by elainelw | Aug 29, 2016 | building codes, Colorado, Friendly-codes
Walsenburg, Colorado passed amendments to the 2015 IRC to be more tiny house friendly for homes on foundations. They waived minimum room areas and stairway regulations and reduced the requirement for exit door width: Walsenburg Colorado Ordinance No. 1092 Zoning...
by elainelw | Jul 13, 2016 | Colorado, Friendly, State, zoning
22. What is the smallest cabin/house I can build? Recent changes to the Park County Land Use Regulations eliminate the previous minimum dwelling size of 600 square feet. The Building Department has been approached by a number of people inquiring as to the minimum...
by Building Performance Workshop | Jul 5, 2016 | Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Events, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Showcase, Texas
Shopping for home improvements or a new home will never be the same, now that the Proof Is Possible Tour is coming to town. Renowned experts Grace and Corbett Lunsford (with their new baby) are on a 20-city U.S. Tour from April 2016-January 2017 in a high performance...
by elainelw | May 22, 2016 | ADUs, Colorado, Model-zoning
Planners call them Accessory Dwelling Units—plus the inevitable acronym, ADUs. What they mean are the granny flats and in-law apartments sprinkled throughout cities and towns across the land, the finished basements, above-garage studios, rehabbed carriage houses, and...
by elainelw | Dec 23, 2015 | Colorado, zoning
In Costilla County, Colorado, there has been a major influx of off-grid residents to the San Luis Valley. The combination of lax zoning regulations, cheap property, and an already thriving community of self-reliant off-grid homesteaders has led to many new residents....
by elainelw | Sep 16, 2015 | Colorado, News, zoning
09/15/2015 article – http://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_acd3b3ee-5bfe-11e5-954a-bb9dd10a8306.html
