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Gold Beach OR Tiny Home Zoning

Zoning for Density, Encouraging Density through Zoning
Local Governments
Permits the use of a tiny home as a separate single-family dwelling in an existing residential zone, requiring a total square footage of between 200 and 600, on the same lot as a primary dwelling, and with connection to city sewer services.

Walsenburg CO’s Tiny House Variances

Zoning for Density
Local Governments
Grants authority to approve variances to minimum size requirements so that houses less than 500 square feet and permanently attached to the ground can be constructed in areas zoned for residential use.

Fresno CA’s Zoning for Tiny Homes and Accessory Dwelling Units

Zoning for Density, Encouraging Density through Zoning
Local Governments
Permits use and construction of tiny homes as permanent dwellings and provides for second dwelling units, backyard cottages, and accessory living quarters as a specific type of permitted use in residentially zoned lots.

Spur TX’s Tiny Homes Ordinance

Zoning for Density
Local Governments
Spur, Texas adopted an ordinance that generally permits tiny homes in the city by right, however, individuals need a variance to have a tiny home in seven of the city’s subdivisions. 

South Carolina’s Solar Habitat Act (2018)

Pollinator-Friendly Solar Practices
State Legislatures
Requires the establishment of a native vegetation habitat and pollinator management plan that can be used by solar operators to claim they are following voluntary site management practices.

New York’s Pollinator-Friendly Solar Act (2018)

Pollinator-Friendly Solar Practices
State Legislatures
Requires the development of minimum guidelines (via scorecard) for vegetation management plans used by those who make public claim that their property is pollinator friendly or provides protections to pollinators.