Accessory Dwellings
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Portland small home survey
Attention: If you are seeking the Oregon DEQ, Metro, and accessorydwellings.org survey being conducted in June, 2013, please visit http://adusurvey.org/
From garage lofts, to backyard cottages, to yurts, to cute cabins on wheels, Portland neighborhoods are teeming with little homes of all sorts. But these gems tend to be tucked away from public view, so prospective builders rarely have a chance to learn from the experience of others.
Lots of folks are seeking ideas and inspiration for their own mini home projects, and a local group of small home enthusiasts is hoping to raise awareness about the benefits of accessory dwellings and tiny homes.
Hence our little project to start an informal inventory of local small homes through a couple on-line surveys. We hope information collected from this project can serve as the basis for future small home tours (like the PedalPalooza tiny home bike rides from a couple years ago) and on-line sharing of images, plans and stories about these charming little dwellings.
To receive updates on tiny home tours, policy work, and events, please sign up here (whether or not you have a tiny home).
If you’ve built and/or live in a small home, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to fill out one of the following on-line surveys that best matches your situation:
- Tiny house survey: For homes under ~200sq.ft. These are typically un-permitted, sometimes on wheels, and may or may not be totally self-sufficient (ie. kitchen, bath)
- Accessory dwelling survey: For homes between 200sq.ft. and 800sq.ft. These are not mobile and are often (but not always) permitted as accessory dwelling units. They usually have a kitchen, bathroom, sleeping area, and separate entrance.
Finally, if you know people with tiny and small homes, please share this web page!
Cheers,
– Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC and
Lina Menard, graduate student, PSU urban planning program
P.S. Three lucky respondents will be randomly selected on Dec. 21st to receive copies of Daniel Pinkwater’s The Big Orange Splot, just enough time for you to read, wrap, and re-gift it to someone else!
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ADU’s around the web
- Herndon reviewing accessory dwelling unit updates - Reston Now
- City Council OKs changes to rules for accessory dwelling units | Sun Newspapers - Seal Beach News
- Public comment for in-town attached accessory dwelling... - Journal of the San Juan Islands
- Palo Alto looks to accessory dwelling units to address affordability crisis - Palo Alto Online
- Accessory Dwelling Units Now Allowed in Sarasota Citywide - Sarasota
- La Jolla community planners and others find San Diego accessory dwelling ordinance 'worrisome' - La Jolla Light
- Share your thoughts on Accessory Dwelling Units with the Planning Commission July 28 - City of Tucson
- Is this the granny flat of your dreams? It's hidden, elegant — and has parking - Yahoo News
- Accessory Dwelling Units Stir Controversy and Creativity in San Diego - NBC San Diego
- Vote on Frederick's accessory dwelling unit policy delayed - Frederick News Post
- Ripon leaves granny flat ordinance intact - Manteca Bulletin
- City Council to consider moratorium on accessory dwelling units - Daily Northwestern
- End-to-end accessory dwelling unit startup Abodu raises $20 million - Livabl
- How do you 'ADU'? Entrepreneur launches Maxable to demystify process for granny flats - The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Kalispell accessory dwelling unit ordinance passes 1st reading - NBC Montana
