Time for moratorium on development?

Woodford/Versailles/Midway Planning and Zoning seems to have a large amount of development projects at various stages of review and approval. There are several very big housing developments on the south, east and west of Versailles that could change the nature of our small town and community. Besides housing development there is the Edgewood property project, industrial land acres issue and in family conveyance issue.

Meanwhile the new comprehensive plan is already two years in the making and potentially needs another two years to complete according to the recent article in the Woodford Sun May 1, page 4 – Update on Comp Plan Chapters. The predicted completion of the Economic Development chapter is in 2025,  and the Land Use Chapter in 2026).

Developers want to develop, that’s what they do. I suspect a large part of the community (especially South Woodford), is not in favor of further development. 

It seems like P&Z is confronted with a run-away train and may not have the braking power to stop it. No doubt it is easier said than done but could a moratorium on developments be declared until the new comprehensive plan is written, reviewed and done? That will give P&Z more time to focus on the comp plan and give concerned citizens a chance to have more input into plans that affect everyone’s quality of life. 

Jim Mansfield

Versailles