ORDINANCE NO. ______________, SERIES 2021
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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 8300 COOPER CHAPEL ROAD CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 29.69 ACRES AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO (CASE NO. 20ZONE0057)(AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER MADONNA FLOOD
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. 20ZONE0057; and
WHEREAS, the Council rejects the findings of the Planning Commission for the zoning change in Case No. 20ZONE0057 and has made alternative findings of fact based on the Planning Commission's record that support maintaining the existing R-4 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. 20ZONE0057 to overturn the recommendation of the Planning Commission and maintain the existing R-4 Residential Single Family zoning designation on the property located at 8300 Cooper Chapel Road and being in Louisville Metro; and
WHEREAS, the proposal does not conform to Land Use & Development Goal 1: Community Form Subsection 7: Locate higher density and intensity uses near major transportation facilities and transit corridors, employment centers, in or near activity centers and other areas where demand and adequate infrastructure exists or is planned. It does not conform because the site is not along a major transit corridor but instead located between two arterials at a significant distance from either, nor is it near an employment center, nor an activity center, nor is there sufficient infrastructure in the area to support the proposal;...
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