Radcliff council approves one zoning change and votes down another

The Radcliff City Council met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday, October 15.

The first reading was held on an ordinance for property tax rates and collection procedures.

“This is just basically housekeeping to clean that up to bring us in line,” said Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall. “Several of what’s in our current ordinances has been repealed over time, and so this is just bringing us up to what the current state regulations are and we just get our ordinance in line with that.”

City Attorney Mike Pike said the ordinance also allows the city to hire a tax collection agent that will be paid using funds collected from delinquent tax bills.

The first reading was held on an ordinance for a zoning change for 408 Shelby Avenue in the Skyview Estates subdivision from R-6 (high-density residential) to R-4 (low-density residential). The city’s planning commission recommended approval for the zoning change. 

The council voted to adopt the planning commission’s recommendation to not approve a zoning change for the west side of the intersection of Bullion Boulevard and North Logsdon Parkway. Pike said the planning commission was not comfortable with the request and the applicant did not appear at the public hearing on the zoning change.

“There were other witnesses who did appear who were against the request, including the deputy garrison commander from the post,who  had concerns about rezoning the property in such close proximity to the boundary of Fort Knox,” Pike said.

The council also approved the purchase of a grapple truck from Best Equipment Company Inc. for $199,505.71 and the purchase of playground equipment for Dawley Park from GameTime for about $38,000. The council also approved the times for the city’s trick or treating, which will be Thursday, October 31, from 5 to 8 p.m.

The Radcliff City Council will next meet for a work session on November 12.