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Veterans Farm asks county to treat donated tiny homes as farm use; raises statute, zoning hurdles
Summary
The founder of Veterans Farm of North Carolina told commissioners the county’s development office is treating five donated tiny homes as a subdivision/development rather than a bona‑fide farm use, citing General Statute 160dash903; he asked the board to intervene so donors are not charged excessive fees or denied an exemption.
Robert Elliott, founder and executive director of the Veterans Farm of North Carolina, asked the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 to help site five donated tiny homes on farm property for veterans participating in an agricultural training program.
Elliott said the tiny homes — donated by Purple Heart Homes of Statesville and described in the meeting as 10 feet by 30 feet — are intended as temporary housing for veterans enrolled in the program and that the county’s development office had treated the project as a development that…
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