Here is a draft resolution based on the comments from last night. Thanks so much for the thoughtful discussion there and online today. Please send suggestions to this list or to me off line and I'll combine them, repost, and then put up a poll for us to vote starting Monday next week. Perhaps we can consider how the opt-in process would compare to the current zoning-change process. Allowing backyard cottages essentially rezones an area to double the currently allowed units per acre. Paul made an excellent point last night that we don't need to define the process ourselves to recommend that one should exist. *DRAFT Backyard Cottage Opt-In Resolution * Backyard cottages and accessory dwelling units are appropriate and desired in some neighborhoods but not others. Many neighborhoods have restrictive covenants that will forbid these units, even if they are allowed by the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. But many older neighborhoods do not have such covenants. Making these units possible on an opt-in basis will allow the neighborhoods to define other requirements appropriate to their neighborhood's context. We ask the Comprehensive Planning Committee to recommend and the City Council to adopt these dwelling units on an opt-in basis, with a process that includes all area residents, including property owners and renters. Regards, Linda Chair, Glenwood CAC