Tiny home rules in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA — 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.
The City-Parish UDC has no separate tiny-home category. A tiny home on a permanent foundation is a single-family dwelling; a manufactured or movable tiny home is regulated under UDC 9.3.5, which limits one per parcel, requires road frontage, and sets a 25-foot setback from abutting properties.
East Baton Rouge Parish does not define a distinct tiny-home use. A site-built tiny home on a foundation is simply a single-family dwelling that must meet the zoning district's dimensional standards and the adopted building code. A manufactured (factory-built, HUD-code) tiny home is governed by UDC Section 9.3.5: no more than one such home on a parcel, located on a parcel with 100 feet of frontage on a Parish-maintained road (or recorded access within 200 feet), and at least 100 feet from the street and 25 feet from abutting properties unless the neighbor gives notarized consent (never closer than five feet). Recreational-vehicle tiny homes cannot be used as permanent dwellings. Baker, Zachary and Central apply their own codes.
Placing a manufactured/tiny home without meeting UDC 9.3.5 frontage and setback rules, or living in an RV as a permanent home, is a zoning violation enforced by Development Services.
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