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communities allow ADUs by right with clear written conditions rather than requiring discretionary approval. • Allow all forms of ADUs attached, detached, and internal conversions — across all single-family and small multifamily zoning districts. • Eliminate or reduce minimum parking requirements for ADUs. Evidence consistently shows negligible parking impact from ADU residents. • Remove or narrow owner -occupancy requirements. The APA and most peer cities nationally recommend against these provisions, which constrain homeowner financing options. • Adopt flexible and reasonable design and size standards, avoiding maximum size restrictions so small that units cannot be practically financed or occupied. • Provide resources to guide applicants through a clear, efficient process. B. Lower costs and increase access to capital Offer tiered fee structures, waivers, and payment plans for permit and sewer access charges. Portland's development fee waiver (saving homeowners $8,000—$12,000 per unit) drove ADU permit volume from 24 in 2009 to 615 in 2016.31 Create pilot programs to test regulatory reforms before full-scale adoption, allowing cities to build evidence and political support incrementally.32 Work with community land trusts and developers to incorporate ADUs into new construction as the City of Lakes Community Land Trust has done in Minneapolis to build multigenerational housing at scale.33 C. Promote ADUs and increase public awareness • Create a dedicated city ADU webpage with step-by-step permitting information, design prototypes, and financing resources. Santa Cruz, CA has become a national model through dedicated staff, homeowner guides, architectural plan prototypes, workshops, and an informational website.34 • Host informational workshops regularly to demystify the permitting process for homeowners. • Sponsor or participate in neighborhood ADU tours. Portland's annual ADU tour has been a successful beginning point for many ADU homeowners. Minneapolis and Saint Paul ADUs have also appeared on regional home tours. • Use listening sessions and inclusive outreach — particularly to renters, lower -income households, older adults, and communities of color to build broad -based political support and ensure equitable program design. • Create a pathway to legalize existing unpermitted or grandfathered ADUs through a simple inspection and permitting process expanding legal inventory and improving health and safety conditions. Twin Cities Metro ADU landscape As of 2019, at least 25 Twin Cities metro area communities had adopted ADU policies, including Apple Valley, Blaine, Bloomington, Burnsville, Crystal, Eagan, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Long Lake, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Mounds View, Orono, " Family Housing Fund (2019). 12 AARP/APA (2023). as Family Housing Fund (2019). 34 AARP/APA (2023). Page 5 of 8