County officials continue to debate the pros and cons of county-wide zoning. On May 4, Bourbon County Commissioners and County Counselor Justin Meeks discussed flood plains, free will, and the differences between zoning and codes enforcement. … Citizen Michael Hoyt said there are remedies for building in a flood plain. “I ‘m very opinionated when it comes to codes in rural America,” Meeks said. “There is a very fine line between growth and wanting growth to happen and limiting it … We don’t want anyone to die in a fire or have a structural problem with a new build. Sometimes sprinkler systems in a 200-year-old building are very expensive.”
Source: Fort Scott Tribune
