Morgan Hill Secondary Dwellings

A secondary dwelling (attached or detached) on a single lot of record to be used for in-laws-quarters, a guesthouse, or rental, are allowed in residential districts if minimum development standards of the zoning district can be met. Secondary dwellings units shall be subject to the same development standards as the principal dwelling and with additional requirements found in Chapter 18.55 of the Municipal Code.

 

Secondary dwelling units shall only be allowed in the following zones:

A.O-S District: on lots of five acres (net) or more;

B.CC-R: on lots of six thousand square feet or more;

C.R-2 (3,500) on lots of six thousand square feet or more;

D.R-1 (4,500): on lots of six thousand square feet or more;

E.R-1 (7,000): on lots of seven thousand square feet or more;

F.R-1 (9,000): on lots of nine thousand square feet or more;

G.R-1 (12,000): on lots of twelve thousand square feet or more;

H.R-1 (20,000): on lots of twenty thousand square feet or more;

I.R-E (40,000): on lots of forty thousand square feet or more;

J.R-E (100,000): on lots of one hundred thousand square feet or more.

(Ord. 1789 N.S., § 2, 2006)

(Ord. No. 1956 N.S., § 8, 11-18-2009; Ord. No. 1992 N.S., Exh. F, 10-6-2010)

 

See the full Municipal Code for all information.

Morgan Hill Planning Division