Glasgow council to reconsider senior housing rezoning after lawsuit dismissal
The nearly three-acre property at 318 W. Washington St. includes the former Howard Clinic building, which most recently housed the Barren County Health Department.
What you need to know:
- The Glasgow City Council is scheduled to reconsider a rezoning request Monday night for a proposed 75-unit senior housing development on West Washington Street.
- Barren County owns the property and has agreed to let the Housing Authority of Glasgow partner with Wabuck Development on the project.
- The City Council tabled the request 7-2 on Oct. 12 while a lawsuit challenging the Planning Commission’s recommendation was pending. A judge dismissed the lawsuit on Oct. 19 because the residents had not named Barren County Fiscal Court, the property owner, as a defendant.
GLASGOW, Ky. — A West Washington Street property at the center of a recently dismissed lawsuit returns to the Glasgow City Council on Monday night, as council members consider a rezoning request for a proposed senior housing development.
The nearly three-acre property at 318 W. Washington St. includes the former Howard Clinic building, which most recently housed the Barren County Health Department.
Barren County owns the property and has agreed to let the Housing Authority of Glasgow partner with Wabuck Development on a proposed 75-unit senior housing complex known as Highland Heights.
Plans call for a three-story building with one-bedroom apartments for seniors.
Brennan Crain
The Joint City-County Planning Commission unanimously recommended the rezoning on Aug. 17 after holding a due process-style hearing.
The proposal would change the property’s current zoning classifications — R-2, medium-density residential, and OP, office and professional — to R-4, a medium-density multifamily residential district.
The change is required to allow an apartment-style complex to be built.
Under Kentucky law, the city must take final action on a proposed zoning-map amendment within 90 days of the Planning Commission’s final action.
The City Council voted 7-2 to table the rezoning request at its Oct. 12 meeting while a lawsuit challenging the Planning Commission’s recommendation was pending. Council members agreed to revisit the issue once the lawsuit was resolved. The case was dismissed a week later, on Oct. 19.
Barren County Circuit Judge John T. Alexander dismissed the lawsuit after determining that the residents had not named Barren County Fiscal Court, which owns the property, as a defendant.
The judge did not rule on the merits of the residents’ objections to the proposed rezoning. As of Oct. 25, residents had said they were reevaluating their legal options with an attorney and had not refiled the lawsuit.
The council is scheduled to consider the ordinance on second reading Monday. If adopted, the ordinance would enact the zoning change, allowing the proposed senior housing project to proceed through its remaining steps.
Meetings begin at 6 p.m. at Glasgow City Hall, located at 126 E. Public Square.
