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File #: O-587-20    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/7/2020 In control: Metro Council
On agenda: 1/28/2021 Final action: 1/28/2021
Title: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN CASE NO. 20-DDP-0047 (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION).
Sponsors: Nicole George (D-21)
Attachments: 1. O-587-20 V.2 FABS 012821 Revised District Dev 20-DDP-0047.pdf, 2. O-587-20 PROPOSED FABS Revised District Dev 20-DDP-0047.pdf, 3. O-587-20 V.1 121020 Revised District Dev 20-DDP-0047 .pdf, 4. BAE Systems Expansion Presentation.pdf, 5. 20-DDP-0047_Staff Pres.pdf, 6. 20-DDP-0047_Appeal_Staff Report Addendum_111920.pdf, 7. 20-DDP-0047_DRC Staff Report_101420.pdf, 8. 9-14-04 Development Plan, Approved 2004.pdf, 9. 20-DDP-0047_Applicant Waiver Justification.pdf, 10. 20-DDP-0047_Landscape Exhibit_100520.pdf, 11. 20-DDP-0047_Plan_100520.pdf, 12. 20-DDP-0047_Staff Pres_DRC_101420.pdf, 13. 20-DDP-0047_Staff Pres_DRC_101420.pdf, 14. 20-DDP-00471_DRC 2020-10-14.pptx.pdf, 15. 20-DDP-00471_DRC Applicant Presentation 2020-10-14.pdf, 16. Appeal Request HG.pdf, 17. Mailing Affidavit PC.pdf, 18. 20-DDP-0047_MainFile_11.19.20.pdf, 19. 20-DDP-0047_Plan_11.19.20.pdf, 20. ORD 003 2021.pdf
ORDINANCE NO. _____, SERIES 2021
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN CASE NO. 20-DDP-0047 (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION).
BODY
SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE GEORGE

WHEREAS, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Council") has reviewed the evidence presented at the public hearing held by the Louisville Metro Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission") and the findings and decision of the Planning Commission as set out in the minutes and records of the Planning Commission in Case No. 20-DDP-0047; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee of the Council held a public hearing on 20-DDP-0047 on January 12, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the plan approved by the Planning Commission included a 30-ft encroachment into what was believed to be a 50-foot require setback; and
WHEREAS, the mitigation efforts proposed by the applicant would place a burden on the abutting residential property to report noncompliance; and
WHEREAS, the abutting residential property, a roughly 500-unit apartment complex formerly known as the historic Americana Apartments which once served as barrack-like housing for those employed at the former Naval Ordinance Station, is now inhabited largely by immigrants and refugees who have no such connection to the site's current usage; and
WHEREAS, at that hearing the applicant presented a revised plan which would increase the setback beyond what was proposed at the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, at that same hearing it was revealed that the M-2 use which the applicant originally proposed requires a 200-foot setback per Land Development Code Section 2.6.1.A.1; and
WHEREAS, the 200-foot setback is meant to protect neighboring residential properties from some of the potentially serious intrusions created by an M-2 use, such as noise, pollution, light, and general sa...

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