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Robert Moore
Herald Staff
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The Harrodsburg City Commission gave first reading to a zoning change that developers say will help reduce flooding issues in a local subdivision.
At its meeting on Monday, Sept. 28, the city commission gave first reading to a zoning change for a 1.51-acre tract on College Street, changing it from R-1 (residential) to B-2 (business). The property is owned by Richard Reed, Tiffany Zammit and Stuart and Janice Martt.
The property fronts U.S. 127 and is located across the street from Walmart. The applicants would like to build a 6,000-square-foot commercial building with parking and a stormwater detention pond.
Residents of the Audubon subdivision have recently complained about flooding in the neighborhood.
Both Attorney Robert L. Gullette Jr. of Nicholasville and Monty Rhody of Rhody Engineering and Land Surveying, who represented the applicants at a public hearing held by the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission in August, said the development could resolve flooding in the Audubon subdivision, which includes Bob-O-Link Drive.
“We’ll make sure every bit of the water from this development goes into this pond,” Rhody said in August.
Gullette said the neighbors would benefit from the large detention basin.
“The detention pond on this property is going to make their situation significantly better,” Gullette said.
The planning and zoning commission voted to recommend the rezoning to the city commission contingent on post-runoff being decreased by 25 percent.
No one commented on the rezoning Monday. Mayor Bob Williams said the commissioners would give the ordinance second reading at their next meeting if everything is ready.