Residents and visitors of Cadiz and Trigg County should expect for major developments to continue along US 68/80, Jolly Way and near the FiveStar gas station.
Next up for the prized property: an all-terrain car wash from Scott Jolly and his son-in-law, Hopkinsville’s Justin Hageman.
Alongside Jolly, the former Tiger and Western Kentucky University ace made his pitch Tuesday night at the Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission, where both noted that Turkey Creek and Turkey Bay hobbyists — and many others — are in dire need of specialty bays, and cleaning equipment, in order to bring home ATVs, motorcycles, side-by-sides and similar vehicles in clean order.
Jolly and Hageman also noted that standard car washes in south western Kentucky “do the job” when it comes to compact and family vehicles, but that other casual drivers are often deterred once they see an outdoor or recreational transport run through.
This place, they said, would have rougher bristle brushes, automatic and manual options, and safe water treatment for gravel, sand and mud drainage.
Technically, the project doesn’t need the commission’s blessing, but Jolly and Hageman said they wanted to make the commission conscious and aware before continuing their efforts through the City of Cadiz, the Cadiz Water Department, the Pennyrile Health Department, and Frank Williams with Johnson & Associates.
Most, if not all, of Jolly Way is appropriately zoned “B-2: light industrial,” and was designated as such prior to the construction of FiveStar.
Talking with Chair Tom Lawson and Secretary Jim Mullen, Jolly revealed he has even more plans in the works for the other surrounding lots.
In other news:
+ Lawson confirmed that the commission is considering reducing its number from 10 members down to six or seven, in order to better meet quorum, but that such a decision requires both a Cadiz City Council and Trigg County Fiscal Court vote, since both have appointees to the group. This discussion was tabled until further notice.
+ Lawson also confirmed that Judge-Executive Stan Humphries has “inquired” about updating subdivision regulations within the city and county, seeking understanding about the undertaking it would be.
No such zoning change has come to Cadiz since 1989, nor the county since 1999, and Lawson said recent uproar about the quiet Kings Chapel Road mental health facility has, once again, stirred discussions.
Lawson and Mullen both assured such a meeting would be “much further down the road,” and would also require experts and litigators in order to develop new and cohesive legal language for city council and fiscal court approval.
+ Attorney Steve Underwood and Hopkinsville’s CDS Director Tom Britton, Lawson said, have asked for the commission to renew their previous five-year comprehensive plan for now, and advised that the living, breathing document could be amended, adjusted and refiled if necessary.
+ Lawson said at least one, and maybe two, more City of Cadiz annexation hearings will be scheduled in the coming weeks: one for Lot 9 next to the Cadiz-Trigg County I-24 Business Park speculation building, and one for the property just across from Pennyrile Electric, where the Melior Apartment development has received news of its accepted grant status.
