RESOLUTION NO. ____________, SERIES 2020
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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMEMBERS DORSEY, HOLLANDER, GEORGE, FLOOD, AND PRESIDENT JAMES
WHEREAS, following the Louisville Metro Planning Commission's ("Planning Commission's") recommendation, on June 14, 2018, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government ("Council") passed Ordinance No. 085, Series 2018 adopting Plan 2040. Plan 2040 was also forwarded to the 12 cities with zoning authority in the Louisville Metro planning unit. The plan was formally adopted by each of the legislative bodies or deemed to have been approved by operation of law pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Plan 2040 included five overarching principles that became the guiding force behind the development of the plan's goals, objectives, and policies. These guiding principles - Connected, Healthy, Authentic, Sustainable, and Equitable ("CHASE"), emerged from early public engagement activities and were further defined through the plan's public involvement process; and
WHEREAS, one of the CHASE principles, Equitable, focuses on the community's diversity and recognizes that resources, opportunities, and outcomes must be shared by all. The Planning Commission seeks to engage all citizens in the land use decision-making process and address the history of inequities and their ongoing impacts, particularly among communities of color; and
WHEREAS, according to Housing Goal 3: Policy 1, Plan 2040 encourages the provision of fair and affordable housing by providing a variety of ownership options and unit costs throughout Louisville Metro and calls for expanded opportunities for people to live in quality, variably priced housing in locations of their choice by encouraging affordable and accessible housing in dispersed locations through...
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