Designs for a new community center in Ryland Heights received approval from the Kenton County Planning Commission this week.
The development plan submitted at this week’s meeting calls for the construction of a small community center on a roughly 11-acre vacant lot on Locust Pike. The plan states the center will be about 3,000 square feet and will contain 31 parking spaces.
The project has been in development between six and nine months, according to Ray Erpenbeck, president of Erpenbeck Consulting Engineers, who provided the design documents to the commission. He told LINK nky that the construction would begin this summer with the hope of being completed sometime in the fall.
Projects from public institutions, such as cities, are not subject to zoning regulations, but they still get reviews from the planning commission to ensure they fit well within the county’s comprehensive plans.
County staff recommended approval of the project, but recommended that the building’s height not exceed 35 feet. Additionally, they recommended the city be generally mindful of the area’s soil conditions, erosion tendencies and natural water buffers as the surrounding areas have a high number of natural waterways and may be prone to flooding. The lot itself, according to plans submitted to the county, does not contain any waterways or flood areas.
There was little discussion among the commissioners about the plans, and the facility review received unanimous approval from the commission.
You can view and download full plans for the site below.