Fayette County commissioners approve zoning amendment, reappoint authority members, award culvert contracts and accept $800,000 ARC grant

Fayette County commissioners on Sept. 25 approved a set of routine and infrastructure measures, including a zoning ordinance amendment, reappointments to a county authority, two culvert construction contracts and an $800,000 federal-aid grant for preliminary engineering of a planned intersection improvement.

Planning and Zoning Director Deborah Bell told the Board staff recommended amending Sec. 110-242 of the County’s zoning ordinance to clarify the Zoning Board of Appeals’ powers and to set criteria for granting variances for unimproved nonconforming lots. Bell said the amendment reflects minimum site needs for a single-family home — house footprint, driveway, well setback, septic tank and primary and backup septic fields — and noted the State Department of Environmental Health’s one-acre minimum for well-and-septic-served properties and other case-specific factors such as number of bedrooms, soil suitability, lot shape and topography. No members of the public spoke for or against the change. The Board approved Ordinance 2025-04 on a 4-0 vote (Chairman Lee Hearn absent).

The Board approved a consent agenda that included a $126.13 tax refund for 2024, adoption of final supplemental budget adjustments for the fiscal year ended June…