Chattanooga

County Allows Flat Top Manufactured Home 5-4 on Appeal

Q: What did Hamilton County actually pass on Flat Top?

A 5-4 appeal on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, granting a special permit for one single-wide manufactured home at 12632 Jones Gap Road, 2.7 acres, Flat Top Mountain. Yes: Sharpe, Chauncey, Mackey, Helton, Graham. No: Eversole, Highlander, Shipley, Smith. Absent: Baker, Beck. The parcel sits across from a $1.5 million house; about 12 manufactured homes already stand nearby.

The Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, voted 5-4 to grant a special-permit appeal for a single-wide manufactured home at 12632 Jones Gap Road on 2.7 acres on Flat Top Mountain.

Tracy King

28 Aug 2026 • 6 min read

Hamilton County Commission voted 5-4 on Aug. 19, 2026, to allow a manufactured home at 12632 Jones Gap Road on Flat Top Mountain.

The Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, voted 5-4 to grant a special-permit appeal for a single-wide manufactured home at 12632 Jones Gap Road on 2.7 acres on Flat Top Mountain, Chattanoogan.com reported Aug. 21. Voting yes: Sharpe, Chauncey, Mackey, Helton, Graham. Voting no: Eversole, Highlander, Shipley, Smith. Absent: Baker, Beck. The parcel sits across from a $1.5 million house. About 12 manufactured homes already stand nearby. The applicant's family, through Clayton Homes, sought the permit for a household that includes a child with special needs, the Chattanoogan file said. This desk is not retelling Plan Chattanooga's 30-day delay or the Kirkman-Tyner 94-unit rezoning. Those posts are live.

A 5-4 special-permit appeal is a land-use vote, not a Hamilton County MLS median. The address is 12632 Jones Gap Road. The acreage is 2.7. The product is a single-wide. The neighbor comparable the paper printed is $1.5 million across the road. The cluster count is about 12 manufactured homes already nearby. Do not invent a zoning atlas case number the Chattanoogan did not print. Do not invent a planning-commission tally. The commission vote is the appeal. Named yes and no votes are on the page.

What did Hamilton County actually pass on Flat Top?

A 5-4 appeal granting a special permit for one single-wide at 12632 Jones Gap Road, 2.7 acres, Flat Top Mountain. Yes: Sharpe, Chauncey, Mackey, Helton, Graham. No: Eversole, Highlander, Shipley, Smith. Baker and Beck were absent. Across the road: a $1.5 million house. Nearby: about 12 manufactured homes. Clayton Homes is the named dealer on the family application. The household includes a child with special needs, per Chattanoogan.com. That is the whole land-use tape this desk opened. Plan Chattanooga's delay to a later hearing and Kirkman-Tyner's 94 units are city files, already live. The library archives contract at $406,313 is a city procurement file, already live. Finley Stadium 2.0 is a stadium file, already live. This URL is Jones Gap Road.

A special permit is not a rezoning of the ridge. It is permission for this unit on this parcel after an appeal. Owners who asked last week whether Plan Chattanooga would vote in August already have that delay post. Owners who ask this week what the county did on Flat Top get 5-4, one single-wide, 12632 Jones Gap, 2.7 acres, and the $1.5 million house across the road.

Flat Top appeal (Aug. 19, 2026)	Figure	Source
Vote	5-4 special-permit appeal granted	Chattanoogan.com, Aug. 21, 2026
Yes / no / absent	Yes: Sharpe, Chauncey, Mackey, Helton, Graham. No: Eversole, Highlander, Shipley, Smith. Absent: Baker, Beck	Chattanoogan.com
Address / land	12632 Jones Gap Road; 2.7 acres; Flat Top Mountain	Chattanoogan.com
Home type	Single-wide manufactured home	Chattanoogan.com
Across the road	$1.5 million house	Chattanoogan.com
Nearby cluster	About 12 manufactured homes already nearby	Chattanoogan.com
Applicant channel	Clayton Homes; household includes a child with special needs	Chattanoogan.com
Already live (not this lead)	Plan Chattanooga 30-day delay; Kirkman-Tyner 94 units; library archives $406,313; Finley Stadium 2.0	Live KORE desk URLs
30-year fixed (context)	6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026	Freddie Mac PMMS

Does a 5-4 Flat Top permit reprice a Signal Mountain or Chattanooga house?

Not by itself. A special permit for one manufactured home is a land-use vote on one parcel. It is not a comparable sale for a Walden Ridge resale and not a downtown condo. Disclose the Jones Gap file if a buyer asks what the county did on Flat Top. Price the house to closed comps, condition, and days on market. Do not mark a $1.5 million neighbor down because the commission granted a single-wide. Do not mark a nearby manufactured home up because 12 others already sit on the ridge. Kirkman-Tyner is 94 units in the city. Plan Chattanooga is a comprehensive-plan delay. Those are different files.

Freddie Mac's Aug. 27 Primary Mortgage Market Survey has the 30-year fixed at 6.66%. A few basis points will not reprice a Hixson ranch the way a full point would. Waiting for that full point while other Hamilton County sellers list into the same dip is a different decision than the commission split 5-4 on Jones Gap Road. A 2.7-acre special permit is still one unit, not a subdivision plat this desk will invent.

Can I buy the next Chattanooga house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. A contingent contract on a Hamilton County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a special-permit explainer. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer.* If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer. The two-house trap did not change because Jones Gap went 5-4: you cannot honor the next address until this one is settled, and you will not list until you know where you are going.

How is this appeal different from Plan Chattanooga and Kirkman-Tyner?

Plan Chattanooga is a city comprehensive-plan vote that council delayed 30 days. Kirkman-Tyner is a 94-unit city rezoning already live. The library archives contract is $406,313 posted for a Sept. 1 date, already live. Finley Stadium 2.0 is the stadium file, already live. This file is a county special-permit appeal: 5-4, 12632 Jones Gap Road, 2.7 acres, single-wide, $1.5 million house across the road, about 12 manufactured homes nearby, Clayton Homes, named yes and no votes. Keep city plan files and this ridge permit in separate folders. Do not average 94 apartments with one single-wide into a fake Hamilton County housing number.

Chattanoogan.com is the primary outlet. Named commissioners are on the page. Absent members are Baker and Beck. If a later county minute book prints a case number this desk did not open, that is a new clip. Until then, the vote, address, acreage, neighbor price, cluster count, and names are the facts. Owners who asked last week about Plan Chattanooga already have that delay post. Owners who ask this week what the county did on Flat Top get 5-4 for one manufactured home.

What should Chattanooga and Hamilton County owners do this week?

If you own on Flat Top or Jones Gap, keep the Chattanoogan clip: 5-4 appeal, 12632 Jones Gap Road, 2.7 acres, single-wide, $1.5 million house across the road, about 12 manufactured homes nearby.
Price your house to closed Hamilton County comps — not to a special-permit tally.
Do not retell Plan Chattanooga, Kirkman-Tyner, the library archives contract, or Finley Stadium as this lead. Those posts are live.
Start with a home evaluation. Ask about a cash offer if timing is the problem.

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What's happening in Chattanooga this week

Flat Top manufactured-home appeal — Hamilton County Commission, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, 5-4; Chattanoogan.com published Aug. 21

Sources: Chattanoogan.com, County Commission Votes 5-4 To Allow Manufactured Home On Flat Top Mountain (Aug. 21, 2026: 5-4; 12632 Jones Gap Road; 2.7 acres; single-wide; $1.5 million house across the road; about 12 nearby manufactured homes; Clayton Homes; yes/no/absent names); live KORE posts for Plan Chattanooga delay, Kirkman-Tyner, library archives, Finley Stadium (not this lead); Freddie Mac PMMS, 30-year 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026.

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