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Planning commission hears proposal to rezone 2.36 acres near KY‑52 for small neighborhood commercial use
Summary
A separate petition asked to rezone 2.36 acres from residential to commercial for a small neighborhood store and related uses. The applicant cited comprehensive‑plan language favoring mixed‑use growth along KY‑52; commissioners asked about water, sewage, sight lines and buffers.
The planning commission also heard an application to rezone 2.36 acres near Kentucky 52 east of Richmond from residential to commercial to allow a small neighborhood commercial use, including a convenience/grocery format that counsel described as serving local residents.
Miss Aldridge and counsel showed an aerial map and said the parcel sits at an intersection with existing commercial uses (a gas station, storage units and an antique shop) and that the county comprehensive plan specifically contemplates small‑scale neighborhood commercial and mixed uses in that corridor. “The county…expects to see new growth and development…to address residential uses and some commercial uses and convenience goods for the local residents,” counsel said when citing the plan’s KY‑52 language.
Engineer Will Levitz and the applicant addressed utilities: they said a water main along Elston/Delston Road appeared capable of serving the small store, an on‑site sewage disposal system would fit the parcel, and Kentucky Transportation staff had confirmed sight lines for the proposed entrance. The applicant agreed landscaping buffers would be required to separate new commercial activity from adjacent residences.
Commissioners and audience members asked about deed restrictions on the property, specifics of drainage control and whether any deed boilerplate could limit commercial use. Staff and counsel discussed how and when additional information (surveys, deed language, drainage plans) could be submitted and whether reopening the record would be needed if new evidence is introduced before a future decision.
No final action on the commercial rezoning was recorded in the transcript during this agenda slot; staff and the commission indicated questions remain and that further review of recorded restrictions, utility access and drainage would be part of the record before any recommendation to the fiscal court.
