Tiny home rules in Greenville County, SC — covering tiny houses on wheels (THOWs), park model RVs, and tiny home on foundation builds — determine where they are legal and how they get permitted.
Greenville County has no general tiny-home category. A manufactured home may be allowed in any district as a Temporary Accessory Dwelling for a hardship or medical need, only by Board of Zoning Appeals permit, for up to one year at a time, and must be removed within 30 days of
Under Section 11:9 of the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance, a manufactured home may be permitted in any zoning district as a temporary accessory residential use subordinate to a principal single-family dwelling. It requires a special-exception permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals and is limited to a person whose incapacity, infirmity, or extended illness requires continuous nursing care, certified by a physician. The permit runs no more than one year and may be renewed annually after review by the Zoning Administrator. When authorization ends, the temporary dwelling and its services must be removed within 30 days. Multi-section manufactured homes used as permanent dwellings must have at least 900 square feet of floor area. Cities set their own tiny-home rules.
Placing a second manufactured home or tiny house without a Board of Zoning Appeals temporary-dwelling permit, or leaving it beyond the permit, is a zoning violation; removal within 30 days of termination is required.
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