ORDINANCE NO. _____________, SERIES 2021
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 9 AND 11 OF THE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO REQUIRED NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AS SUGGESTED IN PLAN 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ("PLAN 2040").
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER MADONNA FLOOD
WHEREAS, Plan 2040 was adopted by the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Council") effective January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Plan 2040 includes five key principles, CHASE, and one of these principles is that to provide greater opportunities for citizens to engage within the development review process; and
WHEREAS, the Council passed Resolution 82, Series 2020 directing the Louisville Metro Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission") and its staff to undertake a review of the Land Development Code ("LDC") and develop recommendations thereto to the Council to reform the LDC for more equitable and inclusive development; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution on August 25, 2020 directing Planning and Design Services staff to review the LDC and develop recommendations for more equitable and inclusive development; and
WHEREAS, Planning and Design Services staff conducted numerous public meetings, including listening sessions to take comments regarding equity issues within the LDC, and one issue identified multiple times through verbal and written comments was the need to notify tenants as well as property owners; and
WHEREAS, Planning and Design Services staff reviewed the LDC and developed text amendments to Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 regarding required notice of development activity; and
WHEREAS, the proposed text amendments went to the Planning Committee of the Planning Commission for public meetings on February 8, 2021 and March 22, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on April 20, 2021 recommended that the Council adopt the proposed text amendments to the LDC as set fo...
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