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WILMORE NICHOLASVILLE JESSAMINE COUNTY JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2010 Harold Rainwater Mayor City of Wilmore Russ Meyer Mayor City of Nicholasville William Neal Cassity County Judge / Executive Jessamine County City of Nicholasville Planning Commission Adopted March 22, 2010 Perry Barnes Shawn Murphy Danny Frederick John Quinn, Chairman Bennie Hager Brian Welch Linda Kentz Steve Williams Burton Ladd Robert L. Gullette, Jr., Attorney Gregory Bohnett, Director of Planning/Administrative Offi cer Jessamine County – City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission Adopted January 10, 2010 Jane Ball, Secretary Steve Gayheart Pete Beaty, Chairman James McKinney, Vice Chairman Dave Carlstedt John Osborne Don Colliver Isaiah Surbrook Charles Fuller Eric Zablik Bruce E. Smith, Attorney Betty L. Taylor, Administrative Offi cer Wilmore Nicholasville i JessamineCounty Comprehensive Plan 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Gregory Bohnett, Chairman Rose Webster, Secretary Jeff Baier Wayne Foster Betty Taylor Pete Beaty Donald Hookum David West Paul Bingham Christopher Horne Troy Williams Dave Carlstedt Judy Miller Bobby Day Wilson John Collier Harold Mullis Lu Young George Dean John Quinn Dallam B. Harper, Planning Director Beth Jones, Regional Planner Kyle Scott, Regional Planner Wilmore Nicholasville JessamineCounty ii Comprehensive Plan 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Jessamine County Vision Statement ............................................................ 1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 3 Legal Framework....................................................................................5 The Comprehensive Plan Process .........................................................6 Statement of Goals and Objectives .............................................................. 9 Economic and Commercial Development .............................................11 Residential Development .....................................................................13 Transportation ......................................................................................14 Infrastructure and Community Facilities ...............................................15 Environment .........................................................................................17 Tourism and Historic Preservation........................................................ 17 Base Study ..................................................................................................19 Population Composition .......................................................................21 Population Growth ...............................................................................24 Education ............................................................................................26 Household Characteristics ...................................................................28 Policy and Regulatory Implications ...................................................... 30 Economic and Commercial Development .................................................. 33 Workforce .............................................................................................35 Commuting Patterns.............................................................................36 Occupations .........................................................................................37 Industry................................................................................................. 38 Agriculture ............................................................................................38 Economic Clusters ...............................................................................39 State and Local Taxes ..........................................................................41 Policy and Regulatory Implications ...................................................... 41 Residential Development ............................................................................. 43 General Housing Characteristics.......................................................... 45 Housing Stock ......................................................................................45 Housing Values ....................................................................................47 Housing Expenses ...............................................................................47 Affordability ........................................................................................... 48 Policy and Regulatory Implications ...................................................... 50 Wilmore Nicholasville iii JessamineCounty Comprehensive Plan 2010 Transportation .............................................................................................. 51 Roadway System ................................................................................. 53 KYTC Six-Year Plan ............................................................................. 56 2009 Funded Roadway Improvement Projects ......................... 56 US 27/I 75 Connector ................................................................ 58 US 27 Eastern Bypass .............................................................. 59 Downtown Nicholasville Master Plan Improvements............................ 59 Downtown Wilmore Streetscape Improvements .................................. 59 2009 Unfunded Roadway Improvement Projects .................................60 Local Collector System......................................................................... 61 Additional Transportation Networks and Facilities................................ 66 Policy and Regulatory Implications ...................................................... 67 Infrastructure and Community Facilities.................................................... 71 Utilities .................................................................................................. 73 Public Safety ........................................................................................77 Educational Facilities............................................................................79 Libraries................................................................................................ 83 Parks and Recreation ...........................................................................83 Healthcare ............................................................................................92 Services and Facilities for the Aging .................................................... 94 Social Services .....................................................................................94 Policy and Regulatory Implications ...................................................... 95 Environment .................................................................................................. 97 Soils and Geology ................................................................................ 99 The Kentucky River Palisades ........................................................... 100 Existing Environmental Regulation..................................................... 100 Policy and Regulatory Implications .................................................... 106 Tourism and Historic Preservation ........................................................... 107 Jessamine County Early History ........................................................ 109 Historic Sites .......................................................................................110 Tourism Sites and Events ....................................................................113 Regulatory and Policy Implications .....................................................114 Land Use ......................................................................................................115 Land Use Principles ............................................................................117 Land Use Defi nitions ...........................................................................118 Future Land Use Categories ...............................................................119 Special Districts ..................................................................................121 City Limits and Urban Service Boundaries (USB) ..............................121 Wilmore Land Uses ............................................................................125 Nicholasville Land Uses ..................................................................... 126 Unincorporated County Land Uses .................................................... 126 Wilmore Nicholasville JessamineCounty iv Comprehensive Plan 2010 Jessamine County Land Uses............................................................ 127 Policy and Regulatory Implications .................................................... 127 Implementation ........................................................................................... 131 Base Study .........................................................................................134 Economic and Commercial Development .......................................... 134 Residential Development ...................................................................135 Transportation ....................................................................................135 Infrastructure and Community Facilities .............................................136 Environment .......................................................................................137