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Fayette Alliance urges Lexington to require redevelopment target, infrastructure-cost analysis in urban service boundary ordinance
Summary
Britney Rothmeier of the Fayette Alliance told the council the draft urban service boundary ordinance should set a 30% redevelopment target and require an analysis of infrastructure operations and maintenance costs, warning that one-time development fees do not cover long-term service needs.
Britney Rothmeier, speaking for the Fayette Alliance during public comment, urged the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council to strengthen a proposed ordinance that will guide future decisions about the city’s urban service boundary.
Rothmeier asked the council to incorporate two specific requirements into the ordinance: a target that 30% of future housing growth be accommodated through redevelopment of existing properties rather than greenfield development, and a requirement that the city analyze the full cost of infrastructure and ongoing operations and maintenance needed to serve any proposed growth areas. "Impact or privilege fees are not wealth.…
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