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1 H.540
2 SHORT FORM
3 Introduced by Representatives Bos-Lun of Westminster, Burrows of West
4 Windsor, Campbell of St. Johnsbury, Chapin of East
5 Montpelier, Christie of Hartford, Cina of Burlington, Cordes of
6 Lincoln, Goldman of Rockingham, Headrick of Burlington,
7 McGill of Bridport, Mulvaney-Stanak of Burlington, Pajala of
8 Londonderry, Priestley of Bradford, and Surprenant of Barnard
9 Referred to Committee on
10 Date:
11 Subject: Conservation and development; land use; housing; zoning
12 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require
13 municipal zoning to allow the construction or placement of a tiny house on a
14 lot of one or more acres as a permitted use. Two tiny houses shall be a
15 permitted use on lots of two or more acres. The tiny house is not required to
16 have wastewater capacity if a single-family home is already constructed on the
17 lot and the occupant of the tiny house is related to the occupant of the single-
18 family house.
19 An act relating to the siting of tiny houses VT LEG #371773 v.2
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1 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
2 (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS)
VT LEG #371773 v.2