Fiscal court holds first reading on rezoning for 1859 Paris Road travel center amid large public turnout; vote moved to after closed session

Clark County’s fiscal court conducted the first reading of an ordinance to rezone 1859 Paris Road from A‑1 to Planned Development (PD) for a proposed travel center and accepted extensive public comment. Dozens of residents and lawyers spoke; after debate about evidence and procedure the court moved into closed session before taking a final vote, which will be recorded in open session when the meeting resumes.

The item is the first reading of a map‑amendment ordinance; county attorneys reminded speakers that the planning commission conducted the evidentiary public hearing earlier and that the fiscal court’s statutory role at first reading is to consider the record from that hearing rather than to accept new testimony. Despite the advisory, numerous neighborhood residents and their counsel appealed to the court to…