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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-S 1
-SENATE BILL 495
+S D
+SENATE BILL DRS15222-MQ-28
 
 Short Title: Regulation of Accessory Dwelling Units. (Public)
 Sponsors: Senators Moffitt and Mayfield (Primary Sponsors).
-Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
-March 26, 2025
-*S495-v-1*
+Referred to:
+
+*DRS15222-MQ-28*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
-AN ACT TO INCREASE A FFORDABLE HOUSING BY  ALLOWING FOR THE 2
+AN ACT TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY ALLOWING FOR THE 2
 CONSTRUCTION OR SITING OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 3
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
 SECTION 1.(a)   Part 1 of Article 9 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes is 5
 amended by adding a new section to read: 6
 "§ 160D-917.  Accessory dwelling units. 7
 (a) A local government shall allow the development of at least one accessory dwelling 8
-unit which conform s to t he North Carolina Residential Code for One - and Two -Family 9
+unit which conform s to the North Carolina Residential Code for One - and Two -Family 9
 Dwellings, including applicable provisions from fire prevention code s, for each single -family 10
 detached dwelling in areas zoned for residential use that allow for development of single-family 11
 detached dwellings. An accessory dwelling unit may be built  or sited concurrently or after the 12
 primary single-family detached dwelling has been constructed or sited. Nothing in this section 13
 shall prohibit a local government from permitting accessory dwelling units in any area not 14
 otherwise required under this section. 15
-(b) In permitting accessory dwelling units under this section, a  local government shall 16
+(b) In permitting accessory dwelling units under this section, a local government shall 16
 not do any of the following: 17
 (1) Prohibit the use of the primary  single-family detached dwelling and the 18
 accessory dwelling for long-term rentals by separate households. 19
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 classification, whichever is less. 34
 (2) Require that accessory dwelling units be located to the side or rear of t he 35
 primary single-family detached dwelling. 36
+FILED SENATE
+Mar 25, 2025
+S.B. 495
+PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  Senate Bill 495-First Edition
+Page 2  DRS15222-MQ-28
 (3) Require that accessory dwelling units be smaller than the primary  1
 single-family detached dwelling. 2
 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this section,  a local government may regulate 3