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Council approves notice and waiver changes as zoning ordinance rewrite moves forward
Summary
Council members amended and approved multiple notice-related provisions in a major zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA), directing staff to align subdivision regulations and to apply new notice standards to development and waiver processes. The ordinance was advanced on first reading as amended.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council debated and approved several amendments that change public-notice rules and waiver procedures in a broad zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) intended to clarify objective development-review standards.
The ZOTA (item 4 on the docket) was read into the record and discussed at length. Public commenter Amy Clark urged restoration of some "big box" provisions and objected to broad "special project" language she described as "void by vagueness." Clark identified specific zoning articles and asked the council to retain safeguards requiring multiple storefront access points and to limit storage in front yards.
Council member James Brown proposed an amendment to 21‑4(c) under filing, which he read into the record. The amendment requires a completed application to include a current deed, copies of plans and studies, payment of filing fees and a sign posted on the property "in a conspicuous location for a minimum of 21 days prior to the scheduled technical review committee meeting." Brown said the applicant must…
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