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Hardin County planning director details downzoning, 20‑lot Eden Grove preliminary plat and an uptick in building permits
Summary
Planning director Adam King told the fiscal court the planning commission approved a downzoning of a former rock quarry for convenience commercial use, a 20‑lot preliminary plat for Eden Grove, and that early‑year permit activity — including 16 single‑family starts — is tracking above recent years.
Adam King, the county planning representative, told the Hardin County Fiscal Court on March 10 that the planning commission approved a zone change and a conditional‑use permit for a former rock quarry on Bardstown Road, and presented a preliminary plat for a 20‑lot subdivision called Eden Grove.
"This was actually a downzoning from heavy industrial I‑2 to convenience commercial C‑1," King said, describing the site on Noble Ridge Court and the conditional use that would allow Corey Ballard to operate automotive sales. He said the Eden Grove preliminary plat proposes three new streets and about 20 single‑family lots on roughly 30 acres owned by VJP Properties and Tim Driver.
King also reviewed year‑to‑date activity for 2026: 12 recorded plats so far (down slightly from 16 in 2025), 64 building permits for the year with 37 issued in February, and 103 electrical permits. He said single‑family dwelling starts totaled 16 through February — up from 14 the prior year — and added, "February is usually our slowest month, but that is the best February as far as new home starts since 2020."
King told the court the planning commission adopted a Glendale neighborhood plan — a small area plan funded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet — and that the county will apply that plan to new applications in the Glendale area. He said he and county attorney Josh Cooper had recently discussed planning and zoning issues with legislators at the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.
A magistrate asked whether the county's housing inventory changed after recent local project failures; King said national home builders continue to build in the city but have not yet started large projects in the county, noted only two recent permits appeared to be spec homes and that several subdivisions are in a position to begin construction this spring.
King closed by noting department anniversaries and thanking staff; the court had no further questions and moved on to other business.
