Tiny home rules in Sedgwick County, KS — 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.
A permanent dwelling in a residential district must meet the Unified Zoning Code's Residential-Design Manufactured Home standards: a double-pitched roof, site-built-style siding, and a permanent foundation. Movable tiny houses on wheels are RVs and cannot serve as a permanent home.
The UZC does not have a 'tiny home' category. A tiny house on wheels is a recreational vehicle and may not be used as a permanent dwelling in residential districts. A tiny house placed permanently is treated as a dwelling and, if factory-built, must meet the Residential-Design Manufactured Home standards in UZC Sec. IV-D. Those require a predominantly double-pitched roof with a minimum 2.2-in-per-12-in slope covered with site-built-style materials (excluding aluminum, corrugated fiberglass, or metal roofing), a ten-inch minimum eave and overhang, exterior siding customarily used on site-built dwellings, and a permanent concrete or masonry foundation or curtain wall under the perimeter. A county building permit and adopted building-code compliance are required. Inside cities, municipal rules apply; confirm with MAPD
Placing a non-conforming factory-built dwelling, or living permanently in an RV/tiny house on wheels in a residential district, violates the UZC and is enforced under UZC Article VIII. Remedies include stop-work orders, fines, and removal orders.
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