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Planning staff presents draft definitions for tree houses, yurts, domes, shipping containers and tiny homes
Summary
Page County planning staff presented proposed definitions, use charts and supplemental regulations for nonconventional dwellings and discussed placement, setbacks and whether certain structures (notably domes and shipping containers) should be limited or prohibited in sensitive areas.
Planning staff at the Page County work session presented a draft zoning package that defines and proposes uses and supplemental regulations for nonconventional dwellings, including tree houses, yurts, domes, shipping containers and tiny homes.
Staff described the package as three pieces: (1) proposed definitions for each structure type, (2) a use chart showing where different types would be allowed (option 1 and option 2), and (3) proposed supplemental regulations. Staff noted much of the text is repetitive across types and suggested moving common language into the supplemental regulations to simplify the definitions.
Commissioners discussed a reading strategy (review the first sentence of each option, then the supplemental regs) and flagged substantive policy choices: one commissioner suggested prohibiting domes except within campgrounds; several members discussed setback differences (yurts 75 feet, domes 100 feet) and recommended adding a specific setback from floodplains for shipping containers rather than allowing placement at the floodplain edge. One commissioner suggested 50 to 75 feet as an appropriate buffer from floodplain lines.
Staff and commissioners agreed to review the draft further and highlight differences between options in the next packet to speed review. The zoning subcommittee reported it had met twice and is continuing work on Chapter 3 site-plan review language; the subdivision subcommittee will pause while staff compiles a report of ideas for commission review.
The commission did not adopt new regulations at the meeting and will revisit the draft in a future session.
