Titusville, FL Accessory Structures: Tiny Homes (2026)

Sec. 28-80.5 defines a 'tiny house' as a detached residential unit with a living area below the minimum otherwise required in its zoning district, and permits it only in the R-2, R-3, UMU (Urban Mixed-Use), RMH-1 and RMH-2 zoning districts, and only with the approval of a master plan under Chapter 34, Article III, Division 3, which requires public hearings. The development must be a cottage-home project on a minimum two-acre site with at least five dwelling units, all fronting a centralized common area of at least 6,500 square feet. Each unit's living space must fall between 350 and 600 square feet, must sit on a permanent foundation, poured footers, stem walls or engineered slabs rather than wheels, and must be built to the Florida Building Code. Minimum building separation between units is 10 feet, and every structure, including accessory structures, must still meet the principal-structure setbacks of the underlying zoning district, measured from the perimeter of the cottage-home development. Parking, including garages, carports and sheds, must be consolidated in one common area and screened from view.

Tiny houses on wheels get separate, narrower treatment under Sec. 28-80.6, which defines a THOW as a vehicular, wheel-mounted unit towable by a vehicle hitch, distinct from a mobile home, manufactured home or park trailer under Fla. Stat. Ch. 320. THOWs may be permitted only as a conditional use, requiring a public hearing, and only in the Residential Manufactured Housing Park (RMH-2) district. A THOW must connect to an approved potable water source and sanitary sewer, use wiring compliant with the National Electric Code, be anchored per plans sealed by a Florida-registered professional engineer, meet a minimum 15-foot building separation, and comply with the flood-protection standards in Chapter 30, Article II, Division 7.