Living in a Tiny House in California is getting easier all the time.The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors recently voted 5-0 in favor of ordinances to legalize movable tiny homes, ADUs, Single-Family Lots, Home Villages/Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
Dan Fitzpatrick, is President of the Tiny House Industry Association (THIA) and has been working with newly elected Supervisor Manu Koenig on this effort towards making Tiny Houses legal.
“Supervisor Koenig, yesterday, did a masterful presentation in support of movable Tiny Homes and we are ecstatic to learn of the unanimous support from the Board. We will,” continued Fitzpatrick, “be working with county staff in the development and processing of these ordinance amendments.”
这将使圣克鲁兹与加州其他支持微型住宅的城市一样，如弗雷斯诺、圣路易斯奥比斯波、洛杉矶、圣地亚哥、圣何塞和加州城。
为什么移动迷你屋在更多城市不合法?
There are a few reasons why you can’t park and live in a Tiny House in many cities, probably the most prevalent among those reasons is aesthetics.Lots of people may want to put a Tiny House or THOW in a laneway as a secondary dwelling and plug it into a main house, but not many neighbors would be keen on looking at that all the time. So we suggest, before rushing out and looking atTiny Houses for sale in your area if needing a home, read this.
This is not a new thing, there have long been regulations preventing long-term use of RVs in laneways as
accessory dwelling units, perhaps if they were all as good looking asthe Noyer THOW from Minimaliste Inc. featured on our cover photo, neighbors wouldn't mind as much!
Coach houses, granny suites and Tiny Houses being legalized
As some cities take steps towards their own climate change mitigation goals, and often just improving quality of life in general and good sense在美国，许多城市中心正在进行基础设施改革，并制定城市密度计划，使城市更宜居。
One of the early adopters was the city of Vancouver, Canada where, under the leadership of Mayor Gregor Robertson, they set the goal of makingVancouver the worlds greenest city by 2020.
Such a grand claim is no more easy to qualify than judging a ‘world's best cup of coffee’ contest, but even just making the statement and then actually taking steps to achieve it is a bold and influential move. But to that end, the city did push through a program related to the legalizing of Tiny Houses in California, which is theVancouver laneway house movementwhere fully autonomous Tiny Homes and coach houses are being built in backyards.
Why do we need urban densification?
Allowing Tiny Houses and other Accessory Dwelling Units to be built on sizeable downtown lots is one of the best ways to protect city greenbelts.
在城市范围内和市中心建造更多的住宅可能是你能拥有的最环保的家庭生活方式，因为你将利用现有的道路、下水道、公共交通、自行车道等基础设施。如果你住在市中心，可以乘坐公共汽车、自行车道，甚至离公共服务设施很近，所以你可以步行，这也会让你更容易过渡到没有汽车的生活。
One of the results of 2020; A renewed interest in multigenerational homes
With everything that's been happening over the last year, there's also a renewed interest in multigenerational homes在蒙特利尔，圣凯瑟琳(Ste Catherine’s)等传统社区最近推动了ADU的建设，以鼓励城市密度，让有较大子女或父母的家庭生活在相同的Covid泡沫中，或让人们在不确定时期投资建设ADU作为被动收入的重要来源。
Are Tiny Houses eco friendly?
好吧，准备好接受"是"和"不是"的答案吧。小型住宅比大型住宅使用更少的材料和能源，但前提是它们保持不动。在我们看来，《Tiny house》最大的问题是轮子，原因有几个——你需要拖着它们到处跑，在高速公路上颠簸房子并不是让它持续很长时间的最好方法。Read more here –Are Tiny Houses good for the environment?We know quite well that we risk a backlash from Tiny House readers, but you should always look at the flip side of anything before making a judgement : )
在没有轮子的情况下，如果建造得好，“小房子”在很大程度上是一个好主意。如果你执意要一个有轮子的房子，至少要知道其中的陷阱。Read here aboutHow to build the best Tiny House for cold climates. If you happen to be one of those lucky Californians enjoying your Tiny House in balmy Santa Cruz, check that page out anyway; many of the building techniques are relevant for all climates.
Where are Tiny Houses Legal?
As we’ve seen in California, many cities are making allowances for Tiny Houses and other ADUs,but if were we to compile a list of cities where Tiny Houses are legal, it would be out of date before we finished it. The best bet is simply to check with your local municipal government to find what restrictions are put on Tiny House living, and even how to store a Tiny House in the city.
Not only are you not allowed to live in them everywhere, in many places you won’t even be allowed to park it in your laneway. These are the reasons that we are very encouraged to see so many cities moving towards allowing Tiny Houses, so a tip of the hat from the Ecohome Network to the city councillors of Santa Cruz!
Now you know more about where you can live in aTiny Home on wheels.Findmore pages about Tiny Housesandresilient green building techniqueshere :
Find more about green home constructionin the EcoHomeGreen Building Guideor to learn more aboutthe benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership, see here. |
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