ORDINANCE NO. _____, SERIES 2022
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE METRO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO CHANGES IN THE CHILD CARE REGULATIONS (CASE NO. 21-LDC-0013) (AS AMENDED).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLOOD, CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG,
ARTHUR, DORSEY, FOWLER, AND PRESIDENT JAMES
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 Community Form Policy 2.18 that recommends that the Land Development Code ("LDC") be periodically reviewed to ensure that the LDC follows best practices; 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 LDC and develop recommendations thereto to the Council to reform the LDC for more equitable and inclusive development; and
WHEREAS, Planning and Design Services staff conducted a review of zoning regulations within the LDC that restrict the location, capacity and delivery of child care and proposed recommendations to provide greater and more equitable access to child care; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment was reviewed by the Planning Committee of the Planning Commission on November 3, 2021 and was forwarded by that Committee to the Planning Commission for its review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on November 18, 2021 recommended that the Council adopt the proposed text amendments to the LDC as set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 21-LDC-0013; and
WHEREAS, Council acknowledges that other entities may regulate the location, licensing or operation of child care through federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations, private deed restrictions and other private agreements; and
WHEREAS, Louisville Metro Government, through Planning and Design Services, has expressed an intent to cre...
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