The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Qualifications of Tourism Facilities was published in the Official Gazette dated January 18, 2024. The regulation introduces significant introductions regarding mobile homes, also known as tiny houses, in the public eye. The Regulation on the Qualifications of Tourism Facilities not only serves as a tiny house regulation but also includes regulations concerning other facilities. However, it is an important development in determining the legal status of mobile homes. This article will examine what the tiny house regulation brings.
What Does Tiny House Mean?
According to the new regulation, mobile homes, commonly known as tiny houses in the public, are defined with the following terms in the new regulation:
A vehicle subject to the Road Traffic Law dated 13/10/1983 and No. 2918, designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, equipped as an accommodation unit, and having living space, a bed, and a bathroom-toilet, possessing a Class 02 type approval certificate in accordance with the relevant legislation.
As seen, there are certain conditions that a entity must meet to qualify as a mobile home. These conditions can be listed as follows:
- Possession of a Class 02 type approval certificate (02 refers to trailers with a maximum mass exceeding 0.75 tons but not exceeding 3.5 tons)
- Designed to be towed by a motor vehicle
- Arranged as an accommodation unit
- Containing living space, bed, and bathroom-toilet
- Subject to the Road Traffic Law dated 13/10/1983 and No. 2918
Mobile Homes Will Not Be Granted Tourism Investment Certificate
It is regulated that tourism investment certificates will not be granted to mobile homes. While the previous version of the regulation stipulated that tourism investment certificates would not be granted to private facilities, gastronomy facilities, apart-hotels, pensions, and private accommodation facilities not included in properties with immovable cultural assets requiring protection, with the amendment, this scope has been expanded, and mobile homes have been included among them.
Certain Conditions Will Not Be Required for Private Pools Serving a Single Accommodation Unit
According to the regulation amendment, in private swimming pools designed to serve a single accommodation unit in accommodation facilities, certain requirements such as buffet service or a bar area including buffet service, dressing room, shower, separate toilet arrangement for female and male customers, lifeguard, and a separate children's pool will not be required.
Conditions and Qualifications of Tiny Houses
The qualifications and conditions that mobile homes must meet have also been determined by the new regulation. Accordingly, mobile home facilities are facilities consisting entirely of mobile homes, arranged in areas designated for camping or rural/eco-tourism use in zoning plans, except for designated public immovable properties, containing a minimum of five and a maximum of forty-nine accommodation units.
The following qualifications must be met in these facilities:
a) A minimum of two hundred and fifty square meters per accommodation unit.
b) Illumination of the facility area by arrangements such as fencing, wall, greenery, isolating it from the surroundings.
c) Parking lot, reception-administration unit at the entrance, with one vehicle per accommodation unit.
d) All mobile homes must have a registration certificate issued in the name of the property owner, document holder, or operator.
Mobile homes must be arranged to receive natural light. In addition, these units should be decorated with suitable furnishings to provide comfortable use and equipped with bedding, one pillow per person, pillowcase, sheet, quilt or blanket according to climate conditions, a safe for valuables, minibar, equipment and service materials for preparing hot drinks, general lighting, socket, trash can, curtain, or similar arrangements. Bathrooms must have sanitary ware, faucet, tap, shower equipment, mirror, socket, trash can, soap, shampoo, and hand and bath towels. Plus, each accommodation unit should be for two people.
It is also emphasized that arrangements eliminating the mobility of accommodation units cannot be made.
Submission of the registration certificate is required for the tourism business license application for mobile home facilities. Additionally, as of the application date, valid technical inspections under the Road Traffic Law must be available. After obtaining the tourism business license, a valid inspection certificate indicating that technical inspections have been carried out will be submitted to the Ministry.
Changes in the Minimum Qualifications of Accommodation Facilities
Changes have been made in the minimum qualifications of accommodation facilities with the regulation. Accordingly, except for those explicitly permitted in the section where the qualifications of mobile homes are specified, accommodation units of accommodation facilities, regardless of whether the mobility has been eliminated, cannot be partially or entirely composed of mobile homes, and document requests for these facilities will be rejected.
These regulation provisions came into effect on January 18, 2024.
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