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Nevada County revives Title 25 to ease rural home permitting; board removes sunset and allows rentals
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 10 to introduce and waive first reading of an amended Title 25 ordinance offering a lower-cost permitting pathway for limited-density rural dwellings; the board removed a proposed three-year sunset and a two-year rental delay and directed annual reporting back to the board.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 10 advanced an amended ordinance to bring back California Code of Regulations Title 25 as a local tool to permit limited-density, owner-built rural dwellings in specified rural zoning districts.
Building Director George Shurek told the board Title 25 permits ease the cost and technical burdens of new rural housing by allowing alternative materials and a smaller scope of mandatory work while preserving life, health and safety inspections. He said the county would still require septic and well approvals from Environmental Health, Wildland–Urban Interface (WUI) fire protections, smoke detectors and, for homes larger than 1,200 square feet, sprinklers.…
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