Chatt Residents Express Frustration as Officials Defend Moratorium

The air was thick with tension at the Chattahoochee County Commission's August 4 meeting, hanging heavy over a community already worn thin by legal battles, soaring costs, and uncertain visions for the future.
Just a month prior, during their July 7 meeting, the County Commission had dropped a bombshell: a county-wide moratorium halting any new mobile homes from being brought into the area, unless destined for pre-zoned mobile home parks. The vote had passed comfortably, 4-1, with Commissioner Damon Hoyte casting the lone dissenting vote.
The county had been relying on a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) system to handle mobile home placements. But Commission Chairman Charles Coffey argued that the well-intentioned process had devolved into a bureaucratic labyrinth prone...