Eastham to align tiny‑house threshold with building code; movable tiny homes remain restricted
Task force discussed lowering the local single‑family minimum from 500 to 400 sq ft to match the State Building Code, preserving a separate category for tiny houses and continuing to prohibit road‑registered mobile homes as permanent dwellings.
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Staff recommended adjusting the local bylaw so the town's single‑family minimum floor area drops from 500 to 400 square feet, matching the State Building Code and clarifying the definition of a "tiny house." Staff said the current local minimum "that 1st appears back in the 1988 by law" and "we could align that section by...the single family dwelling is greater than 400 square feet."
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