Tiny home rules in Milton, FL — 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 Santa Rosa County LDC defines a tiny home as a single-family residential structure under 400 sq ft on a permanent foundation. A tiny home on wheels is treated as a recreational vehicle (RV), not a permanent dwelling, so it follows RV rules rather than housing standards.
Under the LDC definitions, a 'Tiny Home' is a single-family residential structure under 400 square feet built on a permanent foundation, while a 'Tiny Home on Wheels' is a tiny house built on wheels and legally registered as a recreational vehicle (RV). Because a wheeled tiny home is an RV, it cannot serve as a permanent dwelling in most residential districts and is not a guest cottage (LDC 5.02.06 states no mobile home or RV counts as a guest cottage). A foundation-built tiny home is a single-family dwelling that must meet the Florida Building Code, the zoning district's setbacks and density, and standard permitting. Cities within the county set their own tiny-home rules.
Occupying an RV/wheeled tiny home as a dwelling outside an approved RV park, or placing a tiny home without meeting building-code and zoning standards, violates the LDC and is subject to code-enforcement action.
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