Description
The city's proposed repeal of its local accessory dwelling unit rules is stuck waiting on state approval, so the council tabled it.
Impact summary
Would modernize residential development standards and eliminate the secondary unit registration requirement, affecting homeowners adding or renting secondary units.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 4
Last vote · City Council
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 14, 2026.
Meeting timeline (4)
City Council - Sep 14, 2026
Repeals the city's old second-unit/ADU regulations so state law governs, keeping a trash-storage requirement behind retained garage doors. Introduced after a hearing with no public speakers.
City Council - Jul 27, 2026
A proposed zone change updating definitions, general property development requirements, and residential floorplan modification review, and repealing the secondary unit standards and certificate of registration chapters; hearing set for September 14.
City Council - Jun 22, 2026
The city's proposed repeal of its local accessory dwelling unit rules is stuck waiting on state approval, so the council tabled it.
Planning Commission - May 5, 2026
A city-initiated zone change repealing illegal second-unit rules and updating definitions, with three local standards retained pending state review.
Related issues (3)
ADU Regulation Repeal — Zone Change ZC-04-26-17042
The city wants to scrap its local ADU rules to align with state law, but Sacramento hasn't finished reviewing the changes, so the item was tabled.
Residential development standards review
New rules would require triangular landscaping wherever front-yard paving adds a parking space, and ban side-yard paving on corner lots. The goal is less stormwater runoff and cleaner-looking streetscapes.
Repeal of outdated ADU/second-unit regulations
State housing officials told Daly City its old second-unit rules — parking requirements and a homeowner registration program — conflict with state ADU law and must go. The city will keep a few neighbor-friendly standards if the state allows them.
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