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Planning commission approves Oldham Reserve master‑plan amendment to shift multifamily and reduce some right‑of‑way widths
Summary
The Oldham County Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 28 approved a master plan amendment for Oldham Reserve that relocates a previously approved residential high‑density district and reduces right‑of‑way widths on certain park roads to 90 feet, clearing the way for contracted projects, commissioners and city and county officials said.
The Oldham County Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a master plan amendment on Jan. 28 that moves a previously designated residential high‑density district within the Oldham Reserve planned unit development and adjusts several internal road right‑of‑way widths to 90 feet.
Ryan Fisher, director of Oldham County Planning, told commissioners the request moves a 36‑acre area previously planned for multifamily residential to a parcel adjacent to the Rawlings campus and changes primary road sections so they match existing built sections such as Eden Parkway. The developers said the changes respond to recently completed interstate interchange ramps, sewer capacity improvements and private development contracts.
Greg Oakley, representing development partner Hollenbach Oakley, said infrastructure investments and signed contracts made the revised parcel more suitable for the multifamily project. He told the commission the amendment will allow construction of up to 624 multifamily units on the campus area consistent with the PUD’s residential‑high‑density allowance (up to 24 units per acre), and the developers also plan office, medical and retail components elsewhere in the park.
Supporters included LaGrange Mayor John Black and Oldham County Judge/Executive David Vogel, both of whom described the amendment as part of a broader plan to attract jobs and development to the business park. Fisher and staff advised that each individual site plan will still come back for review and must meet federal, state and county requirements at the time of site plan approval.
Commissioners voted 10‑0 to approve the amendment. The commission’s motion included binding elements that require future site plans to return to the commission and direct that no significant changes to the Oldham Reserve master plan report or map be made without planning commission review.
The action clears the way for contractual negotiations tied to infrastructure investments on the Oldham Reserve campus and is the latest step in a multi‑year process to develop the nearly 1,000‑acre campus into a mixed use “live, work and play” park, officials said.
