the City waived all impact fees for the Franklin Housing Authority to assist with construction costs for the Chickasaw Senior Community, a residence that will include 48 units for low- and moderate-income seniors. Waiving or reducing impact fees could also encourage priority development types such as duplexes, cottage courts, or accessory dwelling units. UPDATE ENVISION FRANKLIN DESIGN CONCEPTS Envision Franklin applies to all parcels within the city limits as well as within the Urban Growth Boundary. Envision Franklin has eight different residential design concepts of varying residential building types and lot size minimums. There are several ways to revise the Envision Franklin design concepts to support a greater variety of housing types. These include: • Add duplexes as secondary uses in the Single-Family Residential Design Concept • Support the design of cottage court developments
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