Subdivision

BOYLE Deeds recently filed in the office of Boyle County Clerk Denise Curtsinger include: James A. and Stacy M. Evans to Julie L. Walston, lot on Locust Street, $77,500. Donald Thomas, Ellen R. Thomas and Dallas and Rebecca Pennington to Larry and Carelia Teague, property in Boyle County, $18,500. Hazel C. Arnold to Art B. and Linda S. Arnold, lot on Caldwell Avenue, fair market value $32,000. Robert and Judy Fitzgerald, Leonard Fitzgerald, Stephen Fitzgerald and Lakisha G. Segar to Anthony Fitzgerald, lot in Grandview subdivision, $52,944.

The Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission approved plans to subdivide land off Marble Creek Road Sept. 14 after it had denied the owners’ previous request for a variance. Surveyor Rick Moore, representing Greg and Diana Davis, came back to the commission with an application to divide the 84-acre property into nine lots after requesting an exception in July to road-widening requirements for owners who subdivide their land. The Davises had initially proposed dividing the land into four properties and said they would have to create more lots to offset the costs of widening the road.

LANCASTER — Property owners in a northern Garrard County subdivision may soon have a new charge showing up on their annual tax bill, but it’s of their own choosing. When the Hamilton Springs subdivision was constructed in the 1970s, its roads weren’t built up to county standards and as a result have never been brought into the county road system. Judge-Executive John Wilson said when roads aren’t maintained by the county, they don’t receive maintenance services like pothole repair or road clearing when there’s snow and ice. Wilson said the roads in Hamilton Springs have been so bad at times in the winter that school buses and emergency response vehicles couldn’t drive into the subdivision, Wilson said.

Danville police continued to find unoccupied homes burglarized with copper missing Tuesday. After discovering evidence of a burglary and copper theft at 1000 Nokomis St. early Tuesday, police were alerted to similar scene at 209 Candlewood Drive. Assistant Chief Tony Gray said copper was taken from the house in the same manner as previous incidents. That makes six burglaries since Friday where the motive and method of the thieves appear to be the same. They are targeting houses that are for sale and taking copper from underneath the structures and from air-conditioning units.

The Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission denied a request for a 16-plat subdivision at the intersection of Jones Nursery Road and Gentry Lane Tuesday evening at the commission’s regular meeting. Property owner David Estill planned to subdivide 74 acres of the 336-acre parent tract, which is currently zoned for agricultural use. Director of Planning and Development Rhonda Cromer recommended that commissioners deny the request because, she said, a subdivision in the area would be incongruent with the 2004 Comprehensive Plan.

STANFORD - Road construction standards for Lincoln County subdivisions were amended and a 78-lot subdivision plan was approved Tuesday night by unanimous vote of the Lincoln County/Cedar Creek Planning Commission. The commission approved an amendment to make its road requirements mirror the county's. "We want to make ours consistent with the county's," said Chairman Robert Edwards. "We've got our regulations out of sync a little bit with the county's. " The amendment increases the required crushed stone base under subdivision roads from 4 to 6 inches to a solid 8 inches.

HARRODSBURG - Mercer County Fiscal Court has granted a waiver to two men developing an eight-lot subdivision off of Chimney Rock Road. Pete McEachern and Dwight Cotton requested a waiver on the required width of the road going through the subdivision to protect old oak trees growing near the road's planned location. They discussed the issue with court members when the court met Tuesday morning. The men appeared before Greater Harrodsburg/Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission last week, saying the private road they proposed is 18 feet wide.

HARRODSBURG - The Greater Harrodsburg/Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission approved two controversial plans, both of which had been before the panel in months past. The first was the plan to allow the development of a subdivision off U.S. 127 North behind Jeff Sachs Auto. City government asked the panel to table the plan for Harrods Glen last month because there were not enough fire hydrants in the subdivision. Developers decided to add 10 hydrants, and although they are called flush hydrants, they suited the city.

Over a neighbors' objections, Danville-Boyle County Planning and Zoning on Wednesday approved Joedy Sharpe's proposed development off of Ky. 33 and Buster Pike. Sharpe plans to build a subdivision with 145 lots on 64 acres. Neighbors opposed the development, saying it will not fit in with the agricultural area, and that there are natural and historical features to the farm that would be destroyed. Sharpe has agreed to pay the city more than $95,000 to help build a sewage trunkline and pump station in the area and bring city sewer to the development.

Long-standing litigation over the Westgate subdivision, which has included more than half a dozen lawsuits, has come to an end with a settlement agreement that calls for R.J. Corman Real Estate, LLC, to purchase much of the disputed land. The agreement allows the developer RCCB, LLC, - owned by R.J.'s uncle, Clay Corman -   to continue to build on and sell only the 24 lots in Unit 1A of the subdivision, said Elizabeth Darby, attorney for R.J. Corman Real Estate. R.J. Corman has agreed to have the remaining RCCB property appraised by an independent appraiser, and purchase it at the appraised value, Darby said.

A preliminary sketch plat for part of the Westgate subdivision was approved by the Nicholasville Planning Commission at its meeting Monday despite objection from attorneys for R.J. Corman Real Estate and two citizens who live near the subdivision. The plat for Unit 1B of the subdivision, which consists of 40 lots on a little less than 13.5 acres of land, is the second plat approved for the subdivision,  which is located between R.J. Corman's property and Rosenwald-Dunbar Elementary off Wilmore Road (Ky. 29)

The conflict over the Westgate subdivision has made it to a federal courthouse with the filing of a lawsuit by R. J. Corman Real Estate alleging the city of Nicholasville has violated the federal “Clean Water Act” in allowing storm water discharge from the development to enter Jessamine Creek. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 30 in U.S. District Court, alleges that the city failed to comply with mandatory application procedures in approving the building permits for the development, and that the design plans approved fail to meet requirements set forth in the city's storm water ordinance.

Last weekend our school was in Danville to compete in the KCAA cross country state championship at Millennium Park. One of our 6-year-old runners ran off course and into a subdivision.  I happened to be about 100 yards from where he ran off course and chased after him. When I came into the subdivision from the park, I didn't see him, and I ran up the block to see if I could find him there. Once I realized I didn't see him and that I didn't have a phone, I started to head back to the park so that I could get my phone and call the police.  Just before I entered back into the park a woman driving a white SUV pulled up and delivered our little runner.

The Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny a subdivision plat Tuesday night. The plat was submitted by Allin Harris for his property at 1324 Watts Mill Road. He sought to expand four lots in the back of his property that were made in 1904 and do not conform to current ordinance requirements. He was also seeking a variance on a road-widening requirement. The commission heard several hours of testimony Aug. 14 and voted at that time to close the hearing and postpone a decision until the September meeting.

Do you know why any residents of Boyle County have to pay property taxes? Would you say for fire and police protection? For the last six years, I have complained to the Junction City police and the Boyle County sheriff's departments. Local speeders in Castlerock subdivision run these streets like race car drivers at speeds of 40 to 60 miles an hour. We have a posted 20 mph speed zone, but most of the time it is ignored along with the stop signs. Children play in these streets with their animal pets, and should I wait until some small boy or girl is killed, before I complain?

Changes to the Winchester-Clark County Subdivision Regulations will make it easier for first responders to locate individuals in distress, thanks to more prominent placement of street signs and addresses. The Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission unanimously approved a text amendment requiring developers to install street signs before building permits are issued. Also, builders must place signs at all construction sights clearly showing the location's address. The change is the result of a request from the 9-1-1 committee, Rhonda Cromer, director of planning and development, said.

Jessamine County may soon see another large senior-living community after the Nicholasville Planning Commission approved a zone change and a land subdivision for The Joseph Group in the northern part of the county Monday night. The planning commission voted unanimously to approve several zone changes to single-family residential and townhouse residential on Patmore Lane, Cimmaron Place and Lauderdale Drive to allow The Joseph Group, headed by Charbel Joseph, to move forward with the development of Ashgrove Woods.

Two months after the initial request, the Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission granted a variance and a final plat application for property on Creek Ridge Drive. The request for a road-widening variance came with the application submitted by David and Catherine Thomas to divide 66.92 acres into five lots, four of which would be included in the Bethany Woods subdivision. While property owners can be required to widen roads when they create multiple lots along the road, the variance was requested under the grounds that the property was located at a cul-de-sac and that further development was unlikely.