Bourbon County advisory board schedules public forums, outlines zoning talking points

Members of the Bourbon County Zoning Advisory Board set dates for public forums and agreed on a one-page handout and talking points intended to explain zoning, gather public input and forward findings to the County Commission.

The advisory board voted to hold follow-up meetings on May 22 and May 29 at 6 p.m. and to run the public forums in Uniontown, Fulton and Fort Scott as regular, open meetings so they can be properly noticed and minutes recorded. The board also agreed on a three-minute time limit for individual speakers and a target forum length of about 90 minutes to two hours.

Board members emphasized that the packet and the brief presentation are designed to explain zoning’s function — "planning on where things go" — not to regulate normal personal uses of property. "Zoning isn't telling people what to do on their personal property for personal use," Advisory…