Kyle, TX Accessory Structures: ADU Owner Occupancy (2026)

Section 3(B)(7)(a)(vi) of the Plum Creek PUD zoning ordinance (Chapter 53A, Article II of the Kyle City Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 311 on July 22, 1997) layers owner-occupancy onto the district's accessory dwelling unit standard. Before an ADU can be occupied, the construction, occupancy and use of the unit must comply with all applicable city codes, including the building, plumbing, electrical, fire, safety, health and sanitation codes, property maintenance standards and rental housing licensing rules, and subsection (A) then adds that at least one of the two dwelling units on the lot, the principal residence or the accessory unit, must be occupied by an owner of the lot.

That requirement stops a Plum Creek homeowner from renting out both the main house and the ADU to two unrelated tenant households; one of the two must house the titled owner. The rule sits alongside the section's other conditions: the ADU must be built concurrently with, not before, the principal residence, occupancy is capped by unit size under Schedule B, and every eligible lot must be flagged on the subdivision plat and in restrictive covenants recorded in the Hays County real property records so future buyers and the city can track which lots carry the owner-occupancy obligation.