Backyard Box Blog
March 8, 2010
What do residents in southeast Seattle think about backyard cottages?
Posted by Sloan, 8:04 pm
Seattle began allowing Backyard Cottages in 2006 as a pilot program before passing the citywide ordinance late last year. Here’s a summary from the city’s website about what they found (emphasis mine):
“In a survey of 118 neighbors living near a permitted backyard cottage in southeast Seattle, 96 respondents
felt that the owners of single-family homes should be allowed to build a backyard cottage on their
property. Because many backyard cottages are not visible from the street, more than half the residents
living nearby weren’t aware that one had been built. Most neighbors who knew about the backyard
cottage felt it either had a positive impact or no impact on their neighborhood. Among those aware of a
backyard cottage in their neighborhood:
• 71% said that the backyard cottage in their neighborhood fit in with the surrounding homes.
• 84% noticed no impacts on parking or traffic directly related to the cottage.
• 83% were supportive or strongly supportive of allowing backyard cottages.”
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