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I certainly have no interest in living in a SFH neighorhood with a bunch of ADUs attached to the SFHs.  Similarly, I question whether the cost comparison between a single ADU behind some SFH and the per apartment cost of a large apartment building.  Not all (and certainly hopefully) apartments in MC need to be high rent or luxury buildings.  Developers can be provided incentives to provide high quality but cost effective apartments.  Further, I would be concerned about the negative effect on property values of SFH neighborhoods with substantial ADUs.  I do not want to live in such a neighborhood and would move.

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Fine. Then move.

By the way, there is no evidence that ADUs lower property values.[/quote]

ADUs impact on the neighborhood values are hard to study and there is a big difference for me between an attached ADU and a detached ADU. I don't care if your detached ADU actually increases my property value (although I highly HIGHLY doubt it) because [b]I am paying to live in a SFH on a SFH street[/b] and I pay property taxes to the county that reflect that arrangement. I'm not interested in a neighborhood with lots of detached ADUs that are poorly constructed. I'm not interested in having your duplexes sandwiched in between the SFHs. I can move to a jurisdiction where at least the property taxes are lower. I don't like to be paying enormous taxes in MoCo and then my neighbor drops a shipping container in the backyard and rents it out. You can say Fine, then move but please understand that you need higher wage earners to pay taxes. That's just how it works.[/quote]

Nope. You own the property you own. That doesn't give you an ownership stake in your neighbor's property or in the neighborhood. If you don't want an attached or detached ADU, don't build one. If you don't want to live next to an attached or detached ADU, buy your neighbors' properties. Or move to a property large enough that, if your neighbors do build an attached or detached ADU, you'd never know.[/quote]

We'll have to agree to disagree. I did not buy this house (which is small on a small lot) to have more overcrowding. C[b]laiming that I'm trying to get an ownership stake in my neighbor's property makes no sense.[/b] Rather, my neighbor is encroaching on my property with their additional roof and their lack of storm water management.[/quote]

Sure you are. You think that your neighbor shouldn't be allowed to build a detached ADU because you don't want to live next door to an ADU.

IF the detached ADU creates stormwater issues for your property, then you deal with the stormwater issues, same as you'd deal with any other stormwater issues from the neighboring property.[/quote]

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