Cedar Park requires that the ADU and principal dwelling be owned by the same person(s), occupied by members of the same immediate family (or authorized employees), and share a single address and mailbox. This is an absolute owner-occupancy/common-ownership rule, not a discretionary one.
Per Article 11.04 Division 2, an accessory dwelling unit 'shall be owned by the same person(s) who own(s) the principal dwelling unit' and 'shall have the same address and share the mailbox with the principal dwelling.' Occupancy is restricted to the property owners, their immediate family members, or authorized employees working on the premises. This rule is enforced through deed records and the conditional use permit, which runs with the property. If the principal dwelling is sold, the ADU transfers with it; the ADU cannot be subdivided onto a separate lot or assigned a separate utility account. The code further prohibits separately metered water, wastewater, or electrical utilities for the ADU — a structural enforcement mechanism that prevents the unit from being operated as an independent residence. Owner-occupancy is monitored through utility-billing records, conditional-use compliance reviews, and complaint-driven investigation by the Code Compliance Division.
Selling, subdividing, or transferring an ADU to a separate owner violates Article 11.04 and the conditional use permit. The city may revoke the CUP, issue Class C misdemeanor citations (up to $2,000/day under Texas LGC §54.001), and require physical conversion of the ADU back to an accessory building (e.g., removal of kitchen facilities). Establishing separate utility accounts is also a separate utility-code violation.
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