CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – In the weeks following the Dec. 9 tornado, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission came together to discuss how their office can help those affected by the natural disaster.
Following their conversations and tracking the tornado damage in the area of Britton Springs Road and Garrettsburgh Road, the RPC found a unique problem for properties zoned single family mobile home residential district (RM-1 and RM-2) in the area. At the time, existing properties with the RM-1 and RM-2 zoning that had a single manufactured home (mobile home) on the land could not replace the home with any structure other than another single manufactured home. This was, of course, without seeking approval.
RPC Director Jeffery Tyndall explained this problem at last week’s informal County Commission meeting and said his office wanted to provide RM-1 and RM-2 property owners other redevelopment options outside of placing a traditional mobile home back on their land. This led the RPC to initiate changes to the zoning classification, so they could provide property owners with a choice: place a manufactured mobile home back on the land or build a conventional single-family home.
On Monday night, the County Commission unanimously approved a resolution that removed the specific restrictions from the RM-1 and RM-2 zoning classifications. Conventional single-family homes include developments such as stick-built homes and even a double wide trailer, according to Tyndall.
Here are the other changes to the zoning classification:
- Does not adjust any sizes or setbacks with the exception of accessory uses in RM-2 (moves from 5 feet to 10 feet to match all other zones).
- Removal of a redundant chapter on mobile home subdivisions (chapter 5.4).
Following approval at the county level, the Regional Planning Commission will now look to adopt a similar ordinance within the city limits, according to Tyndall.
