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Planning commission adopts data‑driven preservation and growth management program amid debate over its formula
Summary
After extended questioning about its numeric formula, the commission voted to adopt the Lexington Preservation and Growth Management Program (LP GMP) into the comprehensive plan; the resolution passed with one dissenting vote.
The Lexington City Planning Commission voted on March 26 to adopt the Lexington Preservation and Growth Management Program (LP GMP) as an addendum to the 2023 comprehensive plan (Imagine Lexington 2045), formalizing a data‑driven process to review potential modifications to the urban service area.
Hal Bailey presented the ordinance and described a five‑step framework centered on a five‑year growth trends report, a residential‑need calculation for vacant land, policy recommendations to better use land within the urban service area and a special economic development pathway that requires super‑majority council review.…
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