ORDINANCE NO. _____, SERIES 2021
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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).
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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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