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Residents challenge truck-stop rezoning and countyleaseback agreement
Summary
Public commenters at the Clark County Fiscal Court meeting raised concerns about a zoning change for a proposed truck stop at 1859 Paris Road, an April 9 agreement where the county appears to buy property and lease it back to the developer, and whether required economic documentation under KRS was prepared before the court acted.
Residents urged the Clark County Fiscal Court on Tuesday to reconsider actions tied to a proposed truck stop after reviewing documents they say were not available to the public and an agreement the county signed on April 9.
The dispute surfaced during public comment as several residents questioned how the county handled the zoning and a related "agreement in lieu of taxes" that they say appears to commit county funds to buy property and finance construction for a private operator.
Wayne Harrison, a resident and commentator during public comment, reviewed the April 9 agreement for the court and said, "it looks like the county is buying the property, and it's also paying for the truck stop's construction." He warned the leaseback structure could expose the county to environmental cleanup costs if the tenant defaulted and to long-term financial risk if commercial contamination occurred on county-owned land.
Harrison and…
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