Loudon County staff propose restoring single-family and manufactured homes in rural center zoning; three rezones slated for voting

At a March 17, 2025 Loudon County Commission workshop, staff presented a resolution to amend the county zoning resolution's Article 5, section 5.46 C1 (rural center district) to restore allowances for single-family dwellings, manufactured/mobile homes and prefabricated dwellings in small pockets of C1 zoning and to reinstate prior setback and minimum-lot-size standards.

The change matters because staff said several small, older C1 parcels across the county now carry development rules that prevent rebuilding after a loss, which can leave homeowners unable to secure loans or insurance. "One of the biggest changes were that, seems like in the C1, you might have been able to go down to about a 15,000 square foot lot size if you were subdivided," Presenter Jim Dakins said, describing why the amendment would return a one-acre minimum in many cases and restore setbacks that existed prior to the Article 5 rewrite.

Dakins…