Permitting a yurt

[Freedom Yurt Cabins]

Found this recently and thought people here might be interested to know. After last year's fires around Sonoma County CA, they revised some of their building permit regulations and are offering fee exemptions to help residents rebuild.

To get every individual back into their homes and return the community to its health and vibrancy, the City of Santa Rosa has created new policies, which include:

Expediting review process for hillside development and design review
Waiving fees for discretionary planning, demolition and temporary housing permits
Allowing residents to live in temporary housing units, such as manufactured, tiny homes, and RVs, on their properties while rebuilding
Allowing residents to build detached accessory dwelling units to live in while they are rebuilding their main residence and offering incentives for such units

See the whole PDF document here: https://issuu.com/cityofsantarosa/do...57122/57669144

I'm not 100% sure if our wood yurt cabins qualify, let alone a fabric yurt, but it is a drastic reduction in the permitting barriers in that area. Worth looking into if you're in that area! Live in a yurt while you rebuild, then use it as an Airbnb/granny flat/accessory structure once your house is rebuilt.