RESOLUTION NO. _____, SERIES 2015
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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THROUGH ITS STAFF IN LOUISVILLE METRO PLANNING AND DESIGN, TO: 1) EVALUATE THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT (TNZD) REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY AS THOSE REGULATIONS RELATE TO SIGNAGE ON PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TNZD AND THE LIST OF LAND USES CURRENTLY SET FORTH IN THE "TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT PLAN REPORT FOR OLD LOUISVILLE/LIMERICK," APPENDIX 2B OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE TNZD LAND USE REGULATIONS ARE EFFECTIVELY ACHIEVING THE PURPOSES ORIGINALLY OUTLINED IN THE TNZD PLAN AND WHETHER EXPANDING THE LIST OF LAND USES TO INCLUDE MORE COMMERCIAL USES TO PROMOTE ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES IS BENEFICIAL TO THE TNZD; 2) EXAMINE THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BOUNDARY ON THE TNZD PLAN MAP TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE PROPERTIES ON ITS PERIPHERY AND NEARBY THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL CHARACTER THAT WOULD WARRANT THEIR INCLUSION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER; AND 3) HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL BASED UPON THE RECORD OF EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED FOR ENUMERATED REQUESTS 1 AND 2.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMAN DAVID JAMES
WHEREAS, the Metro Council wishes to support the ongoing prosperity of the Old Louisville Neighborhood through the consideration of land use regulations that promote existing and new business development in the Traditional Neighborhood Zoning District ("TNZD"), and;
WHEREAS, the Council understands that the original Old Louisville Neighborhood Plan and the Limerick Action Plan was adopted in 1982 and that the current list of land uses designated for properties located within the TNZD were compiled and recommended by a task force organized to review and make recommendations to amend the Old Louisville and Limerick Neighborhood Plans, which was accomplished in 2000, and that that task force selected particular l...
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