The Kenton County Planning Commission voted to recommend a zoning change in Fort Mitchell Thursday that would enable the construction of six Fischer Homes townhomes.
The Fort Mitchell City Council will now make the final approval of the zoning change.
The land in question is located on the east side of Grandview Drive, adjacent to Fischer Homes’ Pinnacle development. The area is carved into two sections. The first is currently zoned as a business park zone and formerly contained a single-family home that has since been demolished.
Developer Greg Berling, via his Fort Summit LLC, is seeking to convert that section into a planned unit development, or PUD, zone. Representatives from Fischer Homes, meanwhile, did not attend the meeting.
The second section is already zoned as a PUD and is connected to a larger adjacent PUD zone. Berling submitted a revised development plan, which requires a planning commission recommendation but not a zoning change for the second area. If approved, the measures that came before the commission on Thursday would make the entire area a PUD zone with 54 housing units. About 48% of the development will be open space, according to documents from county planners.
If constructed, the townhomes would face Grandview Drive and include three to four bedrooms.
“The estimated price point is $425,000 to $500,000,” according to Kenton County Planner Cody Sheets.
County planning staff found the development was generally in line with the Kenton County Comprehensive Plan with the exception of the units’ price points and size.
Our region, according to a housing strategies report released in 2025, lacks sufficient housing for young adults forming their first household; for essential workers like nurses, teachers and first responders; and for older adults. A teacher with a median annual income of $43,740, for example, can afford only 26% of the rental and 16% of the for-sale housing in the region, according to the report. For a restaurant server, only 1% of the region’s rental housing is affordable.
An older person relying on Social Security can also afford only 1% of rental housing in the region, according to the report.
The report, called Home for All: Northern Kentucky Housing Strategies, came to be thanks to more than 90 leaders and experts from across NKY who spent hours studying the region and its urgent housing challenge. Their goal was to close the housing gap across income levels and provide a place for everyone.
Click here to learn more about the shortage and how NKY leaders and community members are stepping in to find solutions.
Understanding NKY’s housing shortage
Planning commissioners had little discussion before casting a unanimous vote in favor of the zoning change and revised development plan. The Fort Mitchell City Council will cast a final vote on the changes in the coming weeks.
Check out some renderings of the proposed townhomes below.
Disclaimer: Greg Fischer, the chair of Fischer Homes, sits on the managing board of LINK nky, which is responsible for oversight and governance for LINK nky’s business operations but has no say in editorial matters.
