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Fiscal court sends downtown first-floor residential proposal back to planning commission; approves first reading of development-plan changes
Summary
The fiscal court returned a proposed zoning change on first-floor residential uses in the B‑2 downtown business district to planning and zoning for clarification and approved first reading of a related ordinance that would let staff approve routine development plans that meet zoning standards while reserving public-board review when discretion or variances are required.
The Winchester-Clark County Fiscal Court voted to send a proposed zoning text amendment addressing first-floor residential uses in the B‑2 downtown business district back to the planning commission for further review and clarification, and it approved the first reading of a separate ordinance that updates development-plan approval procedures to align with state law.
The zoning-text amendment under review would permit residential dwelling units on the First Floor of buildings in the B‑2 district only if the residential unit is located behind a commercial/professional storefront and the storefront facade remains unchanged; the draft language included a provision that the front commercial/professional unit must be either a minimum of 200 square feet or 50% of the total floor area, whichever…
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