Zoning, Planning and Use
Jun. 16, 2001
Backhouse Blues
The court stated that the distinction among permissible users of second units violated both privacy and equal-protection rights.
In 1982, the California Legislature adopted the second-unit residential statute (Government Code Section 65852.2), which, in practice, mandated cities and counties to permit creation of second units in single- and multiple-family zones with certain limitations.
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