2. On or before the first day of the seventh month next following the enactment of P.L.2019, c.490 (C. 40:55D-66.17 et al.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), or publish a regulatory guidance document, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2011, c.215 (C. 52:14B-3a), or both, in order to provide construction code officials, developers, and prospective owners and occupants with enhanced technical assistance on acceptable approaches to constructing and siting tiny homes. The rules and regulations or regulatory guidance document shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. the permitted approaches to tiny home construction in on-site construction projects governed under the “State Uniform Construction Code Act,” P.L.1975, c.217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.);

b. the permitted approaches to pre-manufacturing tiny homes, including the construction of industrialized/modular buildings, regulated pursuant to P.L.1991, c.457 (C. 32:33-1 et seq.), as tiny homes; and

c. the dimensional requirements for various types of rooms and residential structures, such as bedrooms and staircases, and an explanation of any residential uses that may be precluded by the dimensional requirements.

L.2019, c.490, s.2.