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Planning and Building Department recommending the Board:
1) Receive a presentation and provide feedback on the proposed Limited Density Owner-Built Rural Dwellings (Title 25) program; and
2) Direct staff to return with a final program and prepare a draft ordinance adopting regulations for dwellings consistent with Limited Density Owner-Built Rural Dwellings (Title 25) of the California Code of Regulations, Housing and Community Development.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On October 17, 2023 (File No. 23-1894, Item No. 13), Board directed staff to review Butte County's Limited Density Owner-Built Rural Dwellings (Title 25) and Butte County's Ordinance #4146 to determine how it can be adopted by El Dorado County for the Grizzly Flats area, and, if appropriate, prepare a draft Ordinance or Ordinance amendment under Board Policy A-3.
Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations provides an alternative for construction under Title 24, the statewide standard building code. Title 25 provides minimum requirements for structures that protect "life, limb, health, property, safety and welfare of the general public and the owners and occupants" of the structures, but is intended to provide flexibility in the application of building codes to accommodate local conditions, such as topography or geography. Jurisdictions, such as Butte County and Santa Cruz County, have used Title 25 for local conditions that includes disaster recovery areas.
Key definitions that apply to Title 25 are "Limited Density, Rural Dwelling", "Owner Built", and “Rural.”
"Limited Density, Rural Dwelling" - any structure consisting of one or more habitable rooms intended or designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for living and sleeping, with use restricted to rural areas.
"Owner Built" - the structure is constructed by an person or family who acts as the general contractor for, or the provider of, part or all of the labor necessary to build housing to be occupied...
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