Only one (1) accessory apartment, detached or attached to a single-family dwelling, may be constructed on any residential lot that is at least five thousand (5,000) square feet and has only one (1) lawful single-family dwelling located on such lot, subject to the following requirements, except as otherwise provided for in the Normal Hill North and Normal Hill South Zoning Districts:

(1)

An accessory apartment shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet or thirty (30) percent of the habitable floor area of the associated single-family dwelling, whichever is greater; provided, however, that an accessory apartment shall never exceed nine hundred (900) square feet;

(2)

An accessory apartment shall not contain more than two (2) bedrooms;

(3)

At least one (1) off-street parking space shall be provided for an accessory apartment;

(4)

An accessory apartment shall meet the minimum required front, interior side, and street side setbacks for the associated single-family dwelling;

(5)

A detached accessory apartment shall not be located in front of or project beyond the front wall of the associated single-family dwelling;

(6)

An accessory apartment shall maintain a minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear property line, or three (3) feet if abutting a rear alley;

(7)

An accessory apartment shall not exceed eighteen (18) feet in height if such accessory apartment is a single story or twenty-eight (28) feet in height if such accessory apartment is a two-story; and

(8)

An accessory apartment shall be owned by the same person who owns the single-family dwelling to which such accessory apartment is attached to or detached from.

(Ord. No. 4755, § 5, 9-9-19)