ORDINANCE NO. ______________, SERIES 2019
title
AN ORDINANCE REVIEWING AND OVERTURNING THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN CASE NO. 19DEVPLAN1003.
body
SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMAN JAMES PEDEN
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. 19DEVPLAN1003; and
WHEREAS, the Council rejects some of the findings of the Planning Commission for the revised district development plan proposed in Case No. 19DEVPLAN1003 and has made alternative findings of fact based upon the Planning Commission's record that support denial of the proposed development plan; and
WHEREAS, the Council makes the following findings of fact based upon the record established before the Planning Commission for Case No. 19DEVPLAN1003 to overturn the recommendation of the Planning Commission and deny the proposed development plan for the sites located at 7504, 7506, and 7508 Beulah Church Road and being in Louisville Metro; and
WHEREAS, Case No. 19DEVPLAN1003 ("the Proposal") includes, among other factors, a plan to develop on land which the owner/applicant now claims is low-quality wetlands; and
WHEREAS, previous plans for this site (15DEVPLAN1102 and 16ZONE1048) were approved and constructed with significantly less connectivity than called for by the Comprehensive Plan based on the alleged inability to develop said wetlands; and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan develops on said wetlands without improving connectivity, despite the connectivity concessions in previous plans having been approved based on the testimony that the wetlands would not be developed; and
WH...
Click here for full text