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DATE: 03-26-19
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: PROPOSED BEDROOM ADDITION TEXT AMENDMENT
BACKGROUND:
On January 2, 2019, the Council received a letter from Mr. Al Warren requesting that he
be able to finish constructing two bedrooms in the basement at the property he owns at
2334 Storm Street and to allow those bedrooms to count toward occupancy.
At the February 26th, 2019 Council meeting, the Council discussed code
language that would allow Mr. Warren's request to be made possible.
Council ultimately directed staff to bring back text amendment language in the
following motion:
Move for staff to prepare a text amendment that allows properties with a Letter of
Compliance to add bedrooms where an existing egress window exists and isn't
already being counted towards a bedroom. They would have 30 days from the
adoption of the text amendment to apply and six months after that to complete the
work.
Staff has drafted the following language to satisfy this motion:
Any room that has a legally conforming egress window may be converted to a
code-compliant bedroom and have that bedroom count toward the allowed number
of occupants in areas where the number of occupants were frozen on January 1,
2018. Owners intending to convert such rooms must notify the Building Official of
their intent to do so within 30 days of the effective date of this ordinance. The
bedroom must be a legal bedroom, verified by the Inspection Division, within 6
months of the effective date of this ordinance.
A draft of the ordinance with this language included is attached.
ALTERNATIVES:
1.) Approve on first reading the attached text amendment that would allow
properties to increase their number of occupants by completing the code
requirements to make a room with a legally existing egress window a code-
compliant bedroom.
2.) Approve the text amendment with modifications.
3.) Deny the text amendment keeping the existing occupancy language as is.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council support Alternative
#1 and thereby approve on first reading the bedroom addition text amendment.