Tiny home rules in Galloway Township, NJ — 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.
Galloway has no ordinance authorizing tiny houses as separate dwellings. A permanent home must meet the township's minimum floor-area standards and the NJ Uniform Construction Code, and second small dwellings are limited to the conditional-use accessory-unit path — so movable tiny homes are effectively not allowed on their own lot.
Galloway Township does not have a tiny-home or 'movable dwelling' ordinance. Any permanent single-family dwelling must satisfy the code's minimum usable floor areas — including a stated minimum usable floor area of 150 square feet for the initial occupant plus 100 square feet for each additional occupant, and a 70-square-foot minimum for a single-occupant sleeping room. Residential lots are large (minimum lot area of 35,000 square feet in the base residential standard), which prevents siting a stand-alone tiny house on a small parcel. A tiny house on wheels is treated as a recreational vehicle, not a permanent residence. A second small dwelling would fall under the § 233-15 conditional-use accessory-unit rules, not a by-right tiny home.
Occupying a tiny house or RV as a permanent dwelling, or placing a second dwelling without approval, violates Chapter 233 zoning and the Uniform Construction Code; the township can order removal and impose daily fines.
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