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Commission continues Coleman property Hampton Inn review after drainage and access concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission continued consideration of an amended development plan for the Coleman property (Newtown Pike Hampton Inn & Suites, PLN MJDP25-29) to the July 10 subdivision meeting after neighbors and the adjacent hotel owner raised engineering and emergency-access concerns tied to a larger drainage watershed and an existing pipe.
The Lexington City Planning Commission on June 12 continued action on an amended development plan for the Coleman property (PLN MJDP25-29), an amended final development plan for a proposed Hampton Inn & Suites on Newtown Pike, after questions about drainage routing, detention and emergency access. The continuance was set for the commission's July 10 subdivision meeting.
Planning staff explained the amendment increased the building footprint and square footage, reconfigured parking and required relocating a dumpster to avoid blocking an emergency-access easement shared with an adjacent Marriott property. The plan also removed parking from an area over a detention feature and asked the applicant to remove gray shading and clarify parking counts in the site statistics.
Daniel Reyna of Thoroughbred Engineering, representing the applicant, said the amendment resulted mainly from a small increase in building area (roughly one additional room) and adjustments after coordination with engineering staff. Reyna said the team performed stormwater modeling for a roughly 200-acre watershed that drains through the area and that engineering asked the applicant not to alter the existing local drainage condition.
John Woodall, representing the Marriott Owners Group next door, said his client’s principal concern was drainage: an existing 40-inch concrete pipe currently directs runoff into a retention basin adjacent to the site. Woodall said the amended plan shows the existing pipe removed and the flow redirected with multiple 90-degree bends before returning to the retention area, and he asked whether that change could adversely affect flow and downstream properties. Woodall also said an emergency access gate that had been a crash gate on the prior plan now appeared intended to remain continuously open; he said that raised operational concerns for his client's parking area.
Vaughn Atkins from the Engineering Division confirmed staff recommended the applicant leave the existing off-site drainage pattern undisturbed and that the applicant's on-site stormwater management would be designed to meet city requirements. Planning staff and the applicant said they would clarify whether the emergency-access gate would remain a crash gate and would update the plan to show any required notes; Reyna said the team had already corrected a two-space discrepancy in the parking count.
Commissioner Davis asked whether the issues warranted a continuance; representation for the Marriott and the applicant requested more time for engineering review. Commissioner Davis moved to continue the item to the July 10 subdivision meeting; Commissioner Worth seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Planning staff said engineering has reviewed models and recommended not disturbing the existing drainage route for the larger watershed; the applicant will return with clarified plans and any additional documentation requested by staff before the July 10 hearing.
