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Lexington planning board recommends conditional rezoning for Magna Gray subdivision 5–3 after lengthy hearing
Summary
After presentations from the developer and neighborhood representatives and a lengthy public comment period, the Lexington Planning Board voted 5–3 to recommend City Council approve a conditional rezoning for a Magna Gray subdivision (maximum 375 single‑family units on 30.58 acres) with conditions including expanded buffers, design standards, preserved open space, and HOA covenants on access.
The Lexington Planning Board voted 5–3 to recommend City Council approve a conditional rezoning that would allow a Magna Gray subdivision on 30.58 acres, capped at 375 single‑family detached homes, after a public hearing that ran more than two hours.
The board’s recommendation, which follows staff‑proposed conditions, asks that the developer meet a set of design and infrastructure rules: a maximum unit cap of 375, a minimum of six house plans (including at least one single‑story), front porches on at least 50% of single‑family homes, primary siding of fiber‑cement, wood, brick or stone (vinyl permitted only for soffits/accents), off‑street parking minimums (three spaces for single‑family, two for cottages), roughly 30 acres of undisturbed natural open space plus 3 acres of improved recreation, and visually impervious impact buffers adjacent to existing residential properties.
Tom Terrell, the applicant’s attorney, said the developer has redesigned the site and made…
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