Okay, we're going to go ahead and call the meeting to order and have roll call first. — Squire Armstrong — here. — Squire Be — here. — Squire Greenwell here. — Judge Lucas here. — Squire Albright — here. — Squire Moore — here. — Square Henning — here. — Okay. The only business we have tonight is to get input really from the public about planning and zoning for Rage County. Now, we're not going to make a decision yes, no or anything. We just want input from you all as much as anything, anformational meeting. Uh we are pleased to have with us too, Miss Jennifer Smart from the She's the director of the me county planning and zoning uh commission and you all had planning and zoning I think since 98. So Jennifer, we thank you for taking time and hopefully you can educate all of us. — I did provide you with information and I hear her. — Okay. Can you hear me now? — Yes. — Okay. So, I did provide you all with a packet of information. Um, it's just kind of some brief uh points to touch on

and I'm going to talk those with everyone and I'd like to take your questions too. But, so we'll just get started then. So, planning and zoning simply tools that allow the to decide how it wants to grow. Um, a county creates a planning unit, adopts a comprehensive plan, and ultimately establishes zoning regulations. The purpose of the planning is not to limit opportunities. But um it is to create predictable predictability, clearness and consistency so that the residents, businesses and elected officials are all operating under the same clear framework. So I have these broken down into sections and um I'd like to take questions after each section so that they're fresh in your mind, but feel free to pop in and ask a question if you want to during going over it. So the first and it says uh what is planning and zoning and what it isn't? Um planning and zoning is a local land use framework adopted by a city or county to regulate how land is used but

not who owns it. So planning and zoning regulates the use, the location and the development standards. It's guided by adopted ordinances and plans that are established by fiscal court. It is intended to promote borderly growth, compatibility, and public welfare. Commissioners and board members are countyapp appointed. So, um you all get to choose who who is on those boards. Planning and zoning does not take property, does not force development, does not decide private property disputes, and does not approve projects automatically. Any questions about that section? — No. — Any questions? — No. — Okay. — All right. So, how planning and zoning works in Kentucky? Um, KRS 100 lines that out pretty well. Uh, quick breakdown of that would be that the county adopts a planning and zoning. Uh, the system includes the planning commission. So that is a advisory board

that is chosen by the fiscal court members. Usually the judge executive is the one who decides who it will be and then the fiscal court um votes them in. Um the commission reviews the reasonzonings, the map amendments, text amendments. They hold public hearings um just like your alls, but uh they wouldn't require as many public hearings like you all would need to do two readings to adopt something. They just have one hearing to go over. They make the planning commission makes recommendations to fiscal court. They don't make final decisions on their own. and the planning commission writes the comprehensive plan using the goals and objectives that are determined by fiscal court. So the second part of of this is the legislative body which is you all. So you hold the final authority by vote. You adopt the zoning ordinances and resonings after two public hearing readings. And the actions that you are able to take on those are you can accept the recommended action, you can reject it, you can amend it, you can table it,

or you can remand it back to the planning commission. And you can do any of those actions at either the first or the second reading. The third portion is the board of adjustments. The board of adjustments is a quas judicial body. They hear variances and appeals of the administrative decision. Their decisions are final just like yours are. Um so that's a little bit different than the planning commission in that regard. They don't have to come to fiscal court. Um the board of adjustments applies strictly statutory standards. So, um, where they could vary how far a house is away from the road, they can't make ordinance adjustments, things like that. And then the fourth portion is the planning and zoning administrator or director. They are hired by the commission. They enforce the adopted ordinances. They administer permits and reviews. Um, they also review plats. They do not legislate or vote. They're

not a voting member of any board. So that's section three of that. Who holds the power? So the function of the zoning ordinance adoption, the power is held with fiscal court on that. They fiscal court would decide what the zoning ordinance says and approve that. Fiscal court would also have the final say on reszoning approvals. The planning commission would their part is recommendations. The board of adjustments the variances and appeals and the planning administrator or director enforces and admin does administration. Any questions about any of those? Jennifer, how many employees do you all have in your planning and zoning division at Me County? — So, I am the administrator and I have one um administrative assistant. She's like my permit technician. Under me is also our code compliance officer. So, there are three of us. — Okay. — Yeah. — Is that pretty typical of of a county you're all size or our size? We're a

little bigger, of course, but is that pretty typical? Yes, it is. Um I went to a planners association meeting um over the summer and that was about standards. There are some like Jefferson County has somewhere around 15 and then there are counties that only have one. Just depends on the population and the area that you've determined needs the planning and zoning. — Anybody else? — Is this this a fulltime job? — My position is Yeah. The three people that are in our office are all full-time. — Are you all paid through fiscal court budget? — We are. Yes. — Any other questions on this section? — You may cover this later. — Okay. — But what is the cost of if I'm going to build a 2,000 foot house? What is the initial cost for the permit to get me started? — So that is completely up to you. So um in your ordinance part of that our ordinance is the me county zoning ordinance. It's available online but we

within that we have a fee schedule. That fee schedule is talked over by the planning commission and the administrator but then presented to fiscal court for approval. So then you would all decide what that what that fee schedule would be. — Rough idea, what is it that like in Bean County? What do you all charge? — So our fees just went up actually, but um we're lower than Harden County slightly. Uh it's done by square footage. So we do 30 cents per square foot. — Okay. Okay. 30 cents. — Yeah. — I have a question. Can you hear me? — Yep. — Is there a way to do planning and zoning and not charge fees for people to build a house? or is that just part of it? — No, you can do it that way if you want to do it that way. Um, you won't be able to financially like your your planning and zoning office won't be financially stable. So, if you if you have the funds within your county budget to do it without charging any fees at all, then that's up to you all. But, um, you're not required to charge a fee. — Thank you. I pulled off a copy of Eur's comprehensive plan and there's like 82