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Planning commission approves rezoning for Town Branch Park offices near Gatton Park with conditional use limits
Summary
The zoning committee approved rezoning two downtown properties to B2B for adaptive reuse as offices supporting Town Branch Park and approved related variances; commissioners added conditions excluding daycare, schools and medical clinics from conditional zoning allowances at neighborhood request.
The Lexington City Planning Commission zoning committee unanimously approved Feb. 6 a rezoning request by Town Branch Park Inc. to convert two downtown parcels — 724 West High Street and 3030‑4 Madison Place — from R‑2 (mixed low‑density residential) to Lexington Center business B2B to house administrative and operational offices that will serve Gatton Park.
James Mills of planning staff presented the case and said staff supports the place-type (downtown) and development type (high‑density nonresidential), calling the proposal “an adaptive reuse and preservation of a historic structure” that will create a complementary mix of uses near the park. “With all that, staff is recommending approval,” Mills said.
The application proposes no exterior changes to the two existing buildings. One of the structures…
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