ORDINANCE NO. __________, SERIES 2020
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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 917 & 919 FOUNTAIN AVENUE AND 4700 WESTPORT ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.59 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 19ZONE0094)(AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILWOMAN MADONNA FLOOD
WHEREAS, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Council") has considered the evidence presented at the public hearings held by the Louisville Metro Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission") and the recommendations of the Planning Commission and its staff as set out in the minutes and records of the Planning Commission in Case No. 19ZONE0094; and
WHEREAS, the Council rejects the findings of the Planning Commission for the zoning change in Case No. 19ZONE0094 and has made alternative findings of fact based upon of the Planning Commission's record that support maintaining the existing R-5 Residential Single Family zoning designation; and
WHEREAS, the Council makes the following findings of fact based upon the record established before the Planning Commission for Case No. 19ZONE0094 to overturn the recommendation of the Planning Commission and maintain the existing R-5 Single Family Residential zoning designation on the property located at 917 & 919 Fountain Avenue and 4700 Westport Road and being in Louisville Metro; and
WHEREAS, the proposal constitutes a non-residential expansion into an existing residential area in violation of Community Form Goal 1.6, as the nearest commercially zoned property is located several blocks away and zoned the less-intense C-N, despite its closer proximity to I-264 than the subject property; and
WHEREAS, the proposal does not adequately mitigate adverse noise impacts on the existing residential neighborhood into which it would be placed in violation of Community Form Goal 1.18; and
WHEREAS, the proposal does not include the adaptive r...
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