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Residents propose legalizing wheeled housing; commissioners flag aquifer and septic capacity questions
Summary
A public commenter urged Island County to permit wheeled housing (RVs, tiny homes on wheels) on private property to boost affordable housing. Commissioners said septic capacity and the county's sole-source aquifer raise technical questions that need staff review.
Joyce Beethen, a Langley-area resident, told the Island County commissioners that legalizing wheeled housing — motor homes, trailers and tiny homes on wheels — on private property could be a fast way to increase affordable housing countywide.
"Wheeled housing would be motor homes, trailers, tiny homes on wheels that could be put on people's private property," Beethen said. She argued that…
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