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Board grants Turner Management small dimensional variance, citing design and green‑space tradeoffs
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance reducing the 100‑foot least-dimension requirement for common area to 85 feet at a planned housing development on Tates Creek Road, after extended debate about design, green space and alternatives.
The Lexington City Board of Adjustment voted to approve a variance allowing Turner Management LLC to reduce the minimum least dimension for common areas from 100 feet to 85 feet in a planned neighborhood residential (R‑3) development on Tates Creek Road.
Staff recommended denial, saying the change resulted from a designer decision and could have been avoided on a greenfield parcel. Planning staff told the board the requested variance arose after a revised development plan added visitor parking that reduced the continuous common-area box to less than the ordinance’s 100‑by‑100 requirement.
Nathan Billings, attorney for Turner Management, said the…
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