The Kenton County Planning Commission has denied a zoning change for a 178-unit development from Fischer Homes on a tract of land in Independence off KY-17. This is just north of the area where the new Publix grocery store is slated to open.
Both planning commissioners and Independence residents expressed concerns about the proposed development’s building density of roughly seven units per buildable acre in a Thursday night meeting. Some commissioners were also concerned with how the developers aimed to use the city’s planned unit development, or PUD, zone to carry out the development plan. The planning commission’s Independence rep. Maura Snyder made the motion to deny the change request, and the commission cast a 15 to 2 vote in favor of the denial.
“I think there’s a design that can happen there,” said Commissioner Phil Ryan, but recommended the developers “back it off a bit.”…