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Bourbon County panel to seek consultant for comprehensive plan and explore moratorium on large industrial development
Summary
A Bourbon County planning committee voted to schedule a Dec. 10 special meeting and to invite planning administrator Mel Haas to advise on drafting an RFP for a state-required comprehensive plan and on whether a temporary moratorium could block large-scale solar and data centers while zoning is completed.
The Bourbon County planning committee on Dec. 3 agreed to recruit outside help to write a state-required comprehensive plan and to ask an invited planner for guidance on drafting a moratorium to limit large-scale industrial development while zoning is established. Committee members scheduled a special meeting for Dec. 10 to meet with Mel Haas, a planning administrator the committee has asked to advise on an RFP and draft zoning language.
The committee’s discussion centered on how quickly the county can produce a comprehensive plan, how much it will cost and whether a short-term moratorium could legally pause large projects while a new zoning framework is developed. “So it was a $100 k for the comprehensive plan and an additional 40 k for the zoning,” said Speaker 1, summarizing bids the committee had heard referenced from neighboring counties. The committee heard examples from…
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