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Committee recommends ED zone tweak to allow mixed-use flexibility, moves laundry to supportive use

Lexington and Urban County Government's Planning Commission Zoning Committee
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Summary

The committee recommended approval of amendments to the Economic Development (ED) zone to allow more mixed-use flexibility on ground floors while preserving caps; the applicant and staff agreed to reclassify self-service laundry from accessory to supportive use and flagged podium parking concerns for future drafting.

Planning staff presented proposed changes to the ED (Economic Development) zone text (ZOTA 24-6) on May 7. The amendments seek to allow mixed-use buildings to count the first-floor principal/supportive uses in a way that lets residential uses above be treated differently for unit caps, while preserving overall unit limitations across ED areas.

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