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Franklin County approves rezoning for planned industrial site and conditionally appropriates $500,000 toward land purchase
Summary
After extended debate about infrastructure costs and public input, Franklin County Fiscal Court approved a zoning map amendment to reclassify three parcels near US‑127 from rural residential to planned commercial/industrial and authorized conditional appropriation of county funds to the Franklin‑Anderson Industrial Development Authority to help secure matching KPDI grant funds.
Franklin County Fiscal Court on Aug. 27 approved a second‑reading ordinance to rezone three tracts along US‑127 and Keaton Lane from rural residential to planned commercial/industrial, and conditionally appropriated county funds to join a multi‑jurisdictional match for a Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPDI) grant.
The zoning change, presented by planning staff as a second reading, covers 47 acres at 5700–5930 US‑127 South, 70 acres at 6238 US‑127 South, and about 57.696 acres at 2024 Keaton Lane. County Attorney read KRS 100.213 aloud to remind the court that map amendments must be consistent with the comprehensive…
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