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Leitchfield council adopts parks fee ordinance and broad planning-and-zoning text amendments
Summary
The Leitchfield City Council on July 20 adopted a parks and recreation fee ordinance and broad text amendments to the city's planning and zoning code, both by roll-call vote to take effect upon publication. The meeting also ratified routine bills and declared several pieces of equipment surplus.
Leitchfield's City Council voted July 20 to adopt two ordinances on their second and final readings: an ordinance authorizing the parks and recreation department to manage and collect fees at city facilities, and a comprehensive set of text amendments to the planning and zoning ordinance.
At the start of the item on parks fees, S5 read the ordinance's opening language: "An ordinance authorizing parks and recreation department to manage and collect fees in the city of Litchfield, Kentucky," noting the city maintains ball fields, pavilions and other facilities and citing KRS 97.090. Councilors moved, seconded and completed a roll-call vote to adopt the ordinance; the ordinance will be effective upon publication.
The council then considered a second and final reading of changes to the Planning and Zoning Ordinance introduced by S7 (Tyler). S7 read extensive amendment language that revised definitions (including archery and shooting-range definitions), added or clarified permitted, accessory and conditional uses (including intensive outdoor recreation, motorsports and large-scale sporting-event facilities), and established requirements for freestanding solar energy systems (setbacks, height limits, screening, fencing and abandonment/removal timelines). After public reading of the proposed text, the council moved, seconded and adopted the amendment by roll-call vote; it likewise takes effect upon publication.
Council also approved and ratified a long bills list covering routine city expenses including road work and blacktopping, and approved a package of surplus declarations for older mowers, a Polaris Ranger and a city iPad. Members discussed disposal options (repair, sealed bid or disposal) and asked staff to follow standard surplus procedures.
Why this matters: The parks-fee ordinance gives the city an explicit administrative route to set rental and admission fees for recreation facilities. The zoning text amendments change the rules that govern where certain outdoor recreational, sporting and energy facilities may operate and add technical standards (setbacks, screening and removal) that will guide future permit and conditional-use decisions.
What happens next: Both ordinances were adopted and are effective upon publication in accordance with the ordinance language. Council staff indicated follow-up steps for surplus disposal and standard procurement procedures for paid bills.
