Palm Bay, FL Accessory Structures: Tiny Homes (2026)

Under Palm Bay Code § 171.001, a tiny home is a permanently anchored single-family dwelling connected to city water and sewer, and the definition itself restricts tiny homes to planned unit developments (PUDs) only: they cannot be sited in standard single-family zoning districts. Section 173.063 sets PUD minimum site sizes: five acres for a typical PUD, but only one acre if the entire development consists of tiny homes. Tiny homes may also be mixed into a PUD alongside zero-lot-line single-family homes under § 173.065. There is no citywide tiny-home ordinance outside the PUD framework, so a builder cannot place a stand-alone tiny home on an ordinary residential lot.