2008 Comprehensive Plan - Hardin County Government

LAND USE ELEMENT 3-8• Heavy Industrial: This land use category is to permit industrial developmentwithin an assigned area given the existence of the appropriate governmentservices and utilities. The development shall be sited and designed so as toavoid neighborhoods and residential development in light of the potentialnuisances or other hazards.• Industrial Holding: This land use category is to provide for the expansion ofMunicipal Industrial Parks and to earmark areas of the county which have theappropriate utilities and infrastructure needed to support industrial development.The district in question shall reserve portions of the county for the developmentof certain types of business and industry, characterized by manufacturing,fabricating, warehousing and wholesale distribution, which are relatively freefrom offense and which, with proper landscaping, will not detract fromresidential desirability of adjacent properties. A map amendment to either an I-1or IPD, as appropriate, shall be a prerequisite to development.Special Planning Categories• Flood plain, wet lands, karst, wellhead, and landfill: This land use category is toprotect fragile environmental features, surface and/or ground water resourcesfrom unnecessary risk of pollution and persons and property from the predictabledestructive forces of nature.• Historical and/or Archaeological Sites: This land use category is to protect anylisting on the Kentucky Archaeological Survey maintained by the StateArchaeologist at the University of Kentucky and any listing on the survey ofHistoric sites in Kentucky or the National Register of Historic places.General Land Use GroupsA. Urban AreasIntroduction: Urban areas in Hardin County are those surrounding incorporatedjurisdictions within the County. In particular, urban areas surround Elizabethtown,Vine Grove and Radcliff. As areas adjacent to established city environments theurban areas identified by this plan are more intensely developed. These areas aremarked by having the highest levels of infrastructure and utility service.Natural Features: Generally, the lands within the urban areas identified in this planare flat to gently rolling. These areas are relatively unaffected by poor soils and arenot subject to flooding.Existing Land Use: The land use pattern in urban areas in Hardin County is the mostdensely developed in the community. Along the more significant arterial roadways ofthe community, there is a mix of commercial and very high-density residential use.In some instances, there are light industrial uses.2008 Comprehensive Plan