City of Los Angeles only
Los Angeles movable tiny house / ADU path
For readers evaluating the City's documented movable-tiny-house-as-ADU route. Los Angeles County and other cities use separate rules.
Official sources checked: 2026-07-08
Tiny house placement
Where Can I Put a Tiny House?
Start with the exact jurisdiction, home category, intended use, and property. Parking a unit and getting permission to live in it are separate questions.
Available guides: City of Los Angeles, San Diego City and unincorporated County, and Georgia home classification. For other locations, use the placement checklist below to prepare questions for the relevant office.
Source-backed coverage
Available guides and their limits
Use a guide only when its scope matches. These summarize official sources for a narrow jurisdiction or classification job; they are not parcel approvals. We do not have local placement guides beyond the coverage shown here.
Two separately scoped jurisdictions
San Diego City and unincorporated County paths
Compare the City's Movable Tiny House code with the County's separate primary-or-accessory THOW path before relying on a listing or parcel.
Official sources checked: 2026-07-28
Georgia classification only
Georgia tiny house categories
For identifying the likely RV, manufactured, modular, or site-built lane before asking a Georgia city or county about local siting.
Official sources checked: 2026-08-13
Before the placement check
Identify what you are actually buying
"Tiny house" is a marketing term, not one universal legal category. Ask the seller for the documents or labels that show which path the home was built for.
Movable
Tiny house on wheels
May be reviewed as an RV, movable tiny house, accessory unit, or another local category. Ask what certification, plans, and inspection path apply.
Recreation / park
RV or park model
Often designed for a park, campground, or community. Full-time residential use can be a separate question from where the unit may be parked.
Built on site
Foundation home or ADU
Usually follows a residential or accessory-dwelling permit path. The lot, primary-home context, building code, utilities, and intended occupancy still matter.
Factory built
Modular or manufactured
Certification and installation rules can differ from both site-built homes and RVs. Confirm the label and regulatory program before discussing placement.
Before a deposit or land offer
Placement checklist: get the evidence in writing
First confirm the parcel number and governing office using the parcel record or planning office. A mailing address does not establish jurisdiction.
Send the office the parcel details, unit plans or labels, and intended use. Ask:
For parcel [parcel number] in [jurisdiction], how do you classify [unit and label] for [intended use], and which zoning, occupancy, building, and site approvals must I obtain before purchase?
Keep the written response and unresolved questions with your purchase documents. Verbal reassurance is hard to use when an office, seller, lender, or insurer later disagrees.
- Parcel authority: exact jurisdiction, parcel number, zoning district, overlays, and governing office.
- Home category: plans, labels, certification, build standard, and the local office's classification.
- Use and occupancy: whether the intended primary, accessory, rental, temporary, or park use can be reviewed on that property.
- Site work: access, fire, foundation or anchoring, delivery, septic, water, power, grading, and inspections.
- Seller scope: what the price includes, excludes, delivers, warrants, and requires someone else to complete.
- Private constraints: HOA, deed, lease, lender, and insurer requirements before money becomes nonrefundable.