RESOLUTION NO. ______, SERIES 2016
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LOUISVILLE METRO PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PROCESS AND FORWARD ITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE METRO COUNCIL (AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION).
SPONSORED BY: COUNCILWOMAN VICKI WELCH
WHEREAS, the Louisville Regional Airport Authority ("Authority") has acquired, or will acquire in connection with its FAA-approved Part 150 noise mitigation voluntary residential relocation program ("Voluntary Residential Relocation Program"), approximately 790 acres in the Minors Lane area ("Part 150 Property"); and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 199, Series 2003, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government ("Council") (a) established a "development area" in the Part 150 Property, as contemplated by KRS 65.490 through KRS 65.499, inclusive ("Pilot Program Legislation"), to be named the Louisville Renaissance Zone ("Renaissance Zone"); (b) authorized the execution and delivery of an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement among Louisville Metro Government, the Authority and the Commonwealth of Kentucky ("Commonwealth"); and (c) designated the Louisville Renaissance Zone Corporation to serve as the local governmental "agency" for purposes of the Pilot Program Legislation; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 135, Series 2004, the Council found that the Renaissance Zone is an area in need of public improvement, that redevelopment of the Renaissance Zone (the "Project"), as preliminarily presented to Louisville Metro Government by the Authority in the "Pilot Program Preliminary Planning" report dated November 2003, should result in increased employment within the Renaissance Zone, and that the Project constitutes a "project" within the meaning of the Pilot Program Legislation; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 131, Series 2006, the Council requested that the Louisville Metro Planning Commission ("Planning Commission") hold a public hearing and make a recommendation on a ...
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