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Council backs five-lot tiny-home subdivision to create affordable ownership opportunities
Summary
Council approved a minor subdivision and rezoning to allow five tiny-home lots (6,000 sq ft each) with single-story, ~700-sq-ft houses aimed at first-time buyers; builder Mark Hoover said homes will be sold to owner-occupants for the first 90 days before investors may purchase.
A builder and advocate for tiny and attainable housing, Mark Hoover, briefed the council on a proposed minor subdivision that would create five 6,000-square-foot lots intended for tiny homes. The proposal includes rezoning a parcel from B-3 (general commercial) to B-2 (residential/light commercial) to allow single-story homes of roughly 700 square feet.
Hoover said the homes would be stick-built with crawl spaces and wood siding, and that the development would prioritize owner-occupancy by allowing only first-time home buyers to purchase in the first 90 days before sales to investors would be permitted. He estimated sales prices in the "high $100,000s," acknowledging cost uncertainty tied to development costs and that the final per-unit price would depend on building expenses.
Council members asked clarifying questions about unit counts, development costs and whether this project would be replicated elsewhere; Hoover said the plan could expand in other jurisdictions but would require different zoning. After discussion the council took roll-call votes and the members present voted in favor of the item recorded in the meeting minutes.
The meeting record does not show final plat approval or building permits being issued at this session; those remain future procedural steps.
