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Franklin County to hold evidentiary hearing after residents and magistrates challenge Keaton Lane industrial authority language
Summary
Facing sustained public opposition and questions about missing studies, Franklin County fiscal court voted to hold an evidentiary hearing on a request to rezone 24.45 acres at 827 Cardinal Lane and to further examine a state-required industrial-authority resolution.
Frankfort — Franklin County fiscal court on Nov. 6 agreed to hold an evidentiary hearing on a contested rezoning request for roughly 24.45 acres at 827 Cardinal Lane after residents and several magistrates said they lacked sufficient information to decide from the planning commission record.
Judge (presiding officer) opened debate on the first reading of an ordinance to change the parcel from Rural Residential (RB) to Rural Low-Density Multifamily (RL). Ben, a planning staff member, told the court the planning commission closed its public hearing on Sept. 12 and that the court’s 90-day deadline for a decision would fall on Dec. 11. Several magistrates said key materials that would bear on the decision — including the planning commission’s explicit vote record, a…
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