Tiny home rules in Queen Creek, AZ — 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.
Queen Creek has no separate tiny-home ordinance. A tiny home built as a permanent accessory dwelling must meet the Town's ADU standards under the Zoning Ordinance and A.R.S. 9-461.18, including a permanent foundation, a separate entrance and full residential building-code compliance. Movable tiny homes on wheels are not permanent dwellings.
Queen Creek does not publish a dedicated tiny-home ordinance; tiny homes are regulated through the Town's accessory dwelling unit (ADU) standards and building codes. To be used as a second residence, a tiny home must qualify as an ADU under the Zoning Ordinance, amended Nov. 6, 2024 to comply with Arizona's HB 2720 (A.R.S. 9-461.18). The Town requires an ADU to be built and affixed to a permanent foundation, to meet all applicable residential building-code requirements, and to have a separate and independent entrance from the primary residence. A tiny house on wheels (a movable RV-style unit) does not meet the permanent-foundation requirement and would not qualify as a permitted ADU. State law caps ADU size at 75% of the primary dwelling's floor area or 1,000 square feet, whichever is smaller, and prohibits the Town from requiring owner-occupancy, exterior design matching, or rear/side setbacks greater than five feet. Standard accessory-structure setbacks, height limits and lot-coverage rules of the underlying zoning district still apply. The Town directs residents to confirm requirements with Planning Staff at 480-358-3092 before building.
Placing a movable tiny home as a permanent residence, or building a tiny dwelling without permits or in violation of ADU standards, can result in code-compliance enforcement and orders to remove the unit or bring it up to code.
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