# Planning Commission Subdivision Items - October 10, 2024 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Commission · October 10, 2024 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6245 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6245?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2024-10-10 - **Body**: Commission - **Last revised**: March 29, 2026 - **Length**: 3,590 words - **Speakers**: Chair > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Planning Commission convened on October 10, 2024, at 1:30 PM in the Council Chambers of the Urban County Government Building at 200 East Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky, with Larry Forester presiding as the meeting officer. The Commission addressed two primary agenda items during the session, both of which received approval from the board. The meeting included consideration of matters related to the Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC Property and Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12, with both items ultimately being approved by the Commission. Throughout the course of the meeting, the Commission conducted a total of eight motions and votes on various matters before the board. No public comments were received during the designated public comment period, allowing the Commission to focus entirely on the business items presented on the agenda. The meeting proceeded efficiently through both scheduled agenda items, with the Commission reaching favorable decisions on each matter presented for consideration. ## Attendance The Commission meeting on October 10, 2024 had nine members present and two absent. **Present:** • Larry Forester • Zach Davis • Judy Worth • William Wilson • Robin Michler • Graham Pohl • Bruce Nicol • Johnathon Davis • Mike Owens **Absent:** • Ivy Barksdale • Frank Penn No members arrived late to the meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The Commission took eight votes during the October 10, 2024 meeting, with all motions passing or being postponed unanimously by the nine members present. **Administrative Items** [timestamp: 00:30] The Commission unanimously approved the minutes from August 8, 2024 and August 22, 2024 meetings on a motion by William Wilson, seconded by Judy Worth (9-0). [timestamp: 03:00] Performance bonds and letters of credit were unanimously approved on a motion by Zach Davis, seconded by Johnathon Davis (9-0). **Postponements** Four development applications were unanimously postponed: [timestamp: 06:00] PLN-MJDP-24-00074 (Hoover & Ford Philpot Evangelistic Association Property, Lot 4 - The Fountains of Palomar) was postponed on a motion by Zach Davis, seconded by Mike Owens (9-0). [timestamp: 09:00] PLN-MJDP-24-00068 (Zee Faulkner Property) was postponed on a motion by Mike Owens, seconded by William Wilson (9-0). [timestamp: 12:00] PLN-MJDP-24-00073 (Milestone Heights Property) was postponed on a motion by Graham Pohl, seconded by Judy Worth (9-0). [timestamp: 15:00] PLN-MNDP-24-00032 (Wiggins & Company Chick-fil-A) was postponed on a motion by Johnathon Davis, seconded by Mike Owens (9-0). **Approvals** [timestamp: 20:00] PLN-FRP-24-00030 (Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC Property) was unanimously approved with a waiver and 14 conditions on a motion by Bruce Nicol, seconded by Judy Worth (9-0). [timestamp: 25:00] PLN-MJDP-24-00070 (Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12) was unanimously approved with 11 staff conditions on a motion by William Wilson (9-0). All votes included the same nine commissioners: Larry Forester, Zach Davis, Judy Worth, William Wilson, Robin Michler, Graham Pohl, Bruce Nicol, Johnathon Davis, and Mike Owens. ## Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC Property [timestamp: 20:00] The Commission discussed agenda item PLN-FRP-24-00030 regarding a waiver request for street and sewer improvements for the Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC property. Key speakers during the discussion included Cheryl Gallt and Kevin Phillips, who presented details about the requested waivers for required infrastructure improvements. The discussion centered on whether to grant exemptions from standard street and sewer improvement requirements for the Bluegrass Stockyards property. The Commission ultimately approved the waiver request for the Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC property, allowing the project to proceed without the standard street and sewer improvement requirements that would typically be mandated for such developments. *Note: Additional details about specific concerns raised, the rationale for approval, and other discussion points would require access to the full meeting transcript or video recording.* ## Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12 [timestamp: 25:00] The Commission reviewed application PLN-MJDP-24-00070 for the final development plan of Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12. This agenda item was presented as a discussion item regarding the development proposal and associated approval conditions. Cheryl Gallt served as the key speaker during the presentation and discussion of this development plan. The item focused on reviewing the final development specifications and determining appropriate conditions that would need to be met for project approval. The Commission conducted their review of the Melody Village development proposal, examining the submitted plans and considering various aspects of the project. During the discussion, commissioners evaluated the development against applicable zoning requirements and community planning standards. Following their deliberation, the Commission voted to approve the final development plan for Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12. The approval included specific conditions that the developer must satisfy as part of the project implementation. The successful approval of PLN-MJDP-24-00070 allows the Melody Village development to proceed to the next phase, subject to compliance with the established approval conditions outlined during the meeting. --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (9-0): Approval of the August 8, 2024 and August 22, 2024 minutes - **Motion** — passed (9-0): Approval of performance bonds and letters of credit - **PLN-MJDP-24-00074** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Hoover & Ford Philpot Evangelistic Association Property, Lot 4 (The Fountains of Palomar) - **PLN-MJDP-24-00068** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Zee Faulkner Property - **PLN-MJDP-24-00073** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Milestone Heights Property - **PLN-MNDP-24-00032** — postponed (9-0): Postponement of Wiggins & Company (Chick-fil-A) - **PLN-FRP-24-00030** — passed (9-0): Approval of Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC Property with waiver - **PLN-MJDP-24-00070** — passed (9-0): Approval of Melody Village, Unit 3-C, Block C, Lot 12 --- ## Full transcript Good afternoon everyone, I'd like to call this meeting to order. Welcome to the Planning Commission Subdivision Items Committee, I mean, excuse me, meeting. And it is October 10th, 2024. First on the agenda for the commission, we have approval of minutes. And that's the August 8th and August 22nd, 2024 minutes. Floor is open for a motion. Mr. Wilson? Mr. Chairman, I move for approval of the minutes for August the 8th and August the 22nd. Thank you. Do we have a second? Seconded by Mr. Werth. I think our computer is not working. I had a minor review. Okay. Mr. Pohl? I think it was the 22nd. I can't recall. Is your microphone on? Yeah, I had a minor revision to the 22nd. Just a clarification. Okay. Which section was it? Would you like me to read it? Oh, yes, sir. It was regarding comments that I made. And I felt like there was a better way of explaining what I was saying. So I said, additionally, Mr. Pohl stated that the commission frequently encounters neighborhood objections to connectivity. And that the reasons usually given for these objections, including concerns about traffic congestion, are almost always unfounded. Objections are often based more on fear of change than on objective analysis. So this is an amendment to the August 22nd? Second. Yes, to Mr. Pohl's comments. Have you forwarded those to Mr. Sheehy? I've sent them. Okay. All right. Okay. So do we want to amend the motion to accept Mr. Pohl's? I amend the motion to accept Mr. Pohl's comments. Okay. And we have a second by Ms. Werth. Any further discussion? Okay. Let's vote via Granicus. Okay, Mr. Davis. You can raise your right hand. That motion passes unanimously. Thank you. All right. We're going to move forward a little bit in the agenda. Let's take on the performance bonds and letters of credit. That's on page seven of the agenda. So the floor is open for a motion for the acceptance of the performance bonds and letters of credit. Mr. Davis. Mr. Chairman, I move that we accept the performance bonds and letters of credit as outlined on the memorandum from Mr. Fairchild dated October 8th, 2024. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Second by Mr. Jonathan Davis. Any further discussion to that motion? All right. Please vote via Granicus. Okay. Motion passes unanimously. All right. Shall I put postponements and withdrawals? Matt Carter, Vision Engineering. I've got one postponement on page six of the agenda. Item H, PLN MJDP 24-74 Hoover and Philpot Evangelistic Associate Property, Lot 4, Fountains of Palomar. We have a postponement recommendation, and we've got something we're working on. So I would like to postpone for one month. I believe it's November 14th. Okay. Thank you. Any commission members have any questions or concerns about that recommendation to postpone it for a month? If not, the floor is open. Mr. Davis. I have a question for staff. We talked about this a few weeks ago with that lengthy meeting. Is that the appropriate meeting of that particular month for this? Subdivision items is November 14th, and then because of the holiday, zoning items will be November 21st. Okay. So we're talking about the November 14th meeting. All right. Mr. Chairman, I move that we postpone this item to the November 14th meeting at Mr. Carter's request. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Owens. Please vote via Granicus. Mr. Carter, you're welcome. You're welcome. Motion passes unanimously. Mr. Kaley. Mr. Chairman, members of the planning commission, Rory Kaley with ea partners. On page 2, under development plans, this is mjdp 24-68 z faulkner property. We would like to request a two-week postponement. Mr. Owens. Mr. Chairman, there was, it needs to have the, well, it's preferred to have the BOAR recommendation go before you guys. It was scheduled for last month, but there was a notification error, so the BOAR will hear this next week, which is why we're asking for two weeks. Okay. And that's the October 24th meeting? Yes. We would like to request a two-week postponement of plan mjdp 24-68 z faulkner property until, for two weeks, until what, the 28th? 24th. November 24th. Second. Thank you, Mr. Wilson. October. October. Sorry. October 24th. All right. I second. All right. Okay. Let's vote via Granicus, please. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Chairman Forrester, we do have two other items that have been requested for a postponement through the staff. Okay. The first one appears on page five at the bottom. On your agenda, it's item G, PLN MJDP 24-73 for Millstone Heights property. And this is for property located at 309, 315, 317, and 321 East High Street. And the applicant's representative has requested a one-month postponement to the November 14th meeting. Okay. Thank you. Bring it back to the commission. The floor is open for a motion. Mr. Pohl. Mr. Chair, I move to postpone PLN MJDP 24-73 until the November 14th meeting. Thank you. I have a motion and a second by Ms. Wirth. Please vote via Granicus. All right. The motion passes unanimously. The next item appears at the very bottom of page seven. And it's under staff items. We have a minor development plan that the staff has referred for review to the planning commission. The applicant for the minor development plan is not available today because their main offices are in Florida. And they have been closed this week. So they had asked for a postponement of this item. Since it is technically a staff item that we've referred to the commission, the staff would recommend that you hold that hearing on November 14th, 2024. That gives us an opportunity to notify the adjoining property owners again of the change of time and date for that. And allow them to participate in the hearing. Okay. Is there going to be any sample chickens? Yeah. Right. This is for no sample. Sorry. PLN MNDP 24-32 Wiggins and Company. It's an amended final development plan for Chick-fil-A at 2514 Nicholasville Road. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Wade. Okay. The floor is open for a motion. Mr. Chair, I recommend postponement of PLN MNDP 24-0032 Wiggins and Company. Chick-fil-A to the November 14th meeting. Thank you, Mr. Davis. Do we have a second? Motion and a second. Please vote via Granicus. Okay, that motion passes. I do have a question on the consent agenda. It's not matching up to what we have in front of us. It's like the first one, it says page two, item A. Item A is Bluegrass Stockyards. So it should say page three, item B. And the next one should say page three, item C. The third should say page four, item E. The fourth, page five, item F. And the last one, page seven, item I. Did we get that? I had that. Mr. Wilson, you double-checked me too. I just did that as well. I think you got it. Yeah, I think so. But just before we get into it. All right. Okay, so the staff will move on to the consent agenda for the commission today. There are a number of items that appear on the consent agenda. And as Chairman Forrester mentioned, the page numbers and item numbers are one-off. Because we slipped in a development plan there. The first item. So as I read these, I'll just note that these are recommended for approval by the subdivision committee, which is part of the commission. And they have been agreed to by the applicant. So the commission can take all of them with one motion, unless there's someone present who wishes to speak or object about one of the plans. So as I read those, I will ask if there's anyone present to speak about a particular plan. And if you are here to speak about a plan, if you just raise your hand, we'll pull that off the consent agenda and have a full presentation. The first item is on page three, item B of our regular agenda. It's PLN MJDP 24-46 for Givens property. Lot 5, City Barbecue. That's an amended final development plan for the whole development. But the first development plan for that particular lot. Property located at 2210 Georgetown Road. So anyone present for this item today? Okay. The next item appears on page three, item C of our agenda. PLN MJDP 24-69. This is a request for the Cold Stream Research Campus, unit 2B, section 2, lot 25B for Metro Employees Credit Union. Also an amended final development plan for property at 1565 McGrathiana Parkway. So anyone present who wishes to object to this item? Okay. The next item is page four, item E. PLN MJDP 24-6, sorry, 71, Belmont Farm, unit 7. Also known as Coventry, an amended final development plan for property located at 2329 Remington Way. So anyone present for this item? Next item appears on page five of the agenda, item F. PLN MJDP 24-72 for the Santa Barbara subdivision, unit 3. That's for property located at 708 Miles Point Way. Anyone for that item? Okay. And then the next item appears on page seven of our agenda, item I. PLN MJDP 24-75 for William Shelley property, unit 2, as well as Hollow Creek unit 1, lot 3. An amended final development plan for property at 459 West New Circle Road. So anyone present who wishes to speak about this item? Okay. Seeing none, the commission, unless one of these items is of interest to the commission members, can be considered with one motion. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Wade. The floor is open for a motion. Mr. Davis. Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve the consent agenda as outlined by staff with your correction noted. Okay. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. Seconded by Mr. Jonathan Davis. Please vote via Granicus. All right. The consent agenda passes unanimously. Thank you. Now they put us on page two, PLN FRP 24-30, Bluegrass Stockyards, and we do have a waiver request for that. Yes, sir. On this particular application, we don't have anything, any documents on our screens. Is there anything other than do we have a survey or a plat or anything? Okay. FRP 24-30, Bluegrass Stockyard, LLC property, Kentucky Utilities, Lyle. I would like to answer Mr. Davis's question, which is are there any items in Granicus? Well, we don't have anything. Yeah. No, I don't see any either. So it's the plat that's already been approved, which is on screen. And today what you're considering is just the waiver. Okay. Which you have in paper. This plat was approved by the tech committee on August 28, 24. The idea was this is Lyle Industrial Road. This is South Forbes Road. This is where the old Bluegrass Stockyards used to be. On the corner here is McConnell House. So Kentucky Utilities is subdividing McConnell House off the property to sell it, and that's what this plat's for. What they've asked the waiver for is because they've asked the waiver for the street improvements, such as curb gutter, sidewalk, and then they also for sewer. So they're asking that these items to be waived so that they can go ahead and move forwards to get the record plat signed, recorded and signed, so that they can sell the property. And so that while during construction, they can do the construction for the improvements, street improvements and for the sewer improvements. It's just to help them move forwards on the sale of the property. So with that, that's what they're proposing. So we can see here that property transfer is what it's for. So they've asked for the waiver, and we agree to it with the idea that they would have to post bonds and surety for the improvements to be able to move forwards on this waiver. Okay. Thank you. Any questions for staff? Thank you. I don't see any. Applicant? Good afternoon. Kevin Phillips with Indus Engineering. As Cheryl said, we're just here to ask for the waiver of substantial completion for the street improvements and the sanitary sewer. The Public Safety Museum is the entity that's purchasing the McConnell House, and they would like to be able to close on this property before the end of the year, if at all possible. And these public improvements won't be done by then. So there's a condition that says that there's no occupancy of the McConnell House unless those improvements are made or until those improvements are made. So Mr. Penn had asked at the committee meeting, he had some specific questions about what steps have been taken to preserve the house. I guess the condition of the approval of the development plan was that Kentucky Utilities sort of secure and help ensure the well-being of the house during construction and while they're working out there. And so I'd gotten a note from Bob Terry. He's the police officer who's, to me, he is the Public Safety Museum. He said that he reported to me that they had put on a new roof with period-appropriate material. They have tucked part of the masonry with historically accurate mortar mixes. They have made foundation repairs. They've installed a new HVAC system and replaced the non-original windows and doors with like materials. So Kentucky Utilities has already made those improvements toward that goal of securing the house. Okay. Thank you. Do we have any questions for the applicant? Thank you, sir. I don't see any. Is there anyone that would like to speak on this particular application? Mr. Davis? Considering that this is one of the oldest structures in Fayette County, and it certainly was when we voted. I guess that's been two or three years ago. That was a condition of the understanding was that that house would be taken care of. I guess my question would be, if there are any historic preservationists in the room, are you satisfied with what you've heard today? Okay. Then I'm good. This is a question to you. As I recall, when that came up, you were going to check with the State Historic Preservation to see about possibility for grant support for that property. Did that ever happen? I made a phone call. I had a conversation, but then I don't know if anything ever came of it. Okay. Thank you. Okay. We'll bring it back, then, to the commission for a motion. Mr. Chair, I've got a question. Procedural, I guess, as much as anything. With the subdivision plan that's on the agenda, number 13 says discuss South Ford Road's improvements. I know the waiver takes care of that. Should we change that to resolve, subject to waiver? Change that to resolve, and then also we can add a condition that we make note of the waiver being approved on today's date on the plan. Okay. The note's waiver. Okay. So there's 14 conditions? Yep. Okay. Ready? Yes, sir. I'll move for approval of plan FRP 24-30, Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC. With the now 14 conditions, change in number 13 to resolve, and number 14 to denote the waiver that is attached. Okay. Thank you. And we have a second by Ms. Wirth. Is there not any more discussions to the motion? Please vote via Granicus. All right. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you, sir. With the waiver? Thank you. Yep. The waiver is I'll move for approval of plan FRP 24-30, Bluegrass Stockyards, LLC. The waiver for the land subdivision regulations, subject to the three conditions that staff recommended, plus a fourth that's listed as number A. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Second by Ms. Wirth. Please vote via Granicus. Okay. Maybe. That's good. It was only one. That's why I don't know why. I didn't want to say nothing. Ms. Wirth. Ms. Wirth. All right. That motion passes unanimously, too. All right. So that's our last one, page four. PLN MJDP 24-70. SNAF. Waiting for that to come over. We're heading towards MJDP 24-70, Melody Village, Unit 3C, Block C. We just saw this not too long ago. This was for some adult housing, affordable housing located here in this building here. This is Red River. I'm going to get it right. Red River Drive. And so we have an existing building here. We're wanting to make addition of this building here. The zone change that we had, it was a matter of it wasn't a zone change, more of a modified zoning where they had the plan was originally approved for 60,000 square feet for the building, and they asked for it to be increased to 80,000 square feet. So now they're coming back with the final development plan to move this forward so that we have that information. As you can tell, we have revised conditions. There was a list with several cleanup conditions. They submitted a revised plan. When they resubmitted, they cleaned up all the cleanup conditions. So now all we have left is the sign-off conditions to be able to move this forward. And so with that, I'll ask if there's any other questions. Okay. Any questions? Thank you. I'm not sure. I don't know if the applicant's not here. All right. Then we'll just bring it on back to the commission there. If anyone in the audience would like to speak. Okay. All right. We'll bring it back. Then the floor is open. Mr. Wilson. Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. I move for approval of PLN MJDP 24-70 Melody Village Unit 3C Block C Lot 2 with the 16 conditions or with the 11 conditions provided by staff. Second. Thank you. And we have a second. Please vote via Granicus. Okay. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Duncan. Mr. Chair, I think you've made up for two weeks ago. I think I beat Frank Penn's record this time, too. No, sir. Mr. Chairman, I've got a 45-minute presentation to make. You're going to get guarded off the air. Yeah. Mr. Chair, I wanted to let you all know that by the time you all get home, you should have an e-mail from us that includes all of the public comment that has been received about the Urban Growth Master Plan through Wednesday, through yesterday, all the written comments. We're sending those to you today. And then on Wednesday, we will send you everything we receive from today through Tuesday. So you'll get a second e-mail from us midweek. And then Thursday at the hearing, we'll bring you a packet of any comments that have come in over the previous day. And that is a reminder that we do have the Urban Growth Master Plan public hearing on Thursday, October 17th, one week from today, at 1.30 in the council chambers. There is no council meeting that evening, so we won't be bothering anybody by being in here. And at that time, we will present the Urban Growth Master Plan. Our consultants will be here. Staff will be here. And then, of course, we have invited the public to be here, at which time you all can take public comment from anyone who wants to make a comment on the record about the plan. And then the intention is for you all to then, at the end of that meeting, anything that you heard from the public comment or your own thoughts about that, if you want to direct the staff then to address something, we can do so over the course of the ensuing two weeks, when we'll come back on October 31st, again at 1.30 in this same space, to conclude the public hearing, which will include deliberation by the Planning Commission and any final changes or actions to the Master Plan. And then, in the meantime, in the middle of that, there will be a zoning hearing as well. But we'll inform you all about that later. But the main thing is, public comment is coming to you later today. Additional public comment will be distributed to you. And the Master Plan public hearing is one week from today at 1.30. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Duncan. Any other comments from the commission members? One question. Mr. Owens. With what you just said, in looking through what you've sent so far, every once in a while there's a box that pops up as to a comment for a particular situation. Is that something that us as commission members should use or just wait and bring it up as you mentioned? So you're talking about in the online version of the plan? Yes. You're certainly welcome to do that, Mr. Chair. But I think it would be more helpful for you all, the 11 of you, to share those comments directly with us. And you can certainly do so on the record at the public hearing, but in advance as well. That would ensure that it doesn't sort of get lost in some of the other comments. Because as you know, sometimes comments come in in batches when people are organized. So we wouldn't want your comments to get lost in any of that. Okay. Thank you. All right. Well, it's good to see everybody. You've got time to go to Keeneland if you've got a little extra money. This meeting is adjourned. Great. Thank you. Thank you.