By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
People looking to open a recreational vehicle campground in Cave City may find additional restrictions placed on its location based on the recommendation made at the recent Joint City-County Planning Commission.
The first of five public hearings involved amending the Cave City zoning ordinance as it related to recreational vehicles. According to the information provided by the commission, the proposed change would remove RV campgrounds from the general business designation — a designation that allows motels, restaurants, drinking establishments, car lots and churches — and place it under a “conditional use,” which, as Planning Administrator Thom Kendall explained, means a person would have to ask for permission from the Cave City Board of Adjustments.
In addition to this restriction, which now makes RV campgrounds one of the restricted buildings in Cave City per zoning alongside with tiny homes and “nontraditional dwellings,” the proposed zoning ordinance states that no RV campgrounds “can be located within 1,000 feet of…intersections…of any state or federal maintained right-of-way” nor can they be “located within 2,000 feet” of another campground.
Cave City Mayor Dwayne Hatcher, who requested the amendment, said that he was not wanting to “attack” RV businesses, saying they could be very “lucrative,” but wanted to do what was best for the city’s overall growth.
This recommendation will go before the Cave City City Council members after the planning commission’s minutes are approved on Oct. 29.
In other news, the planning commission also had a public hearing regarding a zone change application for 808 S. Lewis Street. Steven Hernandez requested that the property, which is located at the intersection of Joe Traylor Avenue, go from a light industrial district to a low-density residential district.
There was also an annexation and zoning application submitted by the Kentucky Industrial Alliance for the property located at 29459 Louisville Road in Cave City. The proposed zoning for that property would be heavy industrial.
The commission’s next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 18.
