Chipotle applies for site plan in Dry Ridge

Chair Carl King called the Grant County Planning Commission’s special meeting to order Nov. 9. The agenda included a site plan for a Chipotle in Dry Ridge.

Jonathan Evans, of Evans Engineering of Cincinnati, presented site plans for Chipotle at 77 Blackburn Lane in Dry Ridge. The restaurant chain was founded July 13, 1993 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

The old Java Joe’s building is to be torn down to make way for the approximately 2,300 square foot restaurant, which will include a patio in front. It will not have a conventional drive thru; instead, the “Habanero Flip” updated design includes customers ordering online and picking up at the drive thru.

Plans are to start construction during the first quarter 2027.

Commission unanimously approved the request with caveat for final approval based on letter of approval from Erpenbeck Engineers, the commission’s engineers.

It was noted by Rebecca Ruholl, county zoning administrator, the firm has reviewed the plans and these should be approved, however, until it is in writing no construction can be done on the development.

Other actions

- Craig Adkins, Surveyor presented a map amendment request for a zone change on Folsom Jonesville Road, changing the Pettit property from Agriculture One (A-1) to Rural Residential (RR).

Adkins said the owners want to split existing acreage into two separate lots. There is an existing mobile home on one of the lots, but the intent is to remove it and build another. The second lot will have another house built on it.

Commission unanimously approved the application as long as it complies with the county's comprehensive plan.

- Doyle Cain addressed the commission seeking a map amendment to change zoning on a property on Keefer Lawreneville Road from A-1 RR.

Cain said there are two houses on the property at this time; the owner wants to separate it into two lots of 1.5 and 3.5 acres, respectively so they can be sold separately.

Commission unanimously approved the application as long as it complies with the county's comprehensive plan.

- City of Williamstown Zoning Administrator Jayson Payne presented text amendments that are necessary due to changes in Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS). The passage of 2025’s House Bill 160 created several changes to KRS 100.348, the law dealing with manufactured homes.

Additionally, there are some requirements in KRS 227.570 dealing with installation standards, certifications and fees attributable to manufactured homes. All became enacted as of July 1, 2026.

The change includes designates “qualified manufactured homes” as those installed within five years of being built with all transport parts be removed and meeting additional size requirements.

HB 160 prohibits local government from adopting/enforcing zoning regulations that treat qualified manufactured homes differently from any other single-family home.

It also admits the possibility of permitting a qualified manufactured home with smaller dimensions to be placed on a lot if a larger one cannot be sited there. Finally, it states cities located in a county containing a consolidated local government cannot enact zoning regulations to enact their own compatibility standards.

Williamstown requested the following text amendments to comply with those changes:

· Article VII: Words and Definitions; changing definitions of “manufactured home” and “qualified manufactured home” to comply with KRS

· Article VIII: Establishment of Zones: adding these defined homes to Agriculture (A) and Residential (R) Zones A1, R1, R1B, R2, R3 and R5

· Article IX: General Regulations; adding all above referenced amendments to general regulations

· Article X: Zone Regulations; adding amendments throughout City Zoning Regulations

All amendments were unanimously approved by the commission.

The next meeting date of the planning commission is Monday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m.in the courthouse, 101 Norrh Main Street, Williamstwon. For information contact Ruholl at (859) 250-3753.

Chipotle applies for site plan in Dry Ridge

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