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Planning director previews site plan for 45-acre Edgewood Farm and ongoing conveyance and flood-rule amendments
Summary
Planning Director Steve Hunter told the Woodford County Fiscal Court that the planning commission and advisory committee are considering in‑family conveyance language revisions, sub-regulation changes, two flood-related zoning text amendments and a major site development plan for 45 acres east of Kroger.
Planning Director Steve Hunter told the Woodford County Fiscal Court that the planning commission and its advisory committee are reviewing multiple land-use changes and two text amendments related to flood-damaged properties, and that a significant site development plan for 45 acres known as Edgewood Farm is on the commission’s agenda.
Hunter said the advisory committee met for two hours on Sept. 4 to revisit a draft in‑family conveyance provision the fiscal court had previously directed staff to prepare. The committee discussed revisions including new hold periods (a possible split five- and 10-year approach) and redefined "substantial hardship" language; Hunter said the committee returned the draft to further work and will continue discussion the following Thursday at 4 p.m.
The advisory committee also recommended a sub-regulation amendment to close what staff described as a loophole allowing developers to avoid required stub-street connections. Hunter said two zoning text amendments addressing flood-impacted properties—intended to allow rebuilding in cases of destruction by fire, flood or wind—are slated for the planning commission hearing; if approved by the planning commission they would be sent to the fiscal court quickly because a temporary waiver of flood standards is scheduled to expire in October.
Hunter described item 5 on the planning commission agenda as a site development plan for the first major projects on the 45 acres immediately east of the city’s newly built street; the plan documents use non-disclosure terms but contain two labels on the plan: “grocer” and “home improvement,” with associated square-footage, parking, landscape and drainage plans. Hunter said other items on the planning commission agenda include a zone change from agricultural to small‑community for roughly 12 acres to be divided into two six‑acre tracts and several minor plats and easement adjustments in the Legends subdivision.
Hunter also noted a volunteer fire chief will present a request about adjusting fire hydrant spacing requirements to better align with ISO standards; that presentation will be before the advisory committee as a part of the same set of meetings.
Ending: Hunter invited magistrates to review plats and plans in his office and reminded the court that planning commission proceedings are livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.
