City Council adopts zoning text amendments to allow tiny homes on wheels and update ADU rules

The Fresno City Council on June 12 approved a text and plan amendment (P25-00996) that allows tiny homes on wheels to be used as primary homes, revises accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations to match state law, and lowers the minimum density in the RMMH (mobile home) zone from 12 to 8 dwelling units per acre.

The changes are the first package of zoning updates staff said are needed to implement the city's recently adopted housing element and to maintain the city's pro-housing designation. "This is the first package of text amendments that will come before you to accomplish three primary tasks," planner Casey Lauderdale told council during a detailed presentation of the six topic areas the amendment addresses.

Why it matters: the amendments are intended to reduce barriers to housing development across several fronts: providing an explicit path for tiny homes on wheels to be treated the same as manufactured homes, updating ADU references and standards to reflect state preemption and new state rules, clarifying agricultural labor housing as…