by elainelw | Dec 2, 2014 | News, Texas, zoning
From Dale Adams, posted on the Facebook group site, DFW Tiny House Enthusiasts. The Garland Plan Commission is submitting its final recommendations for the new development code (GDC). Council met last night for a work session with members of the Plan Commission and...
by elainelw | Nov 5, 2014 | Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, building codes, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, zoning
Here are two sources of online codes: Municodes from the Nation’s leading legal publisher. The American Legal Publishing Company provides a free online library of state and municipal codes for most locations. Click on the map to go to the library and chose your...
by elainelw | Oct 23, 2014 | building codes, Ideas, Suggestions, & Best Practices, Model-zoning, News, Oregon, zoning
Eli Spevak of Orange Splot LLC is proposing this legal path for tiny homes in Portland, Oregon. Proposal. Create a legal path for the occupancy of small accessory structures or homes-on-wheels that meet sanitary and life safety requirements drawn from Portland’s...
by elainelw | Oct 9, 2014 | Colorado, zoning
Walsenburg became the first town in the Colorado to amend its zoning ordinance to allow for tiny homes — a new concept of building homes 130-600 square feet. City Administrator David Johnson said the ordinance will allow retirees to live cheaper and more comfortably...
by elainelw | Sep 30, 2014 | Texas, zoning
The City of Houston is not zoned. Therefore, the State Legislature and City Council have authorized the City to help with enforcement of recorded deed restrictions for the protection of neighborhoods, for the benefit of all residents, citizens, and taxpayers of the...
by elainelw | Sep 30, 2014 | ADUs, Ideas, Suggestions, & Best Practices, Model-zoning, zoning
Here’s an example of an overlay district: an area of a few blocks in an existing neighborhood where all residents are permitted to have an ADU without each person individually having to request an exemption from existing regulations.
