Municipality
Name
Category
Type
Effective Date
Clarkston (City)
Cottage Housing Planned Development (CHD)
Zoning Code
PUD
08/02/2017
Statewide
Residential Building Code – 2018 IRC and Appendix Q
Building Code
IRC
01/01/2020
Statewide
Residential Industrialized (Modular) Tiny Homes – GA Industrialized Buildings Program
Building Code
IB
07/01/2018
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Key
Category
Building Code — Legislation that speaks to how to construct a tiny house.
Zoning Code — Legislation that speaks to how the lot will be used.
Type
ADU — Accessory Dwelling Unit
DMV — Division of Motor Vehicles
IB — Industrialized Buildings
IRC — International Residential Code
PUD — Planned Unit Development
RV — Recreational Vehicle
SF — Single Family Dwelling
T — Transitional Housing
UDO — Unified Development Ordinance
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