Leitchfield council adopts 2026 comprehensive plan at second reading

The Leitchfield City Council approved the 2026 comprehensive plan at its May 4, 2026 meeting after a second and final reading and a roll-call vote.

Arlene read the ordinance and the changes the council requested before the vote. The ordinance text states, verbatim as read in the meeting: "the city of Litchfield hereby implements and adopts in its entirety the 2026 comprehensive plan hereby revoking the previously implemented 2015 comprehensive plan." Arlene summarized specific edits the council directed, including a new subsection G under Goal 2 to "encourage development of single family housing to meet housing demands;" added language throughout several objectives advising cooperation "with Leitchfield utilities;" inclusion of Owensboro and Bowling Green as regional airports cited under air travel; clarifying the street name to "Hubert Loxton Road;" adding private schools and day-care facilities under education; removing individual downtown business names in favor of a general commercial-revitalization paragraph; and inserting language on industrial-development efforts by the city and Leitchfield utilities.

The chair called for a motion; the transcript records a motion credited to "Clayton" and a second credited to "Tutti." A roll-call vote followed: the transcript documents affirmative responses beginning with named members "Tim" and "George" and a total of six "Aye" responses, after which the chair declared the ordinance adopted. The ordinance record attached to the meeting notes that a copy of the 2026 plan was appended to the ordinance as Exhibit A and that the new plan replaces the 2015 comprehensive plan.

With no further business, the council entertained and passed a motion to adjourn.

What changed and why it matters: the amendments elected by the council add targeted language to encourage single-family housing and to formalize cooperation with the local utility on infrastructure and emergency-service references; they correct place names and remove individual business listings downtown, a change meant to keep the downtown revitalization language general rather than naming specific businesses. The ordinance cites KRS 100.197, which requires periodic review of comprehensive plan elements.

Next steps: the ordinance takes effect according to the city's standard ordinance procedures; the attached Exhibit A contains the full 30+-page plan text and implementation provisions (not read in full at the meeting).