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Planning committee delays Phelps property plan after state right‑of‑way and parking waiver questions
Summary
Lexington planning division committee postponed action on the Phelps property final development plan after staff and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet flagged a right‑of‑way boundary that could require additional waivers and design changes.
At a Lexington Planning Division committee meeting, members voted to postpone consideration of final development plan PLNMJ DP 2542 — the Phelps property at 4075 Old Richmond Road — after staff said work remains to resolve right‑of‑way and parking waiver issues.
The committee’s postponement followed staff reports that the application requests three waivers related to parking and vehicle use areas in front yards but does not yet address a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) determination that a portion of the site’s proposed landscape buffer falls inside the state right‑of‑way. Planning staff recommended postponement to allow the applicant time to revise plans for compliance with Articles 16 and 18 of the zoning ordinance and to resolve outstanding technical sign‑offs.
The project team is proposing a mixed use layout with a convenience store, a sit‑down restaurant, townhomes, apartments and a private internal street. Murphy, an applicant…
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