Huxol v. Daviess County Fiscal Court

OPINION

D. LAMBERT, JUDGE:

This is an appeal from the Daviess Circuit Court which upheld the Daviess County Fiscal Court’s August 2, 2012 decision to rezone 692 acres of agricultural land for coal mining. After careful review, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellee Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. (‘WKM”) filed an application to amend the zoning classifications of thirteen properties in Daviess County from Urban Agriculture (A-U) and Rural Agriculture (A-R) to Coal Mining (EX-1). The proposed area totaled 692.303 acres. The Ow-ensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission (“OMPC”) considered the application…