ORDINANCE NO. ______________, SERIES 2020
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AN ORDINANCE OVERTURNING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MAINTAINING THE EXISTING ZONING OF R-6 RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY AND OR-2 OFFICE-RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 768, 810, AND 850 BARRET AVENUE AND 1236 EAST BRECKENRIDGE STREET CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 9.6742 AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 19ZONE0046)(AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION)
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON COAN
WHEREAS, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Council") has considered the evidence presented at the public hearing 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. 19ZONE0046; and
WHEREAS, the Council rejects the findings of the Planning Commission for the zoning change in Case No. 19ZONE0046 and has made alternative findings of fact based upon the Planning Commission's record that support maintaining the existing OR-2 Office-Residential zoning designation for the time being; and
WHEREAS, the Council makes the following findings of fact based upon the record established before the Planning Commission for Case No. 19ZONE0046 to overturn the recommendation of the Planning Commission and maintain for the time being the existing OR-2 Office-Residential zoning designation on the property located at 768, 810, and 850 Barret Avenue and 1236 East Breckenridge Street and being in Louisville Metro; and
WHEREAS, a number of the findings of fact made by the Planning Commission were based upon the idea that some uses which are allowed in C-2 Commercial would be appropriate for the site, but those same findings fail to enumerate, discuss, and/or weigh the potential impacts of those other C-2 Commercial allowed uses which would not be appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the findings of fac...
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