Scott County Fiscal Court approved Ordinance 25-03 on Nov. 26, 2025, a zoning amendment that adds definitions and development standards to permit recreational vehicle (RV) campgrounds in specified agricultural/recreational zones. The ordinance, read for a second time at the meeting, incorporates the Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission's recommendations and takes effect upon passage and publication.

The ordinance expands the zoning code to define terms such as cabin, lodge, park-model RV, primitive camping site and recreational vehicle campground. It adds a section for agricultural-recreational uses in A-1R zoning and sets out application criteria, lot layout, landscaping, open-space and utility standards. It also amends conditional uses to include public and private parks and recreational areas and grants the planning commission discretion to make non-substantive formatting and clarity revisions.

During the public-comment period, a representative identified as Mr. Murphy, speaking for Kentucky Bluegrass Experience Resort, urged the court to vote down the ordinance. Murphy said the measure "will not allow new RV parks in Scott County" and argued that a requirement for sign-off from existing easement owners would undermine property owners' common-law easement rights.

Magistrates discussed the ordinance's text and confirmed that an amendment proposing additional language had been removed, returning the document to the planning commission's recommended wording. After a motion and second, the court conducted a roll-call vote. The tally recorded Mister Jones voting no and the remaining voting members — Mister Wallace, Mister Corman, Mister Ellison, Mister Pratt, Mister Livingston and Judge Covington — voting yes; the court announced the ordinance would move forward.

The full text of Ordinance 25-03 is available in the fiscal court clerk's office.

Next steps: the measure takes effect upon passage and publication; magistrates discussed whether to lift a related moratorium and agreed to add that question to the next business meeting agenda if required.