Boyle County meeting debates plan to raise agricultural minimum lot size from 1 to 5 acres

Hannah Gray, planning design director, outlined a proposed zoning text amendment that would raise the minimum lot size in agricultural zones from the one‑acre level used in recent practice (referred to in the meeting as 50,000 square feet) to five acres and asked residents for feedback during a Boyle County public information session. Gray said the change applies only to agricultural zoning and not to rural‑residential or R‑1 districts, where smaller lot sizes remain possible by zone change.

Gray said the amendment grew out of the countywide comprehensive‑plan process and subsequent conversations with city and county officials. She told attendees the comprehensive plan and future land‑use map were adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 22 after multiple public meetings and a month of public comment, and that the zoning text amendment was recommended by the commission at its October meeting. She said the stated goal is to encourage higher density inside urban…