Can I put a tiny house here?

Austin has unusually explicit rules for small dwellings. The city defines a tiny home as a dwelling unit of 400 square feet or less, excluding loft space, and HOME Phase 1 allows up to three housing units—including tiny homes—on eligible SF-1, SF-2 and SF-3 properties. Property-specific zoning, building, utility, flood, tree and deed restrictions still matter.

Orlando publishes a detailed ADU pathway for eligible residential properties. A city ADU must be a permanent structure on a permanent foundation and meet residential building-code requirements; the city explicitly says a recreational vehicle or mobile home may not be used as an ADU.

Mills River administers its own zoning, subdivision, watershed and development permits. Henderson County has a separate Land Development Code for property under county jurisdiction. Buyers should identify the actual jurisdiction before applying county rules to a Mills River parcel—or vice versa.

Greenville County has a dedicated Tiny Home Ordinance for permanent dwellings of 400 square feet or less, excluding lofts, within planned pocket-neighborhood developments. The ordinance expressly excludes recreational vehicles, park models, campers and other seasonal RVIA-type designs. Property inside the City of Travelers Rest follows the city’s own zoning code rather than automatically using county zoning rules.

Ruskin is in unincorporated Hillsborough County, where the Land Development Code controls land use and the county’s permitting system separately addresses conventional residences, accessory dwelling units, modular buildings and HUD-code mobile/manufactured-home installations. A private tiny-home community is a different pathway from placing a THOW or park-model-type unit on an ordinary residential parcel.

Pinetop-Lakeside is unusually useful for tiny-house research because its zoning code explicitly addresses RV parks, manufactured-home parks and the placement of manufactured, modular and park-model homes. Property outside town limits follows Navajo County zoning instead, so jurisdiction has to be confirmed before applying either rule set.

Lexington County requires zoning review for new construction and other land-use changes in its unincorporated territory, while municipalities inside the county administer their own zoning. The county separately addresses site-built/modular homes, mobile homes/campers and mobile-home parks, so a park-model community should not be treated as proof of ordinary-lot placement rights.

Florida does not reduce tiny-house placement to one statewide yes/no rule. The path depends heavily on what the unit legally is and where the parcel is located.

California has current building-code provisions for tiny houses and a strong statewide accessory-dwelling-unit framework, but a foundation dwelling, factory-built home, trailer coach, recreational vehicle and park trailer are not interchangeable classifications.

Maine is unusually explicit: state law defines a qualifying chassis-built “tiny home,” provides a title pathway, and says municipalities shall permit such tiny homes on individual house lots where single-family dwellings are allowed or as accessory structures—while still applying the relevant land-use requirements.

Alaska does not reduce tiny-house placement to a statewide legal/illegal answer. Municipal land-use rules can differ substantially, while state requirements such as onsite wastewater still apply in their own lane.

Texas has distinct pathways for site-built dwellings, HUD-code manufactured housing and vehicle-based units. Municipal zoning, county development authority, wastewater and private restrictions can all matter, so “Texas allows tiny houses” is not a parcel-level answer.

North Carolina currently uses statewide residential building standards while cities and counties control development approvals and zoning. Manufactured and modular homes have specific state protections and programs, but a generic THOW does not automatically inherit those pathways.

Tennessee uses a mixed enforcement system: the State Residential Building Code Enforcement Program applies in many areas, some local governments enforce approved local codes, and some jurisdictions have opted out. Non-traditional prefabricated structures also have specific state guidance that can surprise shed-conversion buyers.

South Carolina has statewide building-code and modular-building programs, while municipalities and counties retain broad zoning and land-development authority. Park models, manufactured homes, modular homes and site-built tiny dwellings should not be treated as interchangeable.

Arizona now has significant state-level accessory-dwelling-unit protections, while also drawing clear legal lines between factory-built buildings, manufactured homes and recreational vehicles such as park trailers. The exact city, town or county still controls the parcel-level zoning and permit path.

Georgia applies mandatory state construction codes statewide and separately regulates industrialized/modular and HUD-code manufactured housing. Those construction pathways do not override local zoning, subdivision, foundation, utility or land-use decisions.