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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In a sea of rising rent and housing prices across the metro area, Englewood residents may soon catch hold of a lifeline. Accessory dwelling units — small residential spaces located behind a house or atop a garage — could make their way into the city, after Arvada, Golden, Jefferson County and Denver passed rules allowing them in recent years. An open house on information about the units drew about 60 people at Englewood Civic Center June 13, where residents filled out surveys about their opinions on ADUs. “Throughout the U.S., people are looking at whether it’s appropriate or not,” John Brick, a member of Englewood’s Planning and Zoning Commission, said at the event. The units are nothing new — they were popular in the nation during the 1920s, `30s and `40s, but declined in the `50s, according to Englewood Citizen magazine, a city publication. Englewood residents are already living in old ADUs — more than 180 exist in total, a city document said. In 1955, a new zoning law barred residence in structures other than the main housing on a lot, said Harold Stitt, Englewood senior planner. Even after that, a handful of people have still built ADUs, largely out of already-existing structures like SEE DWELLINGS, P9
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