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Newport planning commission approves PLK Communities 342-unit concept at former steel mill site
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the concept plan for PZ26-01, a 342-unit residential development at 910 Lowell Street by PLK Communities, with conditions requiring sidewalk/multiuse evaluation, clarified unit counts, buffering plans and consideration of mixed-use integration; KYTC traffic review remains pending.
The Newport Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously March 24 to approve a concept development plan submitted by PLK Communities for 910 Lowell Street, the 17-acre former Newport Steel Mill site, subject to specific conditions.
City staff opened the public hearing by explaining that the commission was reviewing phase one of the project as a concept development plan under state statutory changes to KRS 100.275 and the city zoning code. Assistant City Manager (city staff) told commissioners that if the concept plan is approved, later phases would be reviewed ministerially against objective standards and that the commission could attach conditions at this stage.
At a presentation that followed, PLK Communities representative Mick Oakes described the site remediation already underway and outlined a program of about 342 residential homes: 144 three-story walk-up apartments (mix of…
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