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Bowling Green reports steady permits, new projects and $3.6M for North Main shared-use path
Summary
City planning staff reported year-to-date permit totals roughly even with last year, a near doubling of single-family starts, the issuance of a QuikTrip permit, several commercial and institutional projects under review, and $3.6 million secured to build a 10-foot shared-use path on North Main Street between Poe and Nims Road.
Heather, a city planner, told the Bowling Green City Planning Commission that the city has issued 251 zoning permits so far this year compared with 252 at the same point last year, and that single-family housing starts so far total 40 compared with 20 at this time last year. She reported one commercial new construction permit issued for a QuikTrip at the southeast corner of East Brewster and South Dunbridge Road (address listed as 120 Freeway Court) and said plans for a Speedway at 1650 East Brewster Street, Tin Man Warehouse at 1358 Beller Drive and an addition for Pioneer Packing at 510 Napoleon are under staff review. Permits for Bowling Green High School and a 66-unit Bowling Green Senior Living project adjacent to 1010 South Main Street were described as near issuance once financial guarantees or amended plans are submitted. Heather said the city has secured $3,600,000 in construction funding for a 10-foot-wide paved shared-use path and intersection improvements along North Main Street between Poe and Nims Road as part of a Safe Streets for All initiative. She also noted other planned and under-review shared-use paths linking Krim Elementary to Carter Park, the route between Kogan's and the BG CUNY Center and the BG High School and middle school complex. City Council on Aug. 4 adopted an Active Transportation and Complete Streets policy, Heather said. She also noted public hearings that passed for 416 West Booster Street to be placed on the local historic register and for interim zoning on recently annexed property on Sand Ridge Road. The next public hearing on interim zoning for petition-annexed property on Brim and Bishop Roads is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. Heather encouraged commissioners to attend Rally BG on Main on Saturday, Aug. 23.
