By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The fast food chain Chick-fil-A got its preliminary and final development plan approved by the Joint City-County Planning Commission on Nov. 18.
According to Kevin Myatt, commission director, the preliminary and final development plan allows the restaurant to begin the earthwork and acquire the necessary work permits to begin construction at 850 N. L. Rogers Wells Blvd., though construction likely will not begin until spring 2025.
Chick-fil-A filed the plat, which was prepared by Young, Hobbs and Associates, with the Barren County Clerk’s Office on Aug. 14 and showed the empty land along the bypass being divided into three lots. The lot eyed for the fast-food restaurant is roughly 2.47 acres.
The commission approved a zone change for the property at their Sept. 16 meeting and recommended changing it from a light industrial district to a general business zone. At the same meeting several “binding elements” were put on the property regarding a residential “buffer,” the restaurant’s lighting and entrance.
Also on the agenda was a public hearing on a zone change application on a piece of Park City property located east of North Hayden Street and Mammoth Cave Avenue. The application requested that the property, which is approximately 1.58 acres, go from a two-family residential district to a general business one.
Myatt said during his report that the property was adjacent to agricultural and residential zones. He also said the property did not have adequate road capacity that would be required with a business designation and would require it to be widened to a minimum of 22 feet.
Tim Humphrey with the applicant Humble Home Solutions said they have been working with Park City Mayor Larry Poteet to build “affordable housing” in the city. Humphrey said the latest drawings he had seen called for four duplexes to be built at the location, but did not have the specifics.
The application that was submitted to the commission stated the request was necessary to build a “Motor Count Motel,” which gave Myatt the impression a hotel/motel would go on the site, which Humphrey said was not the plan as he understood it. Based on the Park City Zoning Ordinance, a duplex is allowable in a two-family residential zone and so might not need a zone change.
Though there were members of the public that spoke both in favor and opposition, the application and the hearing was tabled until the next regularly scheduled meeting so that the confusion could be remedied.
