2008 Comprehensive Plan - Hardin County Government

LAND USE ELEMENT 3-20• Natural Features: This area has a gently rolling terrain with few if anyenvironmental constraints to development. There are flood hazards associatedwith the Otter Creek, Brushy Fork, Pawley Creek and Mill Creek water features.• Transportation Features/Public Facilities: This area, although not including theproperties located directly on US 31W, is served by an adequate roadwaynetwork. However, continued growth in the area may strain that network. TheRegional Wastewater Facilities Plan proposes to collect wastewater to a series ofregional pumping stations for transport to the Fort Knox (and perhaps Radcliff)Wastewater Treatment Plant. This infrastructure will be constructed over thenext twenty years with some of the service areas receiving sewers in the first tenyears. As an interim measure, decentralized wastewater collection andtreatment for this area may be installed until conveyance infrastructure isavailable. This area also experiences active annexation efforts by the nearbycities. This fact can make community facility and infrastructure planningproblematic.• Recommended Land Use and Development Criteria:- The recommended land use pattern for the North Urban planning area is thecontinued development of residential land uses.- This area can provide for the continued residential growth to serve the FortKnox population; however, this area will continue to experience annexationactivities of the three cities.- Development in this area should be logical not “leapfrog” development inorder to allow for logical infrastructure improvements.- Access to individual residential lots should be limited to collector roadwaysand strictly regulated along arterials in this area in order to preserve trafficflow.- In order to address concerns community wide relating to urban sprawl andfarmland/open space preservation, a decrease in residential lots sizes isrecommended.- This area may be the primary infill residential development area for thecommunity.- As infrastructure allows, higher density development should be encouraged.4. Valley Creek Urban Area• Introduction: This planning area, part of the Urban Area Planning Group, islocated southeast of Elizabethtown with a northern boundary of the BluegrassParkway and a western boundary of Sportsman Lake Road. This area includesthe Elizabethtown Country Club. Recent residential subdivisions includeFernwood and Thousand Oaks.2008 Comprehensive Plan