JCCPC approves preliminary, final development plans of three new subdivisions

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1

The Joint City-County Planning Commission of Barren County members met for their monthly meeting in the Glasgow City Council Chambers at 7 p.m. during the roughly two hour meeting the commission discussed and approved the plans for three proposed subdivisions, two street acceptance requests and had the final public hearing on the proposed changes to the Park City Zoning Ordinance.

After the general business was taken care of, the commission began to discuss subdivisions. According to the agenda there were three new subdivisions that submitted their plans to the JCCPC body for their approval. One of the three subdivision plans — Parkview Estates, which is a final plat acceptance — was in the subdivision section while the remaining two — Royal Troons and Scenic Lake — fell under the “development plans” portion of the agenda.

For the Parkview Estates it was a final plat acceptance and not a development plan, a final plat is one of the first stages in development. A final plat “legally establishes the division of property into separate parcels or tracts.” As such there was not much discussion of the division outside the staff’s finding that stated the preliminary plat approval was given on June 21, 2021.

The other two subdivisions submitted their development plans, so, unlike Parkview, there was more information available. For instance, Scenic Lake Apartments submitted a “preliminary plan” that showed the commission how the new subdivision would possibly be laid out; showing that Barren County and Kentucky ordinances were being followed.

The preliminary plan was 20.913 acres, Kevin Myatt, planning director for the commission, said and had nine eight-plexes and eight six-plexes proposed totaling 120 new dwellings with two entrances on Britthaven Drive. Currently the tract is vacant.

The staff report recommended the approval of the plan subject to adequate “soil erosion and sedimentation control measures” be shown on approved plans and be implemented “during and after site construction.” The commission voted unanimously to approve the preliminary plan.

Royal Troon Commercial Development and Woodland Station Development LLC, the owners and applicants of the subdivision currently under construction on Hwy. 90, submitted their final development plan at the meeting. The plan encompassed roughly 12.4 acres, Myatt said, and 13 eight-plexes, two 6-unit townhomes and one 8,000 sq. ft. commercial building with three lots left vacant for future development.

The final plan also included plans for turning lanes added to Hwy. 90 to “stop cars bunching up,” Myatt said. These construction plans were looked over by members of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Once Myatt walked the commission through the plan, they voted to approve it.

With the approval of the subdivisions came three street acceptance requests on the agenda. The Royal Troon division requested county maintenance on there newly-created road till it ran past the commercial building.

Parkview Estates request that Abbi Court — the name of the road as accepted by the Barren Information Technology System — become part of the road network. Abbi Court is located along Bardstown Road, according to the agenda.

There was also a street acceptance request not associated with a development plan. The street, Madison Lane, is located off Carden Road and being the lane that runs through the Silver Springs Subdivision, which contain 27 lots with 21 of those being on Madison Lane.

All street acceptances were approved without discussion by the commission.

At the top of the meeting, the commission opened the floor up for the final public hearing on the proposed Park City Zoning Ordinance changes. No member of the public spoke either in favor or opposition of the changes. Myatt said once the minutes from the meeting were approved the changes would go before the Park City Commission.

Other commission business included the approval of preliminary plan for the Barren County Economic Authority’s spec building, two variance applications and an agricultural application for “division of real estate.”

The next JCCPC meeting is scheduled for Oct. 16.