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Commission delays tiny‑home/RV rezoning to allow neighborhood outreach and plan details
Summary
A proposed tiny‑home and full‑time RV community on Chapman Highway was deferred 30 days after neighbors and commissioners requested more detailed development plans and assurance the community would not become transient.
The Knox County Commission voted March 16 to defer consideration of a rezoning request for a tiny‑home and full‑time RV community to the April zoning agenda, giving the applicant time to meet neighborhood groups and provide more detailed development plans.
Applicant Trent Collins said the project would be a legacy development intended for longer‑term residents rather than short‑term stays; he described infrastructure and layout plans and noted some initial cleanup work on the property. Resident Robert Thompson urged conditioning any approval on a prior approved development plan to prevent adverse impacts on neighboring properties and pressed for outreach to neighborhood associations.
Director Snowden clarified that the county ordinance lists a 'transient mobile home park' as a use allowed by right in CA zoning, prompting commissioners to seek greater clarity on intended occupancy lengths and operational rules. Commissioner Fox moved to defer the item for 30 days so Collins could meet South Knox neighborhood groups and return with additional materials; the motion carried.
What to watch: the applicant was asked to provide or confirm a development plan and to meet neighborhood associations in South Knox County before the April meeting. Commissioners emphasized they want assurances on length‑of‑stay policies, site layout and infrastructure before moving the rezoning forward.
