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Mount Shasta council approves 'Tiny Homes on Wheels' ordinance amid robust public support
Summary
The Mount Shasta City Council approved the second reading of a 'Tiny Homes on Wheels' ordinance as part of a unanimous consent agenda vote after an extended public comment period in which residents and local workers urged action on affordable housing.
Mount Shasta City Council approved the second reading of the "Tiny Homes on Wheels" ordinance as part of a consent-agenda motion Tuesday, following an extended public comment period in which several residents and workers urged passage.
The ordinance was included in the council's consent agenda and passed on a voice vote after multiple members of the public spoke in favor of allowing tiny homes on wheels as an affordable-housing option in Mount Shasta. Speakers described housing scarcity, health and safety problems in existing rentals, and the potential for tiny homes to provide homeownership or stable rental housing for seniors, workers and younger families.
Advocates at the microphone described a range of circumstances they said tiny homes could address. Glennis Strongheart identified herself as a disabled senior who said she is struggling to maintain housing in Mount Shasta amid a rise in short-term rentals; Patricia Carreras and Roseanne Ware described accessibility and mold problems in their existing housing; and several younger speakers, including carpenter Evan Drake and community member Eduardo Ochoa, said tiny homes could provide pathways to ownership or affordable options for working families.
Council members and staff who spoke during the meeting described how the ordinance fits into the city’s broader affordable- and workforce-housing planning, including the Landing master-planning work discussed elsewhere in the meeting. Councilor Todd (full name not specified in the transcript) noted the ordinance would allow tiny home development in various locations and that, where state subsidies were used for affordable housing projects, program restrictions such as deed-restrictions could apply (for example, the transcript stated such rentals may be deed restricted for 50 years when state subsidies require it).
The ordinance was adopted as part of the consent agenda. The council then moved and seconded the consent-agenda approval; a voice vote recorded unanimous "aye" with no opposition.
The city manager also pointed people to a separate 25-unit affordable townhome project currently being developed in Mount Townhomes, and to a sign-up link (handled by staff) for those units.
The council did not provide additional ordinance text, section numbers, or the ordinance file number during the meeting; the published ordinance name in the packet and the meeting transcript was "Tiny Homes on Wheels ordinance."
