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Page County board advances zoning changes to define tiny homes, yurts and camping domes
Summary
The Page County Board of Supervisors moved to adopt a zoning ordinance amendment that defines camping domes and yurts, creates a tiny-home definition (400 square feet or less) and sets where those units may be located; the planning commission recommended approval and no members of the public spoke during the hearing.
Page County supervisors advanced an amendment to Chapter 125-4 of the county zoning ordinance to add definitions for camping domes and yurts and to create a new category for tiny-home dwellings.
Planning staff said the changes would distinguish flexible-covered camping structures — "they would only be permitted in a campground" — from stick-built circular framed structures that will continue to be treated as single-family dwellings. The proposed amendment sets a tiny-home dwelling at 400 square feet or less and defines a single-family detached dwelling as 401 square feet or more. Planning staff told the board the planning commission recommends allowing tiny homes by right in Agricultural and Woodland districts and by special-use permit in residential districts.
The planning commission and staff told the board they spent months developing the language; staff said no citizens attended the commission’s public hearing. The board opened and closed the county’s public hearing on the item with no public speakers.
Board members took action after the hearing to adopt the amendment as presented. Planning staff said the new definitions are intended to bring consistency to zoning reviews and to respond to an increasing number of inquiries about alternative dwelling structures such as yurts, tiny homes, shipping-container homes and tree houses.
The amendment will be entered into county zoning records and will be applied to future permit reviews for campgrounds and dwelling definitions. The planning staff noted that constructions that are framed and meet the larger dwelling definition will remain regulated as single-family detached dwellings.
