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Planning commission grants downtown LaGrange waiver to let owners live above restaurant with conditions
Summary
Oldham County Planning Commission approved a waiver allowing mixed residential use at 111 and 113 North First Avenue in LaGrange so the restaurant owners can live next door; approval is conditioned on an application for a permanent zoning change within 12 months and limits the waiver to current ownership and to the plan presented.
The Oldham County Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 26 voted unanimously to grant a residential‑use waiver that permits mixed commercial and residential use at 111 and 113 North First Avenue in LaGrange. Docket PZ‑25‑020 passed by a 13‑0 roll call.
The properties are in the C‑2 Commercial District. The applicant, represented by attorney Mike Swansbury of Swansbury and Smith, asked the commission to allow the owners of Madeline's Nibbles and Wine to occupy the adjacent house at 113 North First Avenue so the owners can be on site more often while continuing to operate the restaurant at 111.
"We're talking about a mixed use situation here for those properties located at 111 and 113 North First Avenue," Swansbury said, arguing the request aligns…
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