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Planning Commission continues Rabbit Hole EZ-1 rezoning after residents cite noise, landmark concerns
Summary
The Louisville Metro Planning Commission continued a requested change to EZ-1 zoning for Rabbit Hole Distillery after extensive public testimony about noise, truck operations and a late-filed landmark petition; the applicant agreed to several binding elements including truck-hour limits and acoustic mitigation pending the Aug. 1 follow-up.
The Louisville Metro Planning Commission on the Planning Commission agenda day heard hours of public testimony and testimony from the applicant before voting to continue a requested change from C-2 to EZ-1 zoning for the Rabbit Hole Distillery campus. Commissioners said they wanted time to review a recently filed landmark petition and refined binding-element language before making a recommendation to Metro Council.
The proposal, presented by attorney John Baker and Rabbit Hole founder Kaveh Zumanian, would expand the distillery campus to encompass the entire block bounded by South Clay, South Shelby and East Jefferson streets. The applicant said the key operational change would be to move truck loading off East Jefferson into an on-site covered truck corral and to add hospitality, retail and office functions to the campus; the company repeatedly said it was not increasing distillation capacity.
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