The Joint City-County Planning Commission held a public hearing on Oct. 20 to adopt the county's solar ordinance into its subdivision regulations. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Members of the Joint City-County Planning Commission held a public hearing on Oct. 20 in an effort to add the county’s solar ordinance into its subdivision regulations.
Planning Director Kevin Myatt said the proposed language is the same as the language in the solar ordinance that was passed by the Barren County Fiscal Court on May 20 by a 5-2 vote.
“There is no additional text to it,” Myatt said. “This is the exact Barren County ordinance. The wording has not been changed at all. It is as the ordinance was approved.”
The ordinance dictates such things as a minimum setback of 1,000 feet from a nonparticipating landowner, screening and a decommissioning plan. In regards to setbacks, Myatt said, it would still be possible for a company to request a variance, like other property owners, which will be brought before the planning commissioners.
With no one speaking in opposition or in favor of the amendment, the commissioners approved the language. Myatt said it would go back to the fiscal court magistrates so they can “officially adopt them into the [subdivision] regulations.”
The commissioners also granted a one year preliminary plan extension for the Scenic Lake Apartments, located at the intersection of Britthaven Drive and Cleveland Avenue. The preliminary plan for the 20.913 acres development was approved by the commission on Sept. 19, 2023, and, so far, no building permits have been sought, information provided by the commission stated.
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