What you need to know Phil Ryan, the Park Hills Representative on the Kenton County Planning Commission and treasurer of the commission, unexpectedly announced last week that he would be retiring from the commission at the behest of Park Hills’ Mayor Kathy Zembrodt. The Park Hills City Council appointed Mike Conway, who currently sits on […]
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Parking worries dominate public facility review of biomedical center
What you need to know Parking and traffic have emerged as a dominant concern around the relocation of Northern Kentucky University’s Chase Law School and the local branch of UK’s College of Medicine to Covington. These concerns were on full display last week at a meeting of the Kenton County Planning Commission, which was set […]
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County OKs annexation for Independence industrial park expansion
What you need to know On Monday evening, the Kenton County Planning Commission signed off on the annexation of about 96 acres in the unincorporated county into the City of Independence. It’s a move that may eventually enable the expansion of Park 536, a cluster of industrial buildings along KY-536. “This is intended to be […]
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Zone change allows for (some) fences without gaps in Lakeside Park
Paul Rizzo was trying to keep the neighbor kids from getting hurt in his swimming pool. So the Lakeside Park resident talked with his neighbors, which was a zoning requirement, before building a privacy fence between his neighbor’s house and his pool. But it turns out there was another Lakeside Park zoning requirement he didn’t […]
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Planning Commission approves more single-family home allowances in Bromley
The Kenton County Planning Commission recommended a change to the zoning laws in Bromley Thursday night, which would allow for single-family detached homes in the city’s neighborhood commercial zone, a change that would affect 28 properties in the city, according to an analysis from the county. Bromley Mayor Mike Denham told the Planning Commission the […]
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Planning Commission recommends against zone change for Erlanger Wawa
Erlanger residents came out to Thursday night’s Kenton County Planning Commission meeting to give their opinions about a proposed Wawa convenience store, the fate of which is now in the hands of Erlanger City Council. The proposed 6,372-square-foot convenience store would be located at the corner of Stevenson and Turkeyfoot Roads, at the current site […]
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Park Hills zoning revisions (finally) clear planning commission
What you need to know A long-worked-on revision to Park Hills’ zoning structure cleared the Kenton County Planning Commission Thursday night. The process by which the city has tried to update its zoning has at times been rancorous and legally ambiguous, but the unanimous recommendation from the planning commission marks a milestone in the process. […]
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Fort Wright fire/police training facility proposal, more in NKY government
This week in NKY government meetings, the Kenton County Planning Commission will consider a new fire and police training facility in Fort Wright, while Newport will discuss a short-term rental agreement for Purple People Bridge repairs. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to […]
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450-unit Erlanger development clears planning commission
What you need to know The Kenton County Planning Commission approved zoning Thursday night that will allow Corporex to eventually build 450 apartment units on a land tract on Dolwick Drive in Erlanger and Crescent Springs. The approval is pending a traffic study and other conditions recommended by the county. Final approval of the zoning […]
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Devou Park shelter project moves ahead
A newly proposed park shelter slated for construction near Prisoner’s Lake in Devou Park cleared a public facility review with the Kenton County Planning Commission last week. The City of Covington approved a construction contract for the shelter with Radius Construction in June, and this week’s approval allowed greater insight into what the shelter may […]