Salt Lake City’s effort to write new rules for accessory dwellings has consumed seven City Council briefings this year. Following the council’s move to table action on a hoped-for solution, there will be at least an eighth, and probably a ninth as well.
The council Tuesday sent the latest proposed rules back to the drawing board for reworking after a housing rights group cautioned that arbitrary boundaries in the proposal might discriminate against the poor.
Accessory dwellings are small second homes created on lots with existing single-family homes. Advocates say the smaller, less expensive homes can help ease housing shortages, have fewer environmental impacts, and help to stabilize neighborhoods.