Greetings, neighbors,
Ruth Beeker is a neighborhood preservation activist and land use expert with
many years of experience. She’s also a Board Member of Tucson Residents for
Responsive Government.
She is concerned about the maximum height of the City’s proposed amendment on
Accessory Dwelling Units, scheduled for a second public hearing before the
Planning Commission on Sept 15th.
If you would like to sign on to her letter that will be sent to the Planning
Commission, please send her your first and last name, or send it to me and I
will pass it along.
Thank you,
Joan Hall
Jefferson Park
From: adu-na-working-group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:adu-na-working-group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of beekerr2@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2021 2:40 PM
To: adu-na-working-group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Say NO to Casitas 25 Ft. Tall
Say NO to Casitas 25 FT. Tall
Request to Act from Ruth Beeker
Would you want a two-story, 25 ft. tall secondary residence built next door in
your neighbor's side or back yard? I ask, because the City is currently
vetting land use code changes which would permit just that.
Mayor/Council, Nov. 2020, directed Planning and Development Services (PDSD) to
draft code to define and permit Accessory Building Units (ADU). You may know
ADUs as casitas, typically a smaller independent housing unit accessory to a
primary residence. Staff now proposes to extend the current residential zone
dimensional standards to include ADUs. As a resident advocate who focuses on
land use, I see one MAJOR problem: today's code allows any residential unit to
be 25' high.
Most homes in older established neighborhoods are one-story. If ADUs are to be
compatible, they must fit into that context. Attached are photos (4th/Richey)
which show how an in-fill HOA, built out at 25 ft., interfaces with the
one-story condo complex next door. Long-term condo residents were the
losers--loss of outdoor privacy, view to the east, real estate value. Height
next door will impact your quality of life! Inappropriate buildings will
impact your neighborhood's character!
I believe the ADU ordinance must have its own separate height requirements
which will ensure that any new ADU blends into its unique neighborhood setting:
maybe 12 ft., maybe "no taller than the primary residence," maybe some other
option, but certainly NOT 25 ft. any place, anywhere.
If you agree, email me, <mailto:beekerr2@xxxxxxxxxxx> beekerr2@xxxxxxxxxxx by
Aug. 30, 2021. Just send your first and last name and those of any others you
speak for. I will compile them to submit to PDSD's Dan Bursuck to distribute
at the ADU Stakeholders Meeting Sept. 1 and the Planning Commission Public
Hearing Sept. 15.
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Want to learn more about ADUs? Visit https://tucsontrrg.org Tucson ;
Residents for Responsive Government (TRRG) has posted ADU documents on its
website.
Want to let the City know your opinion about ADUs? Click http://tucne.ws/1i72 ;
to access the City's on-line survey.
Want to help a little old lady still fighting to preserve the best of our
established neighborhoods? Forward this email to lots of other City of Tucson
residents or property owners. Make our voices heard.
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Thanks,
Ruth Beeker
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