by elainelw | Oct 11, 2016 | Friendly, Michigan
Briley Township in northern Michigan has adapted its zoning regulations to be more tiny house friendly. They have defined a new type of dwelling, an economy efficient dwelling. An Economy Efficient Dwelling is a dwelling that is more than 240 sq ft and less than 500...
by elainelw | Aug 12, 2015 | Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, building codes, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Handy map of the US. Just click on your state (in the link, not on the picture) to see which building codes are in effect: http://www.iccsafe.org/about-icc/overview/international-code-adoptions/ [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes”...
by elainelw | Jul 16, 2015 | Michigan, zoning
Toward the end of a six-hour meeting, Ann Arbor City Council Member Stephen Kunselman made an announcement early Tuesday morning. The 3rd Ward Democrat said he plans to bring forward a resolution at the council’s next meeting on June 15 to direct city staff to...
by elainelw | Apr 24, 2015 | Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, DMV, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
The RVIA has provided a table showing regulations by state for park model RVs http://www.rvia.org/UniPop.cfm?v=2&OID=3531&CC=7616 What is a park model? Below is a description from the RVIA: On July 1, 2012, RVIA created a new membership category for...
by elainelw | Apr 8, 2015 | ADUs, Michigan, News, zoning
Dozens of affordable housing advocates, many of them also advocates for the homeless, flooded the Ann Arbor City Council chambers Monday night (April 6, 2015) to call on the city to take action on accessory dwelling units. Paz-Norman and others who spoke at the start...
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...
