Secondary dwelling units were on the agenda again at last night’s meeting of the Yucca Valley Town Council. Managing editor Tami Roleff says that after making some minor changes to wording and definitions, the council passed the development code amendment unanimously…
After asking town staff last month to tweak the language for the development code concerning second dwelling units on private property, the Yucca Valley Town Council saw the revised version at its meeting last night. The changes took out the requirement that the property owner must occupy either the primary or secondary dwelling unit; however, only one of the units on the property can be used for short-term vacation rentals. The other unit can be used for long-term rentals or can be owner occupied. The ordinance also removed the requirement that the secondary dwelling unit must be a minimum of 725 square feet.
In other business, the council learned that the state will be requiring more and more trash—including organic and food waste—to be recycled. But the stricter regulations are sure to result in higher costs for the consumer, especially since China has drastically reduced the amount of recycling it is accepting from the U.S.
Prior to the start of the meeting, the Yucca Valley Town Council recognized five members of the Oversight Board to the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency at its meeting last night. The oversight board maintained the fiduciary responsibility to those holding enforceable obligations and the taxing agencies that benefit from the distribution of property taxes, such as the Morongo Unified School District, fire department, and Copper Mountain College. The oversight board also reviewed and approved a long-term property management plan concerning former RDA properties.
