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Thanks for watching! Good afternoon, I'm Councilmember Amy Beasley, 8th District City Councilmember and I'm here with Chief Scott Colvin of the Community Corrections Department and we're just going to talk a few minutes about what our Community Corrections Department does So Chief, there's been lots of debate at the state and national level about jails being asked to deliver more mental health services to the inmates in their custody and some describe it as a national crisis What does the mental health treatment look like for our Community Corrections and what does the future hold in this area for the division? Well, thank you for the question and thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you this afternoon Councilmember Beasley Mental health has been on the forefront of hot issues that need to be addressed within any corrections system and especially county jails Some reports will tell you that two-thirds of jail inmates have some type of mental health condition or are suffering some type of psychological impact from being incarcerated We feel like here at the division that we have a good handle on mental health We just merged the contract with Mental Health and Medical under YesCare YesCare has put a really experienced team of mental health professionals on the ground Dr. Duff, Dr. Diego, Dr. Phelps, Dr. Zulega They are all heavily involved in the standing up of this mental health unit that we have here at the division that has a mental health professional in the unit at all times and what we're doing on the custody side is all of our basic jail officer academies going forward will have a 40-hour course called Crisis Intervention Team that the National Institute of Corrections gave us so you're going to have a jail officer that is up-trained in mental health conditions and how to recognize them and what to do about it and that's going to give us better safety and intervention and it's also going to give the mental health professionals that are trying to help these individuals in the unit good information that they otherwise wouldn't have I think this unit's unique in jails but I also believe that it's what the future holds for corrections and that you'll see this become fairly common going forward, I think Thank you The officers that we have that are already out of the academy will there be an opportunity for them to go through that training as well? We have a plan for that Also, pulling officers out of the line in large numbers for long periods of time presents a challenge but we feel like we can do it We're going to run the CIT courses, we're going to run one or two or three and run them as an in-service and pull officers that have not had the training veteran officers that have not had the training, they'll have the opportunity to The goal is to get the entire officer force trained in CIT and that would be, I'm almost certain, a first in the nation Thank you Welcome back Now we have Sergeant Arrington with us I'm the Sergeant over Classification here at the Division of Community Corrections We're responsible for making sure everybody goes where they're supposed to go in a safe way Alright, so how many people were booked into the Lexington Division of Corrections in 2024 and what are the top four or five reasons why someone would get booked into our jail? Of course, yeah So in 2024, we had 10,932 bookings into the Fay County Detention Center Now, in a lot of cases, that's not different people Unfortunately, sometimes that's the same person multiple times That's broken down by about 8,200 males and about 2,800 females and that comes out to an average of 30 people, 30 bookings per day which will look different depending on what they were arrested for Some people are there for a very short time Some people are processed all the way through and need to be assigned housing deeper into the facility Now, some of those charges, like you asked, we see a lot of alcohol-related charges They were intoxicated in public Quite a few driving under the influence charges that come in Possession of a controlled substance No matter what the substance may be, we see a lot of that Failure to appear makes up a large percentage of people that get arrested so they didn't show up to their court date and they end up with a bench warrant for their arrest From there, we start to get into assaults, some violent things, domestic assault and violations of EPOs, DVOs, things of that nature So we have more folks booked into our jail that are intoxicated than we do for violent crime On average, I'd say that's accurate Okay, thank you Okay, so now we have Sergeant Townsend with us to tell us what it looks like to be booked and processed through our detention center So once you're brought into the facility by the arresting agency we go through a series of triage questions at the front before you're brought any further into the facility to make sure that you're, one, safe to be into our facility and that, two, that you aren't having thoughts of harming yourself or anything with mental illness or anything like that From there, we'll move on down to getting your booking photo the wonderful mug shot From there, you'll be able to use the phone, eat a sack lunch if you're hungry and kind of wait for us to be able to get through to the fingerprints Then we'll do tattoo pictures, go ahead and get your body scanned around to the property counter where we're going to go through the jelling process of getting you into the orange jumpsuit Once you're in the orange jumpsuit, you'll see the nurse Once you've talked with the nurse, went over questions regarding your medical, mental health and everything, then at that point is when we determine where you're going to be housed and we'll go ahead and take you on back from there Now, dependent upon your charges, there is a chance that you may not make it back that far and in that case, then, we do allow you to hang out and take a little longer so that you can bond out or pay your fine or whatever the case may be so that you can get out Okay, so just a few follow-up questions So, I don't remember anybody's phone number So, from my phone call, I'm assuming that you've taken my cell phone at this point, right? Yes, ma'am So, how am I going to call my friend to come and get me out of jail if I don't remember their number? So, when you come in, we do go through all your property We do take any dangerous contraband out of it at the counter and we do allow you at that point to be able to get phone numbers out of your phone Anywhere from three to five phone numbers typically and then you're able to use our jail phones that are able to make local calls and long-distance calls at that point Does everybody have to get body scanned even if I'm going to bond out? No So, the only way that you have to go through the body scanner is if you're going to be sent to the back to be housed within one of the housing units Does the jumpsuit only come in orange? Yes, ma'am Currently, general population only comes in orange I hope you'll never have to worry about me being here Okay, thank you We appreciate you being with us today We have Major Crawford with us now and he works with the recruits when they go through the training academy, is that correct? That is correct Why don't you tell us a little bit about how that works, like what that looks like for us? Excellent, yeah As you stated, I am the Bureau Commander for Professional Standards That also entails the Bureau training and during that time, I provide oversight to our 13-week recruit academy As far as our recruit academy goes, we have an 8-week classroom portion It's a pretty challenging and diverse classroom recruit academy Not only do the recruit officers learn things from law, basic operations, facility policy and procedure but they're also challenged mentally and physically in regards to being able to respond appropriately during the course of their duties as well, and I talk about mentally We understand that our role here, we're half social worker, half law enforcement officer and we deal with people, people in our community and on a day-to-day basis and so not only do we require our officers to have courage, but they also must possess empathy We teach our recruit officers the importance of dealing with individuals on a day-to-day basis We teach them how to engage in verbal interaction with a positive outcome We teach them how to deal with individuals in crisis and with such a diverse and challenging recruit academy, it helps build their confidence and with that confidence, we then transition them to the facility training officer phase which is a 5-week phase of training where they work with a facility training officer to put into application everything they've learned in the classroom while working with the offender population and then upon their successful completion, they are sworn in at a graduation ceremony and in the conclusion of their probationary period, they are given the opportunity to obtain the certified jail officer status to help continue to build that confidence as they pursue and complete their career as a correctional officer How long are they on probation for? They are on probation for a period of 12 months Is that 12 months from when they got hired or 12 months from graduation? A date of hire, that's correct What is the scariest part of training for a new recruit? What do you think it is? What do they worry about the most? Other than the typical getting, having the O.C. level 1 exposure Get back, get back, get back I would say in the grand scheme of things, I think in this line of work most people don't know what being a correctional officer entails and so when I see people on day one when I introduce myself and we talk about what this job entails, eyes wide open they don't know what to expect and it's our job to make sure they know exactly what and be prepared what they're going to encounter on a day-to-day basis and I feel like we do it proficiently doing that So I'm sure everybody knows by now that our daughter was one of the last graduating classes I'm sure everybody in the jail knows it and everybody in Fayette County knows it because I talk about it all the time She loves you and the program Well thank you, thank you I don't know what made her wake up one day and decide she was going to be a corrections officer but here we are and I assume that she's not the only one who just gets up one day and goes I think I'll try out for the community corrections department That's absolutely correct I always tell everyone there's two ways that you come into the business of corrections Either you've known somebody and they've told you about it or you're curious and you jump in and then here you are in the Recruit Academy and you learn to love it and so I'm glad to hear that and thank you for sharing that And she does love it, she does Excellent, yes ma'am Thanks for being with us today So Corporal Woodrum, I hear that you have a distinguished honor that I would like to hear about Would you like to tell us what your distinguished honor is? I am the state of Kentucky's first certified jail officer as recognized by the American Jail Association What exactly does that mean? So it means a lot of things It means that I was able to sit for a national recognized test to test my skills and my proficiency level to ascertain whether I know what I need to know to be great at my job And how many other officers in our community corrections department are... 86 We have 86 officers? 86, 86 officers, that makes us number one in the nation And that doesn't happen without the training that we receive here and it doesn't happen without the encouragement of the chief to his executive command It doesn't That means something That we have a leader in the chief's spot Somebody who got a national designation and then instilled in us that we could do the same thing that they could test our competency And we come out as number one in the nation with 86 certified jail officers to date And again, that doesn't happen without good leadership That's amazing, 86 of y'all being certified is amazing I appreciate you talking to us today Chief, thanks for allowing us to come out here today and spend some time at our detention center Is there any last words you have for the folks before we wrap this up? No, we just really appreciate the opportunity, Councilmember Beasley It's one of the stated goals that I told the officers that I would concentrate on getting done for them which is wrapping all the good work, the hard work the brave deeds that are happening behind these walls and these doors and get that out to the community So I just want to thank you for giving me a venue and an opportunity to do just that So I know the officers will appreciate this Thanks, we appreciate you having us Thank you Welcome to Code Enforcement or Not! With your host, 6th District Councilwoman Denise Ray And her special guest, Director Lee Steele of Code Enforcement Welcome to Code Enforcement or Not! With your host, 6th District Councilwoman Denise Ray And her special guest, Director Lee Steele of Code Enforcement Hello everyone, this is me, Denise Ray, your Councilwoman for the 6th District Today, in my second Council Comment of 2025 I am glad to bring to everyone Director of Code Enforcement, Lee Steele Hello, good to be here Lee, I'm just so happy to have you here today Over the past year, you and I, we've done many town halls together And I just want to say, before we get into this conversation, thank you You're welcome, it's been a pleasure working with you I enjoy every moment of it and looking forward to what's on the horizon You're new to this position I have been in this position since Fall of 23, just a little under a year and a half Wonderful, so Lee and his team have made some amazing achievements And changes here in the Division of Code Enforcement They've been working so hard to implement some wonderful changes And we will learn more about those changes today But first, time to play a game Code Enforcement or Not! So I'm going to ask you some of the questions That my office has received from residents around Lexington Regarding Code Enforcement And oftentimes, many of the things are not covered by Code Enforcement So in this game, I'm going to give you some of those scenarios And you're going to say, let us know if it's Code Enforcement or Not! Okay We'll start off with a really easy one Ready? Yes Okay, you ready audience? Let's do this! Okay, my neighbor has a giant pile of trash in the middle of their front yard It's been there for over a month And they have three junk cars parked there in the front yard too Is that Code Enforcement or Not? It is split Oh, wow Part of it is Code Enforcement with the trash and debris And the cars parked in the yard falls to Lexpark Okay, Lexpark or even our traffic safety Our non-emergency public safety, yes Yes, awesome So here's another one You ready? Yes Are you ready? Yes Get ready, here we go I heard that property owners are responsible for their sidewalks I broke my ankle on a sidewalk in front of my neighbor's home I told the neighbor about it, but they did nothing Is this Code Enforcement or Not? It is, it is Please report all those sidewalk cases through Lexcall 311-425-2255 We'll inspect, mark and ask for replacement or repair of the damaged sidewalk panels Did you get that question correct? No Applause to you if you did Do better on the next one if you didn't Okay, here it is There is a business next to my home That has placed a huge, brightly lit billboard That shines right over into my yard And through the window to my bedroom Is this Code Enforcement or Not? It is not Oh, wow Who is it? Right now, Lexington is still crafting light pollution ordinances But at this time, it's a use of the property problem And that would fall to zoning within the Division of Building Inspection Oh, that's a good one So remember, for a building inspection, you just call 311 And you ask for a building inspection if that is your issue Well, you're educating us all today And thank you You're welcome Yes Okay, so this right here Okay Is my final question So are you ready? Yes All right, let's go Here it is My neighbors behind my house have so many chickens Oh Loud barking dogs And big trash bonfires And their gutters are broken Every time it rains, it runs down into my backyard Is this Code Enforcement or Not? It's not entirely Code Enforcement That's a pretty big bunch of things going on there We can break it down Right now, Lexington hasn't put a definitive number on how many chickens We just recently started kind of overlooking the roosters As long as they're semi-contained in the backyards We do know they can get out anytime they want or choose But that's not been a problem here of late You mentioned in that comment about the burning of trash That's definitely going to fall to And you're going to actually call Emergency 911 And LFD is going to come out and see if you've got a burn permit Mostly inside the city, there's not going to be anything larger than a fire ring acceptable And it's not even meant to be used then as a trash burning pit at that point It's for just ambient lighting fire We mentioned about the runoff of water coming from possible gutters Obviously, a property maintenance issue would fall to code with the gutters And if the gutters are so bad or the drainage system has caused water to run onto another property What code needs to see is that water is impacting the surface area of the neighboring property by cutting ruts And then eventually it'll cut its way all the way down to the street And usually it makes a deposit of debris onto the sidewalk And that's how we track it back And that is something that we can help with Awesome, so that was a doozy It was a multifaceted question Yes, it was And we get that a lot And that's why I emphasize the customer service side of our phone calls We need to make sure we know where these calls go And not only should we offer to give them the number We should probably connect them and get them there And that's what we do here All the staff up front has been cross-trained with LexCall, with myself And all these kinds of questions you're asking And I think they do a wonderful job getting people to the right parties When it's not code And I just want to go ahead and say thank you all Because since you've become the director The transparency from the Division of Code Enforcement has been night and day And your leadership is why all these positive changes are happening here In the environment that you have created I mentioned to you back in September of 23 Customer service would be the paramount thing for code And in our business, if we think about it like a foundation An engineer will tell you If you don't build the foundation perfect You can't have anything above it worth anything Because those little cracks become fractures Fractures become big problems Think about that the same way with your staff If you don't train them up from the beginning From the foundation And get that mindset set from the beginning You're looking problematic for the future And now that this game is over We're going to go to a commercial Well, thank you for returning after that commercial break Well, now it's back to work We have some big questions for Director Lee Steele Regarding code enforcement that can help the people of the 6th District And all over Lexington What's the best possible way to report a code enforcement Or a nuisance issue with the Code Enforcement Division? Well, we definitely want you to use the City's Lexical Division 311-425-2255 We want to do it for multiple reasons It's a great start to the tracking ability of the case that you've established The citizen will get their case number And they can follow it through then the process Yes, so 311 is our one stop for City Hall for all things And also something that I'm working with Director Kendra Carter up Lexical 311 Is making sure that once the complaint is put into Salesforce That not only you receive the first initial email If you put your email address in But you'll also receive an update as the case progresses There have been many changes that you have brought in It's a new light here in your division What are some of those changes that you and your staff are doing now? We didn't have a formalized professional training program here Formalized training program just starts from the week before you get here It takes you all the way through about your 5th week Get into your testing phase All the way through you go to your state certification levels You're with somebody for the first 9 months you come in here That's one of the major things we made a change in A couple of things that I did on the procedural level that made differences Previously we were issuing multiple fines When we had the opportunity to abate And an abatement is something that can make an immediate impact And solve an issue If you can abate it for what you can give a citation for Let's get the problem out of the way Stops the phone calls to 200 Main Stops the phone calls to us And the same amount of damage is done The abatement versus the fine are about the same And what we do now is we go and notice an order We do a citation and we assess Can we abate it for the next step fine? If we can we go after it and get it done and get it over with We finally achieved abating 5 sidewalks now I know that doesn't sound like a lot But we've gone from 20 years of 0 to 5 in less than now 6 months And what that does is in the sidewalk world The fines are $10 a square foot And they can add up so quick That you can put a house in foreclosure Over a few sidewalk panels And I thought that was ludicrous One of the big issues that we heard during our town hall Is about issues regarding abatements And lessening the fines for our residents And I really like what you've come in and have done To make it basically more customer service oriented And making sure that we actually help people Instead of punish them I'm curious, after our town halls that we had We had basically many of our residents are fearful Once they get the citation If a resident receives a citation from code enforcement What should they do? I like to tell everybody they should do 3 things At the bottom of the notice they're going to have The officer's phone number, his name and his email address They should go ahead and do a blast in my opinion Write out one statement that they want to make contact To talk about this case And they ought to copy and paste that into an email And they ought to text the officer too That gives them complete confidence That they've reached the individual they want to talk to Once they open up that line of communication The door opens wide open for them What can be done? There's compliance schedules There's alternate programs We're able then to sit down with you one on one And tell you what you can do Versus just what you would not know if you never called It's a new day here in the Division of Code Enforcement Where they are willing to work with you To fix whatever you were cited for Solution based We want to be known nowadays As a customer service oriented solution based organization And not just enforcement Are there any other abatement programs That the Code Enforcement offers? We would consider our housing repair assistance program An abatement Just to be short on that program Any owner occupied homeowner That receives a Abatement Abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . Okay. ≫ Is there anyone here to speak against this particular item? And we will hear this item, because it has been partially approved by the applicant. And we will call you when it is time to come up. Our second item is PLN BOA 25-28 Gibson-Taylor-Thompson. Is the applicant present? This has been recommended for approval. Is there anyone here to speak in opposition of this item? Okay. Thank you. The next item is PLN BOA 25-36 LFUCG housing authority. Is the applicant present? Is there anyone here to speak in opposition of this item? It has been recommended for approval. So that will be second on the expedited docket. Thank you. Our next item we are in our conditional use appeals now. So the first one is PLN BOA 25-24 Henry Burnett Armstrong. Is the applicant present? Is there anyone here to speak in opposition of this particular item? Okay. That has been recommended for approval. So that will be on the first of the expedited docket. Thank you. The next item is PLN BOA 25-30 Kane Manor LLC. Is the applicant present? This item has been recommended for or they have requested to postpone this until the June meeting. Is there anyone here that was in opposition of this particular item? Is there anyone here to speak in opposition of this particular item? I will entertain a motion to postpone if the board sees fit. That is PLN BOA 25-30. That is Kane Manor LLC. I can make a motion. Okay. Thank you. The next item is PLN BOA 25-30 . I don't have it in front of me. 25-30. Are we postponing for June 9? June 9. So we have a second. It is still not working. I am sorry. I am going to put you out Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker. Mr. Pursley has offered a second. We can take a vote. We can take Mr. Walker's hand if necessary. We are ready for a vote. Mr. Walker. That motion has passed unanimously. The next item is PLN BOA 25-31. That is Samuel Cooper. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon. Is there anyone here to speak in opposition of this item? Wonderful. That will be number two on the short-term rental docket. The next item is PLN BOA 25-32. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon. This one has been recommended for approval. Is there anyone to speak in opposition of this item? No? Okay. That will be number three on the STR docket. PLN BOA 25-33. Is the applicant present? No? Okay. That will be number four on the STR docket. Then we have PLN BOA 25-35. Colonial Hall of Lexington, LLC. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon. It has been recommended for approval. Is there anyone here to speak in opposition? No? Okay. That will be number four on the STR docket. Lastly, on administrative appeals, we have PLN BOA 24-214. FRM Lawson, LLC. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon. Is there anyone to speak on this item? In opposition. Okay. That will be last before the STRs. Not many. So number one will be PLN BOA 25-28, Gibson, Taylor & Thompson. The applicant can please come forward. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please state your name for the record. Darren Taylor. Thank you. This has been recommended for approval and there are three conditions that have been listed. Have you had the opportunity to review those? Yes, ma'am. Are you comfortable with those? Yes, ma'am. We can't get the comments on the agenda items, so is there a way that we could know if there is a comment on the agenda items? In support or against? They are all in one file in the packet. I don't believe we had any comments on this one. No comments on this one? Okay. So could you guys just let us know? Okay. You were in a fancy place. I never see it from there. I learned something today. All right. So thank you for your patience. Do we have any questions of this particular applicant? No? Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. No? Okay. If not, I will entertain a motion. Madam Chair, I recommend approval of PLNBOA 25-28, Gibson-Taylor-Thompson's request for a variance to reduce the required side yard setback from five feet to three feet within the defined infill and redevelopment area and a historic district overlay neighborhood residential zone, a property located at 407 East High Street, based on the staff's recommendation and the three conditions as listed. Thank you. And Mr. Sturdivant has seconded that motion. Do we have any further discussion? Okay. If not, we'll open for vote. I think I'm one short. Is that you? Oh, that's me. There we go. I thought it was you, Chad. There we go. Glad I could help. Thank you. Thank you. Well, I think that motion has passed. Thank you very much. Good luck with the project. All righty. The next item is PLNBOA 25-36, the Lexington Community Housing Authority. The applicant, please come forward. Good afternoon. Please state your name for the record. Good afternoon. I'm Tony Barrett with Barrett Partners here on behalf of the Housing Authority. Thank you. This has been recommended for approval and there are three comments. And there are a couple of citizen comments on this one, Ms. Tucker. There was one. Okay. And do we have any questions of the applicant? No? If not, if you all had an opportunity to review, I'll entertain a motion. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair, I move to approve PLNBOA 25-36, LFUCG Housing Authority's request for a variance to reduce the required group residential project's exterior yard from 20 feet to 15 feet in the planned neighborhood residential zone on property located at 1604 Versailles Road based on staff recommendations and subject to the three conditions. Thank you. And Ms. Tucker has seconded the motion. Okay. We will open for vote, please. Wonderful. The motion is passed. Thank you. Okay. Now we will move to our heard items before we get to STR. So we have PLNBOA 24-184. We will have staff present first and then we will allow the applicants to come up as well. Thank you. Dalton Belcher on behalf of planning staff. So it's a pretty lengthy request here but I will go through it. So the applicant is requesting first a variance to increase the allowable size of all buildings accessory to the dwelling unit from 678 square feet to 1,809 square feet. Two, a variance to increase the allowable lot coverage building footprint for accessory buildings from 1,356 square feet to 1,809 square feet. And three, to increase the allowable width of a driveway from 10 feet to 20 feet to allow existing expanded driveways to remain as constructed and to construct a new driveway within the defined area of the existing infill and redevelopment area in the mixed low density residential R2 zone. A property located at 412 Price Road. So you see the subject property highlighted in blue here. It is right there. It is a significantly larger lot than most lots in the area. It looks like at least a few lots have been consolidated together here most likely. Here is a picture of the principal structure. Here is a picture of the main structure on the property. And here is a picture of the driveway which this has been expanded to be a little bit wider since this picture was taken. You can also see a shed here in the backyard as well. That is part of this request. There is a couple pieces to this. I will go through it. Here is just another view that includes the lot and also is showing roughly where the driveway would have been located. Here is the applicant site plan. Basically we have the house here. And then we have a shed here. Another shed here. We have a driveway. The existing driveway going up to the shed back here. This driveway has been expanded past the allowable width that driveways are normally allowed to have. There is a chicken coop here as well. And then we have a shed here. And then we have a shed here asking for a second driveway to lead back to that garage. Basically accessory structures have to be 50% of the square footage of your house. Your principal structure. With what is proposed here the house is 1,356 square feet. The garage would be greater than the house size on its own. But you also have to factor in the other accessory structures into that calculation as well. So what staff is recommending here. We are recommending approval of a lesser variance. And we are also recommending a disapproval. So the disapproval is for the second driveway. We are just recommending a disapproval of that. And then this is not exact. But to give an idea because I know this is a little complicated. Staff put this together so on the left you just see the existing driveway. And then on the right what we have is basically the driveway being brought back to the 10 foot width here. And then we are saying that we would allow for obviously the existing driveway to continue to go back to the shed where it is at now. But also basically splitting off here to go back to the proposed garage. This is not exactly scale to size. But this is just sort of just for you all to see kind of what it looks like. So we are recommending a lesser variance to a maximum of 1,300 and it says 52 but that is a typo. We will go with 1,356 square feet of accessory building size and allowable lot coverage building footprint for accessory buildings. Staff finds that granting the variance should not adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare of the general vicinity nor alter the character of the general vicinity. The home will remain the visual focal point of the property if there are special circumstances that justify the need for the requested variances. As I mentioned earlier the subject property is significantly larger than any other lot in the vicinity and is able to accommodate the expanded amount of accessory space without conflicting with the character of the development in the area. And then C is a finding that we added in after your staff reports have been sent out. So you don't see C in your staff report. But basically it is the granting of these variances will not affect the property. It will not affect the property ordinance because the applicant has applied for the necessary variances as soon as it was determined they were needed and the proposed garage that the applicant is wanting to put in would put them over the 50 percent size requirement has not been constructed as of this time. So that is the first piece here. With the conditions for that we say they should submit a revised site plan that depicts no gravel. No gravel parking area here which is not allowed. And a reduction in all in the size of all accessory structures and removal of the second driveway. The existing driveway may split no less than 30 feet from Breathitt Avenue to allow a driveway of 20 feet in width to the proposed accessory garage. So we're saying basically they've got to reduce the proposed size of the accessory structures to get down to that number and also make the driveway bring it back to the correct width to meet the ordinance. And then all necessary permits and or approval shall be obtained from divisions of building inspection and traffic engineering. So that's the first part. The second part is that we recommend disapproval of variance to increase the allowable width of a driveway from 10 feet to 20 feet to allow the existing expanded driveways to remain as constructed. Staff finds the applicant has not provided sufficient information to determine the strict enforcement of the zoning ordinance will result in an unnecessary hardship or deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of their land. And the property's existing driveway configuration provides enough room for multiple vehicles especially if they use the staff alternative there will be room to get to their garage as well as to their shed. And then also the granting of this variance could allow an unreasonable circumvention of the requirements of the zoning ordinance as the applicant expanded the driveway without being able to use it. So that was a lot. But that is it for staff's presentation. If you have any questions for me. You'll have any questions of staff before we allow the applicant. OK. Thank you. And if the applicant can please come forward. Mariella Oscar Romero. Speaking to the microphone. Please state your name for the record. Aurelia Romero. OK. So what the staff has recommended is to allow up to 1356 for the extra for a secondary building for the additional garage and only to allow one entry. Well. I'm sorry. Well. I appreciate that they came took the time to come up with such. With. Another option here. However my property my house was developed in 1964 by my grandfather. And there was two houses on the property and where they have put the the where they split the property the driveway off to go into the on the other side to where a future garage might be might not be because we hadn't even decided. We just needed more space for parking and to maneuver our trailers. And the problem with that split is that there was a there's a underground septic tank. And the septic tank. And the septic tank. And the septic tank. There was a there is a underground septic system there which I feel might be unstable to carry the weight of a trailer and a heavy truck driving on it. Right now there is a patio that's just there. And the gravel driveway was there from 1964. We didn't do anything to add to it. We didn't take anything away from it. That's just has always been there ever since the house was built and ever since I was born in 78. So. If they're willing to work with us and providing more accessibility for our trailers and our trucks and so that we have parking not just for us but for our neighbors because what you don't see are that there are five driveways on one side going down the street. There's five different driveways all there. And there's really no parking in our street is a two way street and not a one way street. So we're having traffic come up and down the street. And a lot of times where we're leaving or cars coming going out or coming into onto the street. There's no room for two cars to be there on the same road. And so we're we're we're advising and didn't know that we're breaking any rules when we did what we did. So we're willing to work and in to get. So that we can have ample space for. Parking for our vehicles and our trailer movement in the shed that he brought up in the on the screen here is it houses two mowers weed eaters hoses for lawn care because my husband and my son works during the summer cutting yards. So we need ample amount of space. OK. So the additional space is for parking. The work vehicles the lawn equipment trailers and are in our own personal vehicles. OK. Do we have questions for this applicant. So as written staff is recommending approval for the smaller building which is much larger than you know than normally allowable. Are you comfortable with moving forward with that portion of it as the future building. Yes. That is. Yeah. That it would be all accessory buildings combined all accessory buildings. So that will mean that I will have to either tear down a building or make the newer building smaller. I'm not quite sure if I understand. Yeah I think so basically it would be somewhat up to you your option. The number would be one thousand three hundred fifty six square feet total. So it's however you get to that number if you want to keep the sheds and make the garage smaller you can do that or if you want to take the sheds down and I think the garage is proposed if one thousand five hundred square feet now so it's going to have to get smaller no matter what just because that would be more than the third one thousand three hundred fifty six. So the garage would have to be made smaller one way or another but you can make it significantly smaller and keep the sheds or you could move the sheds and keep the garage it's up to you at that point. Okay. Well we were told when we were applying for this that we needed to that we just couldn't have a driveway added we had to have a garage leading the driveway leading up to something. So the number that we put down was just the number off the top of our head. So of course we're willing to work with whatever we can but we do need the ample amount of space. Well the second the second portion of that is that let me read is recommending disapproval there would not be a separate entry to the driveway and they're recommending disapproval from allowing the width to go from the 10 feet to the 20 feet. Is that correct. Am I reading it correctly? OK. Well, I have a problem. So they're two separate items. Yeah, I will have a problem with limiting. I mean, if you're saying disapproval for an extra drive, an extra entrance to my property, then I do have a problem with limiting it from 20 feet to 10 feet, because we have a 17-foot trailer. And when you're backing on to pulling it in or backing it out, we have no space. We're likely to hit another vehicle that's parked on the sidewalk. I mean, not on the sidewalk, but on the side of the street, because where our drive is, that's the only street parking there is. You can't park on the other side. So trying to bring that in and make a short turn is very difficult. And you risk hitting another person's vehicle or damaging your trailer or your own vehicle. No, I understand. I think it's just purposely the ordinance written that way, because it is a residential area and not a commercial use of the space. And we all have side jobs that's residential. But our trailer is for the purpose of us taking care of our own stuff. Like, if we have to go cut my great aunt's yard that requires our mower, we have to be able to leave and come back. OK. Thank you. Were there any other questions for the applicant? Just out of curiosity, where does the trailer and equipment, where does it sit right now? It sits on the driveway that's right from the house. The sheds in the back of the house is in the back. The trailer sits right there in front of that drive, in front of that shed. I have a question for staff. It's bullet number five in the project description says, a complaint was filed with Building Inspection for the installation of new pavement without a permit on August 8, 2024. Since that time, staff has been working with an applicant on applying to the BOA. That seems like a long time to work on an application. And it seems like we're pretty far apart on how things should go. Is there any comment on that? I think part of it was just working with them, I mean, and getting a site plan together and some of those things, and making sure they had all the documentation for the case. It wasn't necessarily going back on suggestions. We did have some conversations about that. But at a certain point, the applicant has a plan they want to go with, and we go with that. But some of that time frame was just about getting all the application materials together to have what we need to move the case to the Board of Adjustment. Did you all make suggestions to them so we might have a compromise here? Staff did make some suggestions. But the applicant doesn't have to take our suggestions. And this is the plan they wanted to move forward with. Thank you. And I will say, the approval of the lesser variance is the staff's suggestion. That's considerably less than the request. Anything additional? Excuse me. Looking from the pictures, it looks like the driveway is a fair distance. The existing driveway is kind of a fair distance away from the rear entrance of the house, correct? I mean, it's not like a normal house where it's like right up to it. No, we don't have to. So you've got a good distance there. Yeah. I'm wondering, because it sounds like, and you guys correct me if I'm wrong, that if you wanted to build the big garage, all these other ones would have to go away. Or if you dig in your heels today, most likely it's going to be that you have to take up this driveway. Would staff be, I mean, I guess this would be a future use more than anything. But should we not maybe go back to the drawing board and say, look, the existing driveway is going to have to come up. You've already built this other driveway. Possibly give her the five feet and let her build the new garage. But the rest of all this other stuff has to go away, like all the sheds and all the other existing driveway. Because it sounds like one way or the other, half of this stuff is going to have to go. The sheds was part of the contract that we bought the property. The what was, I'm sorry? Everything that's there except for the driveway that you don't see was with the property when we bought the property from my family. But to build the new big garage, all the little ones would have to go. The only reason why that is there is because when we talked to BOA and we were asking for assistance on how we should go about what can we do, how we need to, things that we need to go, they told us that it couldn't be done unless we had somewhere for that driveway to go. So we just put a building there. We don't have any thought plan on adding it. We just need an extra space for our vehicles, our equipment. Well, what they're saying today is that it's either or. So if you build the big garage, all these smaller garages have to go, all these other sheds, and most likely the driveway. What I'm asking is, if you're going to build the big garage anyway, and you're going to have to take up a driveway anyway, it would make more sense to do all that versus, because you've already got the road built, instead of having to pull us all up and start over and have your little kick. Just logistically trying to save you a buck. OK. I don't know, but I'm really nervous. And sometimes I have a hard time hearing. So we'll go back to what you said. So there's no intention to build a garage. You just want the additional driveway. But then an additional driveway is not allowable without the garage. So I mean, you have to be planning to build the garage to have even any addition of a driveway, right? Is that right? So you know, we are willing to work with you all. I mean, we'd like to work with you all. We don't have the motion on the floor, but I guess I'll allow a motion to come before we actually explain. We can make a motion as to if we want to, which parts would be allowed or not. I feel like I'm explaining and we don't have a motion. So I shouldn't be doing that. I had a couple questions, kind of for staff. So the driveway already is too wide. So they would have to take up part of the current driveway? Yes, but the existing driveway that's been expanded on is too wide. OK. And can they extend the driveway at all on the property to make it longer for the trailer? You're saying just, I'm sorry, what do you mean? I don't know. I couldn't tell from this property like if they kind of moved it, I don't know. It is very confusing. You're saying just make the driveway longer? Yeah, like if they came in and kind of went, can they do that without having to build a building? I mean, I think we're, it's getting a little bit, it's got to, you've got to have a driveway that goes somewhere. So if the driveway is just basically going off to the side and kind of going nowhere, I think at that point that'd probably be an issue. But yeah. And you said there is a septic on the property? Yes. Y'all don't have sewer on Price Road? I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. Did you say there's septic on the back of the property, a septic tank? Is that what it was? Yeah, it's an old cistern. A cistern, OK. But it's old, it's not. Yeah. It's not, it's just old. But you might be able to determine where that is and then work the driveway. Because the driveway plan that they have, that's not set in stone. That's just an idea, I think. Thank you. I'm wondering if there seems to be some confusion about what Ms. Marino is concerned about. And I just wonder if there's a possibility of continuing this for another session and the staff could really get down to the point where she understands exactly what's required and what's possible. I'm not suggesting that necessarily, but depending on how the staff feels about that. Because I think we're at a point where we're just not sure how to proceed at this point. I know that she probably feels that way too. I'd like to help her if we can, but not to the point of confusion between both the board and Ms. Marino. Mr. Carson, we've worked with the applicant for eight months. So it took a while just to get an application that was complete to our office and have tried to make suggestions. At this point, I feel like the staff has probably put the effort in to try to find a compromise with the applicant and they didn't agree or didn't understand. I'm not sure. But I don't think the staff going back will necessarily help in this situation. Thank you, Tracy. I appreciate that. Let me ask you this question. The highway is currently at 30 feet, I mean 20 feet. Is that correct? It's 20 feet now? Is there some way the driveway could be narrowed as it enters the property and then expanded to where it is now? That was the staff suggestion, that it stay narrow at the entrance and then expand to meet where the accessory structures are going to be. Does she understand that, do you think? I think they do. Mr. Clark, I think that the real root of the problem is that there's no intention to build an accessory building. So even if we approve the lesser variance to build the smaller building, there's not actually an intent to build the building. They just want an additional driveway. We will build an extra building. We will do that, but we were just thinking about just expanding our driveway. We weren't really thinking that we had to have an extra building until they told us that we had to have an extra building. And then when we added the building, they didn't really specify to us the measurements. And when we have sent email communication back and forth to them asking for specifications or asking for help, and even came down and talked to them, and we really weren't getting, we were either getting it or we weren't understanding what we were being told. And so my husband speaks very good English, but it's not his first language. And so when I'm not here, he was doing it by himself. And so I had to rely on what he was getting. And so communication could be a big factor in all of this. So just for staff, and Brittany, this might help. Oh, I'm sorry. So we'd have to make two separate motions anyway. One is for the structure, and one is to deal with the current driveway situation. But it doesn't say anything in here about not having a second entrance or a first entrance, right? You're looking at the disapproval finding, correct? Yes. Or addressing the site plan itself that they have presented as two entrances. And we're saying that's not possible in either of these. We haven't addressed those in either of these motions, I think, or these recommendations. I think the disapproval is addressing the constructed one. If you wanted to add into it, I mean, you could say disapproval of the proposed and constructed for the 20-foot variance. If you want to add the word proposed, because there is a second proposed driveway, that would be a way if you wanted to make a disapproval recommendation for it. Because the way it's worded at the moment is basically saying to allow the existing expanded driveways to remain. But the second one is actually a proposed driveway, so it may just be something we want to clean up the language of the way the recommendation is there. So basically, one would be to allow existing expanded driveways to remain constructed and the proposed driveway. So we would want to clarify that. I think you're making the point. And I don't know who may be working on the motion, but I would be inclined to allow a variance for the expanded driveway that's already there, but not for the additional driveway or expansion. Even the 1356 in the accessory unit is bothersome for me, but I'm OK with it if everybody else is. But we have not allowed. The accessory structure is just that it's accessory to the primary use. And your house is the primary use for that property, which is 1356 in the square feet. So any additional add-on to that property has to be secondary. Like if you made the house bigger, because you've got a large lot, then when you go to make an accessory building, like a garage, it could be larger, because your living space is larger. So it's all directly related to what the purpose that your property is zoned for. Does that make sense? Yes. OK. So do we need a brief recess for someone to? I don't know who's interested. I think you can't make a motion. 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Well, no except. If the people that has so much opposition to this they can buy the property, this for sale. And we'll give it to them at a fair price. They don't like it, they can buy it. And that's what it's for, for sale. That's what we're we're in business for. I started a business in my home basement and I've developed a business to this business. We have 11 industrial properties, a manufacturing business. We have homes here in Lexington. We pay as much tax, I would say, as anyone in this room. And all we're asking is to be fair. We don't want any special treatments. We just want to do what's fair. We appreciate that. And I think just of the issues, not the development plan, but just the current tenant in place. Is that what we're talking about? In any case, do we have additional questions? One other thing I might add to part of the cars that you see there is not on our property. It's on city property. We didn't get permission to park there. Maybe he did. Maybe the city did. We didn't get permission to park there. The cars down on the end next to the railroad track were in the process of moving. It's not true that we haven't done anything. There was about 35 cars there. We moved them all except about 15 cars. Those cars will be out this week. And if the people that own them don't come and get them, we'll have them towed to the scrapyard. But the cars will be out this week. The flood didn't help. We couldn't get over there with all the water. And what they claim is stockpiled earth, is leaves stacked there to put on a garden. The wood that is there is put there by a tree trimming company and I can have them move that wood. And if you want, I'll bring it to your house. You can have all the wood you want. No, sir, please just talk to us. Thank you. Talk to them. OK. Just a quick question for staff. I'll take it to him. Yeah. With the. So if the motion would be to uphold the division of building inspections. Prior ruling violation. What's that terminology there? One other thing I might add. We've had different inspectors told us that we were there was no problem with those parking there. They tell us that we go ahead with our business. Then a few days later, the people come strolling down the highway and they're they think they can't handle the development that's happening. I think, Chair Carter, your question is, if the if the board upholds the division of building inspections decision, what does then what are the next steps? Or is that a motion? I mean, would they just make a motion to uphold the actual motion that would be made if we are upholding? If you are upholding, yes. So you you would uphold the decision of the division of building inspection. That would be the the motion that the staff is recommending. But in terms of next steps, the division of building inspection is here so they can answer the question of if you decide, yes, what's there today does not meet the zoning ordinance. They can give you some information about timeline for the applicant to come into compliance with the zoning ordinance, which I believe in our minds would be the principal structure would be added or all of the accessory use would be removed. OK, thank you. OK, if you guys will take a seat, we'll give building inspection a moment to take a seat and talk some more. Hi, my name is Lauren Storrs. I represent the division of building inspections zoning section. So for as far as applying for a building permit, we would recommend that they at least start that application within a month of this hearing. The same would be if they wanted to appeal a decision of the board. So within that 30 day window, applications are good for six months, so it would need to be completed within six months of starting the application. That would give us about a seven month timeline to actually have a building permit completed and then starting on that process. So for them to have the office, the mobile office, they would have to. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Joseph Whitlock, zoning inspector. For them to have the mobile office, they would have had to have applied for a permit from the division of building inspection, which they never did. And then the accessory use can't happen because of the there is no principal structure and they didn't follow through with the development plan. So they didn't get the permit so they can't have the the mobile office. So that's where we stand. So that's why Mr. Storrs has stated that if they apply within 30 days, they we can take a look at it. OK, yeah, and I think that we have two different laws that we're looking at. So we have the zoning ordinance that states that you have to have the principal structure in order to have the accessory use of the storage. And then we also have the building code, which requires a permit in order to construct a structure, whether it be principal, accessory, et cetera. So we're trying to kind of marry both the zoning ordinance and the building code. We have questions. I'm going to ask this just for clarification, I guess. What would they have to do to make this a legal site for what they do? For the current tenant, so they would need to apply for the permit for the the. Mobile office first and then they're everything that they correct. So they would have to apply for the permit, but then that once they apply for the permit, there are other divisions that would look like at the water, the landscaping, the paving, the entrance traffic, there would be more divisions. It wouldn't just be obtaining a building permit for the structure when they apply for that permit. There are other divisions that would sign off on all of the other considerations for the site. And it wouldn't be a mobile office. It would have to be a permanent structure. Correct. Correct. So, Mr. Clark, you can apply for a temporary structure usually while you're building your permanent. Right. It's a construction trailer. So our ordinances do allow for temporary structures. But the intent is always that there be a principal permanent structure on a site in order to operate the business. And so I'm not really comfortable with the assertion that our ordinance doesn't cover what they're doing. It does. And it says you cannot do outdoor storage by itself. There has to be a principal use and structure on the property in order to do that. That's the way it works in Fayette County. Other counties may be different. But in Fayette County, we ask for those things to be permanent and not look the way that looks. Yeah. 180 days is the maximum for a temporary structure. Gotcha. Thank you, Trustee. Also, I wanted to note that we were we did receive a list of other properties in the I-1 and I-2 zones that were considered not to have a principal structure on them. I don't have that list with me, but we were able to find that those properties did have buildings. There are structures called Kibbs Buildings and they would receive a permit from the state rather than from the city. So we did take that into consideration. There was one that was that was not in compliance, but of the list of like seven or eight, the majority were. So there was one that after this hearing, we'll go back and take a look at take a look at. But we wanted to look at the determination from the board before moving forward. Thank you. Anything further? Oh, yes. For clarification. So even if there was a mobile office on the site, they would still need to go through the proper channels and file the proper paperwork in order. Correct. Yes. So building code, it deals with the safety of it. So if you have employees working out of that building, we have to make sure that if there that fire safety is taken into consideration, egress, any sort of alert systems like that, that the ADA compliance, electrical plumbing, the building inspector would also verify that the trades have properly been inspected as well. Thank you. Any further questions? Thank you. Thank you so much. Is that helpful? Maybe. OK, thank you. Do we need further discussion or is anyone prepared to make a motion? Anyone? Yeah. Thank you. I'll make a motion for Plan B, a two four dash zero zero two one four four from Lawson LLC. I'm going to make a motion that we uphold the recommendation that the decision of the division of building inspecting staff be upheld for the following reasons. The applicant has not demonstrated that the mobile office on site meets requirements of a permanent structure and without a principal structure or use on site, accessory storage is not permitted and be a temporary structure that does not meet the requirements of the Kentucky Building Code cannot be considered a permanent structure. Thank you. And Mr. Walker has offered a second. Anything further? OK, we will take a vote. OK, the building inspection decision has been upheld. Our next item, we're going to get into our STRs and they should move fairly quickly, but we'll allow staff to do overall presentation first, if you could. We'll do this once just as a brief recap for our ordinance as it's evolving and changing. All right, so we have a few of our, I guess, our regular short term rentals on the agenda today, but we do have our first couple ag STRs, ag zoned STRs. So I'm going to there's a couple of slides in here to give some of those regulations to give you a little bit of clarification on that. So a lot of this is old hat to you, but on December 5th, 2024, the council approved updates to the code of ordinance and zoning ordinance regarding the regulation of short term rentals in Fayette County and then effective 12-12-2024. All new STR applications will be reviewed through those regulations, including STRs with occupancies greater than 10 requiring a conditional use permit. And then the states of the short term rental shall not be used for private events such as weddings or parties in which the number of participants exceeds the maximum occupancy limit. No private events shall occur between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Special events for commercial purpose shall be prohibited at all times. The ordinance also defines short term rental here and then notes that it is when it's unhosted, it's when a primary resident does not occupy the property during the short term rental period. Generally, it's when transient guests stay for a tenancy of less than 30 consecutive days of short term rental and no meals are served. So the maximum. So this is for the regular non-STRs maximum occupancy limit is a maximum of two individuals per bedroom plus an additional two individuals or a total of ten individuals, whichever is less. And the board may consider a maximum of ten new conditional use applications per month. And then you must take into consideration the following that the compliance record of the applicant, that they operate other short term rentals in Lexington, whether other STRs in the general vicinity have been cited as a nuisance, including those operated by the applicant, and whether the property being considered is located within a neighborhood that may be vulnerable to involuntary displacement based upon socioeconomic demographics. That relates to the task force on neighborhoods transition report and we call that out for you if it is applicable to the specific property. So the new requirements and this is for again not the AG related or AG zone STRs is that no short term rental regulated as a conditional use shall be located within 600 feet of another short term rental that has either received a conditional use permit from the board or is an otherwise legally non-conforming use. And then also that the number of short term rentals shall not exceed 2% of all the dwelling units within 1,000 feet in residential zones. If one of those criteria is not met, the ordinance does provide relief options or exemptions if you want to say that. But basically if the applicant can provide information showing that one of these three criteria are met, then that can be used to possibly work for an approval recommendation. One, that the property is adjacent to non-residential zones that allow short term rentals as a principle or accessory use. Two, there's a significant environmental feature, minor arterial or higher classification road that separates the proposed short term rental from other unhosted short term rentals within the buffer area. Or three, an unhosted short term rental within the buffer area is located on the perimeter of the buffer area with part of the property being located outside of the buffer area. So here is just from our ordinance showing the zones allowed and some of the regulations. Basically, if this is relief provision one, if it's near one of these zones where it would be allowed as a principle use, you can use that as part of your relief justification. Here's another one that's basically saying if there's a large arterial road or something that separates you from the other short term rentals that you see here, they're asking for one here. There's one within 600 feet, but it's over here and it's separated by a road of a high enough classification that we say that that would be a relief provision. Or three, that you have one within 600 feet or one of the ones within the 2% calculation within 1,000 feet is on the buffer. So you look here, this property is bisected by the buffer. So you could use that argument to say there's one within 600 feet, but it's on the buffer of the 600 foot zone. For ag STRs, there are three ag zones, the AR, the AN, and the AB, where short term rentals are allowed either as conditional use or might be prohibited, but there are specific requirements. For ag STRs, documentation from the health department is required stating the septic tank on the property is sufficient to handle the proposed use of the property as a short term rental based on the number of occupants. That the proposed STR would not have an adverse influence on uses operating on, or excuse me, occurring on the subject or adjoining or adjacent properties. That there are adequate fire safety measures present within the unit, adequate parking is available, and that there will be lighted entrances that are easily visible from the road. And then the spacing requirement, whereas it's 600 feet for non-ag STR zones, it's within a mile for ag STR properties of a short term rental that's in another ag, AR, AB, or AN zone measured from the property boundary. And then permitted attached ADUs and farm employee dwelling units may be used as a short term rental. And currently, there are no relief provisions for the ag STR, so those buffers and those other three that I mentioned a few minutes ago do not apply for ag zone. Here's just the map of the issued ZCPs and licensed STRs for our meeting today. We have three short term rentals that are not in the ag zone. None of them have one within 600 feet. That's a typo up there with 500 feet. And then the concentration is below 2% for all of the short term rentals within the 1,000 foot buffer. And then for the two ag zoned STRs, we have neither of them have one within a mile. So, any questions? Okay. Questions? All right. Thank you. We'll call the first one. PLN VOA 25-24, Henry Burnett Armstrong. Hi. I'm the applicant, Henry Burnett Armstrong. Thank you. Now, this has been recommended for approval, and there are six conditions that have been listed. I think we need a modification to one of them. Have you had an opportunity to read the conditions as listed? I have. I just have one request regarding the occupancy limit be increased from two to four. In Article 3.13, it says it's two people per bedroom plus two. So, in part of the application, I put in two people. In the other part of the application, I put in four. Okay. Let's see here. And I'm sorry, can we update the documents? Is that what you guys are doing? I'm just clicking. So, the property has how many bedrooms? It has one bedroom. It has one bedroom. Yeah. It has a large living area with a loft above it where I have two other beds. Okay. And did we have any public comment on this one? No. Okay. So, on condition number two, the applicant is requesting the four bedrooms that were allowable instead of the two. Chair, there are a couple of I guess findings that are a little bit different if you want me to present those for the PowerPoint. But I'll let you just let me know when you're ready for that. Okay. I sure will. I sure will. Do we have any questions or would you like to see the update on the findings? These will be consistent for each of the STR related applications today. I mean, agriculture related applications. So, you live on the property full-time? Yes, that's correct. So, Mr. Armstrong, will you give staff just a moment? You could sit just a moment, please. Thank you. You want me to just go to the findings or do you want the full? Just the findings. Just the findings. Okay. So, the findings in your staff report, there's just a couple of changes. So, under the findings for A, you see the proposed use shall not have an adverse influence on the uses occurring on the subject property or, excuse me, on the subject adjoining or adjacent properties. So, we need to clarify that. And I'm missing the word on there, but it should be on the uses occurring on the subject property. So, that bold part. The rest of them are the same. Although, I will note, if you do recommend approval and he's asking for four, condition G does reference the number of users as two. So, you would want to make a change for that as well. Okay. And then, for the conditions, staff added a fourth condition related to a conversation we've had with the health department about the septic tanks. So, it's number four in the list here, which says the applicant provides documentation from the health department or whoever the health department designates to verify the sufficiency of the septic tank for the proposed number of occupants of the short-term rental. Okay. And that would be consistent on each of the ag requests? Yeah. The findings and the condition. This condition would be on the ag SDRs, yes. And then, the findings are a little bit different for the next one, but yes. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you. And then, we can leave that up or whatever you need to do to pull that, because I... We can reference as amended, can't we, when they make the motion? Okay. Okay. Thank you. I would reference as amended and presented by staff today. Okay. It's clear. You guys get that? We're getting motion ready? Okay. Reference as... You want to say it again, Brittany? I would... Okay. I would say adopting the amended findings as presented by staff at the hearing. Does that... Adopted the amended findings... Can you hear me sometimes? ...presented by staff today. Okay. Okay. No further discussion. I will entertain a motion. And if we are adjusting from two to four, make sure you say that. Let's see if we can do this one. Madam Chair, I recommend approval PLM BOA 25-24, Henry Burnett Armstrong, request for a conditional use permit for a hosted short-term rental in agricultural rule zone on property located at 4761 Mount Hora Pike, based on staff recommendations with the amended by staff during testimony, which is specifically item G, and also subject to the six conditions with number two, the number two condition amended to read occupancy of the short-term rental shall be limited to no more than four individuals. Yep. There we go. And I think it was A that staff amended on the findings. Yeah, G was for the number of people. Okay. All right. Yes, good. Okay. Mr. Persley has second. We'll take a vote. Thank you. The motion is passed. Thank you. The next item is PLM BOA 25-31. This is Samuel Cooper. I am Samuel Cooper. Thank you. And it looks here that this has been recommended for approval. My pages are out of order. I believe there are four conditions that have been listed, including no more than four individuals. Have you reviewed those conditions and are you comfortable with them? Yes, ma'am, I have. Okay. Thank you. Ms. Tucker, it looks like there was a citizen comment. Okay. Just a moment to read. Okay. Wait for a motion. I think so. Ms. Tucker was scanning really quickly. Give her a moment. Ms. Tucker was scanning the comment really quickly. I was giving her a moment. Are you good? You good? Okay. We're good. Madam Chair, I recommend approval of PLM BOA 25-31. Samuel Cooper's request, a conditional use permit for an unhosted short-term rental within the defined infill and redevelopment area in a single family residential zone on property located at 103 Edison Drive, based on the staff's recommendation and the four conditions as listed. Thank you. And Mr. Sturdivant has seconded. If no further discussion, we'll take a vote. Thank you. The motion is passed. Thank you. Our next item is PLM BOA 25-32, Emily Davenport. Good afternoon. Hi, I'm Emily Davenport. Okay. Will you pull the mic down a little? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Is that better? All right. This has been recommended for approval and there are four conditions that have been listed. Have you had an opportunity to review those? Yes, ma'am. And are you comfortable with those? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Let's see. There's no additional comment on here. Oh, yeah. We do have an email. No, this is actually from you. I have a hard copy of an email as well. I'm going to pass it. Just give me one second. Okay. And was this your former residence or was this an investment property always? Yeah, I think you've already got it up there. Sorry. Okay. No, I was just asking a question of the applicant. Yes. It was a former residence? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Yes, we do. Can you guys tell I was cutting back on coffee today? I was a little. Okay. So, it's the same. I have all of them. I also have 300 other pages. And it's just regarding parking being difficult in the area. Do we have any questions of the applicant? I have a question. This is listed as unhosted short-term rental. But I also see comments in the application that says this is our home, and also this was our previous home, and since this is our personal home, it's filled with our belongings. So, I just need some explanation how this can be unhosted if you're living there. Certainly. So, we actually obtained a permit from you guys in 2022 for a short-term rental permit. And then as we were renting it out, we were also using that as our primary residence as well. And then we rented it out whenever we traveled with my husband for his work. So, we had our personal belongings in closets and in the garage, things like that. So, we were not even aware that we lost our permit until we went to pay for our dues at the beginning of this year. So, that's kind of what happened there. And then now we will be moving out of it into our own residence for it to become a primary short-term rental. I'm sorry for the confusion. I must say I'm having a hard time hearing you. You have a very nice voice. But are you, I mean, the question, my question really is, are you living there now? We are right now. And if we do get our permit, then we won't be afterwards. I'm sorry. But we had been renting it since we obtained a permit in 2022 while also utilizing it as our primary residence. All right, good. Thank you. Any other questions? If not, I will entertain a motion. Thank you. Madam Chair, I recommend approval of PLN BOA 25-32, Emily Devonport, request for a conditional use permit for an unhosted short-term rental in a planned neighborhood residential zone on property located at 784 Rambling Creek Drive based on the staff's recommendation and the, I think, four. Yes, and the four conditions as listed. Thank you. Thank you. And, oh, Mr. Pursley, second. No further discussion. We'll open for vote. Thank you. It has been approved. Good luck. Thank you. Our next item is PLN BOA 25-33, Chris Van Hoos. The applicant will come forward. Hi, my name is Marcia Van Hoos. Chris is my husband. Okay. Thank you. This has been recommended for approval, and there are four conditions that have been listed, including a maximum of six individuals. Have you had an opportunity to review those? Yes, we have. And are you comfortable with those? Yes. We do have a couple of citizen comment items here. Give us just a moment to take a look. Okay. Seems like they're not specific. Oh, actually, one of those items is in the wrong folder. Okay. So there's just one item of comment, which is a no confidence for short-term rentals. Okay. All right. Do we have any questions of the applicant? So I noticed that the address that you listed to, is that your address? Do you live there as well? No, we don't live there. Okay. Where do you all live? We live on Fraserdale Drive in Lexington. Thank you. Okay. If no further questions, I will entertain a motion. I make a motion to approve PLN BOA 25-33. Chris Van Hoose requests conditional use permit for an unhosted short-term rental in a single-family residential zone on property located at 364 Whitfield Drive, based on recommendations of the staff and subject to the four conditions listed. Thank you. And Mr. Pursley has seconded. No further discussion. We will take a vote. Wonderful. Motion is passed. Thank you. Thank you. Our last case for the day is PLN BOA 25-35, Colonial Hall of Lexington, LLC. That has been recommended for approval. If the applicant can come forward. Hello. Good afternoon. So this is a hosted short-term rental in an ag, and there are six conditions that have been listed, including the maximum of two individuals? Yes. Are we comfortable with those conditions as listed? Yes, absolutely. Okay. And we will have the same amendment to the condition that we had earlier regarding the Department of the Health Department's certification? Is that correct, Dr.? Yeah, the findings and the condition. The findings and the... All righty. We do have someone here to speak in opposition. Would you like to tell us a little bit about the plans first? Or would you like to hear the... I'd like to hear the opposition first, and then I can offer a rebuttal. Okay, thank you. We'll give them a moment. Good afternoon, board members. My name is Jessica Winters. I'm an attorney here in town. And I did request 10 minutes. Yes, we've got you. Okay, thank you. And thank you for that accommodation. I will try not to use... And thank you for requesting ahead of time. That's helpful in planning. I will try not to use all the time. I also have a written position statement to submit for the record. I was told to just hand it out when I got up here. So that just summarizes our position that I'll be discussing during the presentation here. Okay. I'm here today on behalf of my client, Shadwell Farm, to oppose the conditional use permit sought by Colonial Hall of Lexington, LLC, seeking to operate a short-term rental at 3921 Military Pike. I don't know if you're familiar with Shadwell, but they're a world-renowned racing and breeding operation located in Britain, Ireland, and the U.S., responsible for raising and racing some of the greatest horses of the modern era. Shadwell Farm operates a thoroughbred stud operation and grazes cattle on land directly adjacent to the subject property. This is the area notification map. As you can see there, the red property is the subject property. And to the right along Military Pike is one Shadwell parcel. And then Shadwell also owns the parcel to the rear, the larger kind of... Let me see if I can... There we go. So this is a Shadwell parcel, and this is a Shadwell parcel. And then the Myskins family owns this parcel right here. And then Winter Quarter Farm owns this parcel here. And all of those adjoining and neighboring property owners oppose the application for the short-term rental, as I'll be discussing here today. The subject property is in the agricultural rural zone, as you all have been made aware. And as such, the zoning ordinance states that for short-term rentals in this zone, the applicant has to establish, among other items, that the proposed STR will not have an adverse influence on uses occurring on the subject adjoining or adjacent properties. For the reasons that follow, it's our belief that the application should be denied, or should at the very least be conditioned to specifically state that the subject property cannot be used for events or gatherings in connection with the requested conditional use permit. First, the letter of justification submitted by the applicant acknowledges that it has been operating a short-term rental on the subject property for the past two years without the required licensure or approvals. The staff report for this application notes that the applicant was issued a notice of violation by the Division of Revenue for operating a short-term rental without a license. In past cases before this Board, of which I've attended, the Board has denied requests for conditional use permits sought by property owners who have previously operated short-term rentals without the required licensure and who have received similar notices of violation. Second, while the applicant states in its letter of justification that it has permission from its neighbors to operate a short-term rental on the subject property, this is simply not true. Neighboring property owners oppose this application because the use of the subject property for short-term rental will directly adversely impact adjacent agricultural uses. Due to the sensitive nature of activities occurring on Shadwell's property, including a thoroughbred stud operation, an increase in light and noise pollution will directly negatively affect Shadwell. Several of the structures on the subject property are visible from Shadwell's pastures. Other neighboring property owners are likewise concerned with an increase in light and noise pollution for similar reasons. Neighboring property owners Robert and Elizabeth Myskins use their property for agricultural purposes, and Winter Quarter Farm, owned by Don Robinson, who's here today, operates a well-regarded thoroughbred operation. Both the Myskins and Winter Quarter Farm also object to this application to the extent the subject property is utilized for anything other than a simple two-person short-term rental or host weddings and events in connection with the same. I also want to note to you now that the subject property is surrounded on all sides by farms with conservation easements through the Rural Land Management Board. For these areas, there's a mandate for extra protection of these areas and that development be context-sensitive and in an agricultural nature. Now, you might be asking yourselves why I keep bringing up the potential for events on this property, especially considering the fact that the zoning ordinance specifically says that with short-term rentals, you're not allowed to have parties or events with a maximum capacity of anything more than you were approved for, and that's a good question. And Shadwell recognizes, in fact, that a two-person short-term rental in and of itself is not likely to severely negatively impact its operations, but we want the board to take note of significant development activity that's been occurring on the subject property. This development activity has alarmed Shadwell and other neighboring property owners who feel the instant application may be part of a plan to move forward with hosting large-scale gatherings and events on the subject property. As these slides are going to demonstrate to you, a massive, costly event venue has been constructed on the subject property on the site of an historic barn that was demolished by the applicant. This is just a slide showing you the original historic barn. And on this aerial of the subject property, you can see the brown outline of the demolished barn here, and that is where the event venue has been constructed. Based on its appearance and materials, here is the event venue. This venue is clearly not for agricultural purposes, and we've recently learned that at least one wedding is planned for the venue. As the board is aware, event venues are prohibited in AR zones under our ordinance. The purpose of the AR zone is to preserve the rural character of the agricultural service area by promoting agriculture and related uses and by discouraging all forms of urban development except for a limited amount of conditional uses. This next slide shows the location of the event venue to Shadwell property. As you can see, the venue is large, at least 10,000 or 15,000 square feet, and can be clearly seen from the Shadwell farm, including from one of its breeding sheds. So the possibility that large events held there being negatively impactful of their business activities on Shadwell farm is quite possible there. Here's another image showing the venue relative to grazing horses. The applicant has also undertaken other projects on the subject property in connection with its development of the venue, including adding an additional entrance to the subject property off of Military Pike, running directly adjacent to the Shadwell property line. This map was submitted by the applicant in connection with its application. We want to point out to the board that it's a little bit misleading. It shows here that this is an existing tobacco barn, but that barn has been demolished and that's where the event venue has been constructed. Also, it is shown as being quite far from the Shadwell property line, which runs here, when in reality it is much closer to the Shadwell property line. This is a new entrance off of Military Pike, has also been constructed going along this property line to provide additional access to the event venue itself. So the applicant has even requested permission from Shadwell to build a road through Shadwell's property to access the subject property to provide an additional entrance for use by the venue, a request that Shadwell, of course, denied. The activities at the subject property all point to a plan by the applicant to develop and operate an event venue in this AR zone, a plan that Shadwell and other neighboring property owners vigorously oppose. In fact, in 2024, the applicant filed a conditional use application for use of the subject property as an event venue. The event venue application was not finalized or heard by this board. Shadwell and other neighbors are concerned that if the instant short-term rental application is approved, the applicant will offer the use of the venue and the subject property as a whole to its short-term rental guests as part of an overall rental package. The zoning ordinance specifically states that short-term rentals shall not be utilized for private events such as weddings or parties in which the number of participants exceeds the maximum occupancy limit. However, given the applicant's past history of noncompliance with the ordinance, the neighbors are concerned that the approval of this application will open the door for further violations by the applicant. If the board is inclined to grant the instant request, Shadwell respectfully requests that any approval be specifically conditioned as follows. No events exceeding the requested occupancy of the short-term rental to persons shall be held on the subject property. There are areas in Lexington in which a modulated level of short-term rentals makes sense and doesn't adversely interfere with neighboring property uses. Individuals who live in places where arts, entertainment, sporting events, and tourist attractions are concentrated already expect to see heavy traffic, visitors passing through their streets, and gatherings of various sizes. In a sensitive agricultural area such as this, however, short-term rentals, particularly those that encourage gatherings and parties, can significantly adversely impact neighboring property owners and uses. Shadwell is concerned that the short-term rental you are now considering is this type of rental, and it is simply not appropriate in connection with the use of the venue by renters. Thank you. Chair, I just want to note, I was passed a note from our building inspection staff that there is a commercial HVAC permit in their system, and one of the plans shows a cake room. I'll let the applicant maybe address that. I just want to bring that up. All right. Thank you. A what room? Cake. Oh. Okay. Oh, I'm sorry. Hold on. Was there any other public comment or? Okay. The applicant, you may come forward. I would like to first say a few words why I'm coming from. I have been in the engineering profession for 50 years, and out of that, 35 years as a professor at the University of Kentucky in engineering and international and national consultant. So somehow, it seems to me that that background justifies my thinking that looking at that case, I can use rational analysis. That's what I was doing all my life. And I don't understand why the opposite sides are talking about subjects which have nothing to do with the one which we are asking for. We are asking for a permit of that cottage as a R&B facility. That thing was used in that form by Mrs. Quisenberry for the last 30 years of her life, and then by her son, and from 70s, nearly without interruption other than for cleaning and some things which after it was acquired, it was required, and it was just continuously used. There was never any complaint about that in that period of time, and at the moment, no more than two people can be there because there's only room for two people. It never was anymore. Didn't have any problems with that, and I don't understand really what the schedule has something to do with this because that's all what it was. And as far as traffic, traffic was always two people were coming there or maybe four if they were visiting somewhere then, but the people who slept there were always two people if there were two. I have met quite a few of them. They are people usually in, let's say, mid-age and up who enjoy singing birds in a park rather than disco, and they are coming out there for tranquility, which is really approved there. And actually, it was very well shown in a rating which was done by all the people who were very happy and recommending everyone that that's a unique facility to rest very close to Horse Park and, I'm sorry, Finland and so on. So, in that sense, I really don't understand what we are talking about if everything else is being brought up. This is not the subject of that proceeding, I presume. Well, that's all. Thank you. Okay, and whoever's going to stay and answer the questions, please, for you. Hi, can you hear me? Yes, thanks. Well, I personally would like to have a future in agriculture. I have been and am a member of the Fayette County branch of the Kentucky Farm Bureau as well as the Young Farmers Association. I wish to preserve and uphold the property so that many, including myself, can use it for the future and also that those people who have poured their time, blood, sweat, and tears into this over 200 years, since 1825, long before Shadwell. I'm a Hispanic woman, an already relatively rare demographic for farmers in our area. I'm also a type 1 diabetic and am considered disabled by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and thus cannot safely work in agriculture in the typical sense of corn farming and seed production that historically our property was used for. In continuing to use this adjacent building the way Mary Quisenberry did since the 1970s, this provides me with a way to pay the bills without endangering my life and helps maintain the property. There has been no change in traffic or noise since the 1970s, and zero complaints until our kind neighbors received our notice letter in the mail of our application for an STR conditional use permit. Before this, there had been the provision of being able to host rumors and borders. Therefore, there was no violation up until the legal change within the KRS statutes. Therefore, there is no history of violation. This evidence is that there has been no negative impact whatsoever caused by hosting people occasionally, especially people who are interested in the horse industry and historically have come for horse sales. I had been running this Airbnb for two years straight and am one of the few with over 35 star reviews. Additionally, Shadwell was hosting an Airbnb up until everyone received the, I guess, letters to cease because of some sort of violation. Now it's not available, which is interesting. Every person who has stayed is middle-aged or older and is seeking peace and quiet and to enjoy the bucolic surroundings while still being close to the city, not to make noise or cause any disturbance. They're wishing to experience a farmstay, which is what this is. Additionally, Airbnb has a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who wishes to have a party at a rented property. We do not allow this, and we are very strict. And as this is a hosted property, no one has had any opportunity to do so, as the main house, my own residence, is less than 45 feet away from the rental unit, which again, you all have provided that there is only one allowed per, I guess, residence, which would be this cottage. I have not had any opportunity to, well, I should say, if people want to go to a party or dance and make noise, they can go to a discotheque in the city. I also am interested in maintaining the property as closely to the original as possible, but having restored the rotting and unsafe wooden barns slash structures, as I would like to continue to work in agriculture and also on this property and at my residence. We have planted trees, landscaped and turned this from a beautiful farm to a gorgeous farm that brought the son of Mary Quisenberry to tears of joy. We want to encourage people to spread the word of the bounty of Lexington and to make an effort to visit our city and to contribute to the revenue of Lexington and to business owners and community members, especially as many of these individuals are in the horse industry and have already made plans to return for sales. Again, I am a beekeeper as well. The structure, even though it's not related to any of this that these people have brought up, is for processing honey. That is an agricultural product. You need space to keep everything contained, cool or hot, for fermentation, for all the flora, the bacterial flora, to take effect properly. You need space to store these barrels. I don't see what the issue is, because it is a quiet business. This is very much to be used for agricultural processing. I am a member of the Beekeeper Society. You can ask whoever you'd like. They tell you that I am at the meetings and I plan to go tonight as well. Thank you. No, please stay for just a moment. Absolutely. Do we have questions of the applicant? Let me ask you how you would respond to Ms. Winter's supposition that this new structure would be appropriate for parties or whatever they are concerned about. Well, it's absolutely not. I don't know where that came from. But, again, this is, despite not being related to this entire thing, it's just not suitable for that. It is to store products made from honey and honey, as well as for the development of that, for the processing of that, for the fermentation, for the cooling, for the chilling. That would be what I suppose this cake room, which I don't know where anyone would assume, like what is a cake room? Sorry that I have a, like would like to have a cooler, not a freezer, a cooler to keep mead cold. Which is the best temperature to drink it at. I just think it's also interesting that they assigned a label to this as a, what is it? A venue, when it's clearly not. It's in the exact same tract and area, if not extended for the ease of carrying in barrels and carrying them out. That the prior tobacco barn, which was highly unsafe, and I was almost smacked in the head by a rotting board that fell from 30 feet, would be. But, of course, that's an interesting assumption that they made. Without ever having come in contact with the property owners regarding this. Which, again, I wish they had asked for clarification before hiring a lawyer to make assumptions incorrectly, but it's their money, so. Well, I do agree that the two are unrelated. And you do understand that it's just not allowable. No, of course. It's not allowable in the ordinance. If it's not allowed, I don't understand why we're here debating it. Honestly. Yeah. I'm interested in, beside the point perhaps, but I'm kind of interested in your bee business. Yeah, absolutely. It interests me. You have hives on the property? Yes, I have 12 hives on the property. Okay. And another five at my parents' house, which is the adjoining property. All right. Adjacent, I should say, like across the street. Good. Yeah, across the street. Good. Thank you. Yes, Chad? I'll wait in. I think we're heading down a path as well. I don't know. We're only here for the short-term rental part. I don't know what the aversion to a cake room is. I'd love to have a cake room. So I think everybody should have a cake room. Too much cake. Not too much cake. There's no cake, so. But, and for the record, agricultural zone is the only zone, tell me if I'm wrong, that requires coming before this board, for a hosted rental. Every other zone is exempt from that. And so I don't want to get into too much politics about it. I don't think it's right to exclude this one zone. But really all we're talking about is a guest house or a guest room or whatever being utilized for two people. And it's right next to the main house. So there's no change in light, which I know is a concern. If it ends up being that you have parties, you're going to get in a lot of trouble. There's nothing. But for right now, we don't know that. Anybody that has a barn could have a party. That's a big thing right now. So I'm not going to go down that path. But I do think it at least bears mentioning that this is the only zone that makes you go through this process. Otherwise, you know, it would just be handled at staff level and then we wouldn't see it. Yeah, of course. Just so we're clear, you are correct unless the hosted has an occupancy over 10 people, then they would have to come before the board, which is an atypical situation. But just so we got that clear. That would not happen. I don't even think 10 people could fit into that area. No, he was referring to the other zones. Oh, yeah. That's fine. Okay. Do we have other questions? Commentary. Okay. All right. I will entertain a motion. Madam Chair, I recommend approval of PLMBOA 25-35 Colonial Hall of Lexington's request for a conditional use permit for a hosted short-term rental and agricultural zone on property located at 3921 Military Pike based on staff recommendations and subject to the six conditions. May I note that they are amended findings because, as staff mentioned, they would be amending the findings. Oh, sorry. Yeah, staff recommendation based on the amended. It might be worth just noting for the record. I may do too much reading already. He's done. So for the findings, as I'll mention, it says proposed use shall not have an adverse influence on the uses occurring on the subject adjoining or adjacent properties or the surrounding neighborhood. That's the amended language that goes into A there for the findings. And then for the condition, there's an added fourth condition as well, which says the applicant provides documentation from the health department or whomever the health department designates to verify the sufficiency of the septic tank for the proposed number of occupants of the short-term rental. I think that's in here already. All right. Is that good, Chad? That's good. It's not in the staff report. No, I meant from the health department, the septic tank. I thought it was in her packet already. Oh, you're saying what the applicant provided. I'm sorry. Okay. That's okay. I'm going to strike it from the record. I just thought I read something in that already. I think they provided the inspection report from when it was constructed. Okay. And we really need to know today if it's operating and can meet the capacity. Thank you. Please strike me from the record. All right. So we have a first. Mr. Clark has seconded. Please vote. The motion is passed. Thank you. Oh, no. I'm sorry. No. Yeah, you should have. Yeah. The case has been closed. But thank you. I'm a mother, too. I get it. But good luck. You guys are doing great. Thank you. Okay. I think that's the last item on our agenda, on our last case. We do have a couple of other items to review. You guys received the amendment that I can't find now in my paperwork for the special meeting that has been called for Thursday. Somebody see it here? I think it's Thursday at 1.30 in Phoenix room. Yes, ma'am. It's a work session, a shared work session with the planning commission and the Board of Adjustment to get training from Kentucky League of Cities. Okay. Meeting in the Phoenix building on the third floor. Phoenix building, third floor, Thursday at 1.30. That's just an announcement, not a motion or anything. We just made that public. No, I do think you need to, well, yeah, just announce that it's a special meeting that you're holding. Okay. So the special meeting has been announced for this Thursday, so it is always a public forum. Do we have open to the public? Do we have any other staff items? Nope. All right. If nothing else, our next meeting is May the 12th at 1.30, and you guys go enjoy the rest of the day. Thank you.