# Urban County Council - Zone Change Public Hearing - May 10, 2016 > Auto-transcribed civic record · May 10, 2016 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/3954 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/3954?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2016-05-10 - **Last revised**: May 10, 2016 - **Length**: 890 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government held a meeting on May 10, 2016, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Vice-Mayor Kay presiding. The meeting focused on a single agenda item regarding a Zone Change Ordinance, which was approved by the council. During the session, one motion was voted on and no public comments were heard. The meeting appears to have been a focused session dedicated primarily to addressing the zoning matter before the council. ## Attendance The following members were present at the May 10, 2016 meeting: • Kay • Lamb • Moloney • Scutchfield • Stinnett • Akers • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Evans • Gibbs • Hensley • Mossotti (arrived late) **Absent:** • Farmer • Henson **Late Arrival:** • Mossotti A total of 13 members were present for the meeting, with 2 members absent. One member arrived late to the proceedings. ## Votes and Decisions The meeting included one recorded vote on a zoning ordinance. **Ordinance 0341-16** addressed zoning changes for properties at 3600 Palomar Centre Drive and 2101 Palomar Trace Drive. The ordinance proposed changing 0.95 net acres (1.25 gross acres) from Professional Office (P-1) zone to Neighborhood Business (B-1) zone, and changing 0.25 net acres (0.29 gross acres) from Planned Neighborhood Residential (R-3) zone to Professional Office (P-1) zone. The ordinance also included a dimensional variance. Council member Akers made the motion, which was seconded by Council member Bledsoe. The ordinance passed unanimously on a roll call vote with 13 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. The following council members voted in favor: • Lamb • Moloney • Mossotti • Scutchfield • Stinnett • Akers • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Evans • Gibbs • Hensley • Kay The approval included a condition requiring "Approval and certification of ZDP 2016-6 prior to forwarding a recommendation to the Urban County Council." ## Zone Change Ordinance The council considered Ordinance 0341-16, which proposed multiple zoning changes for specified properties in the city. The ordinance included changing zoning from Professional Office (P-1) to Neighborhood Business (B-1) for certain parcels, as well as rezoning other properties from Planned Neighborhood Residential (R-3) to Professional Office (P-1). The proposal also incorporated a dimensional variance as part of the zoning modifications. Key speakers during the discussion included Richard Murphy and Bruce Simpson Jr., who presented details about the proposed zoning changes and their implications for the affected properties. The speakers addressed the rationale behind the dual zoning modifications and explained how the changes would impact land use in the designated areas. The ordinance represented a comprehensive approach to zoning adjustments, addressing both commercial and residential zoning classifications. The change from Professional Office to Neighborhood Business zoning would allow for different types of commercial activities, while the conversion from Planned Neighborhood Residential to Professional Office zoning would shift certain residential areas to accommodate professional services. The dimensional variance component of the ordinance provided flexibility for property development within the newly designated zones, allowing for modifications to standard zoning requirements such as setbacks, building heights, or lot coverage ratios. Following discussion of the proposal's merits and consideration of the zoning changes' potential impacts on the surrounding community, the council voted to approve Ordinance 0341-16. The approval enables the implementation of the specified zoning changes and the associated dimensional variance, allowing property owners in the affected areas to proceed with development plans consistent with their new zoning classifications. --- ## Decisions - **0341-16** — passed (13-0): An Ordinance changing the zone from a Professional Office (P-1) zone to a Neighborhood Business (B-1) zone, for 0.95 net (1.25 gross) acres; and from Planned Neighborhood Residential (R-3) zone to a Professional Office (P-1) zone, for 0.25 net (0.29 gross) acre, for property located at 3600 Palomar Centre Drive and 2101 Palomar Trace Drive, including a dimensional variance. --- ## Full transcript The Thank you. ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'd like to get started if we can, council members. We don't have three, six, we need ten. Okay. Four. I think we're ready to get started. Welcome, everybody. This is a public hearing on a zone change petition. The first thing we need to do is call the roll. Madam Clerk. Ms. Lamb? Here, here. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Ms. Gutchfield? Here. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, we have. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Ms. Evans? Here. Mr. Farmer? Mr. Gibbs? Here. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? And Mr. Kay? Here. Thank you. Thank you. I believe we're going to have what we hope is an abbreviated hearing. I believe that we still need to have the second reading yet. We have to have first reading? We can go forward with the second reading. I'm not sure if Mr. Emmons wanted to speak first. I think he wanted to speak first. So, Mr. Emmons, if you would introduce what you need for the record. Yes, sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor and members of the Council. For the record, I'm Jimmy Emmons, a senior planner in the Division of Planning. For the record, I do have some items to submit. The first one is the legal public notice for tonight's hearing. The second is an affidavit from Mr. William Salee stating that the required mail notice was submitted. The next is a copy of the planning commission's final report to the council, which does recommend conditional approval with a total of 10 conditional zoning restrictions, which includes the findings of fact. for that. I need to submit a copy of the 2013 Comprehensive Plan, a current copy of the LFUCG Zoning Ordinance, and a current copy of the LFUCG Land Subdivision Regulations. And then finally, I'm going to submit a paper copy of a presentation that we have prepared that if any council members want me to present that, I will. Otherwise, I will forego that presentation tonight. If you have any questions for me, I would be happy. I'll be available throughout your hearing. Thank you. And I believe we have agreement by the petitioner and the opponent that there's been an agreement reached and there will not be any further evidence introduced. Is that, I guess I just need, for the record, if you'd each indicate that. Mr. Chair, Dick Murphy representing the applicant Solar Eclipse LLC. We did introduce into the record the sign, posting affidavit and I just wanted to tell you who I have with me here just so you all know I represent a company called solar eclipse LLC there's three main members Jimmy Ball is on the second row Jake Reardon on the second row dr. Andrew Schreyer the veterinarian who got delayed and isn't here yet he'll he'll get here after we're all gone here hopefully and Eddie Mesta of integrated engineering or traffic engineer Bill McAlpin of Eagle engineering our design engineer on it so we thank you for coming here. I want to thank Mr. Simpson and his clients for working with us and working out the, we've reached an agreement with them, so I'll forego any further presentation here. Thank you. And Mr. Simpson for the opposing. We, everything Dick said, it's fine with me. Thank you. I believe then we could have get to the right place here. I'm not sure if we get the second reading now or the motion. Second reading first. We can do second reading followed by the motions. Thank you. Amanda Bledsoe I think is going to make a motion about the findings of fact. Do we need a second reading first? Or you can go ahead and do second reading but don't you may want to hold on to your vote until the motion is made. We'll do the second reading and then the vote on the findings of fact and then the vote on the ordinance. Okay. Ready? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. And now I will entertain a motion. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to accept the finding of facts as presented by the Planning Commission. So moved. Second. Motion and a second to adopt the findings of facts from the Planning Commission. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, I believe we need a roll call vote. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. And Mr. Kay? Yes. Thank you. And now I believe we need a motion on the ordinance itself. Motion and a second to approve the ordinance. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Mossadi? Yes. Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yes. And Mr. Kay? Yes. Thank you. I believe that concludes the business. I will have a motion to adjourn. Second. Without objection, we're adjourned. Thank you all. Thank you.