BELMONT — The owner of an “interactive petting zoo where animals play with the people” is seeking to move her business from western Bartholomew County to the Belmont area.
Kathleen Bowen established Zoo’Opolis Exotic Petting World in 2015 in her home on County Road 50 South, about 1 1/2 miles from the Brown-Bartholomew county line.
She’s planning to buy land along State Road 46 West on contract from Ron and Connie Weddle so she can relocate, according to documents on file with the Brown County Planning Department.
The addresses of the properties from which the acreage will be carved out are 5718, 5722 and 5730 State Road 46 West. The part Bowen is seeking to rezone totals about 5 acres.
The land’s zoning would need to be changed from residential to general business before Bowen could operate her business on it. A hearing before the Brown County Area Plan Commission will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at the County Office Building in Nashville.
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