# Planning Commission - Zoning Items - February 26, 2026 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Commission · February 26, 2026 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6703 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6703?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2026-02-26 - **Body**: Commission - **Last revised**: February 26, 2026 - **Length**: 978 words - **Speakers**: Chair > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Planning Commission convened on February 26, 2026, at 1:30 PM in the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of the LFUCG Government Center, located at 200 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. The meeting included 4 agenda items, of which one — the approval of minutes — was approved, while the remaining three substantive items were postponed. The three postponed matters included a map amendment request from Ball Homes, Inc., a combined map amendment request and development plan from Kenneth V. Littrell and Clean Sweep Carwash, and proposed revisions to Article 23A-10 governing the Economic Development (ED) Zone. A total of 4 motions and votes were taken during the meeting, and no public comments were heard. ## Attendance All 14 members were present at the February 26, 2026 Commission meeting. No members were absent or late. **Present:** - Ivy Barksdale - Mike Owens - Judy Worth - Vaughan Adkins - David Filiatreau - Traci Wade - Daniel Crum - Chris Chaney - Jeremy Young - Cheryl Gallt - Ryelle Browning - Paula Owens - Embry Beatty - Tracy Jones ## Votes and Decisions The February 26, 2026 Commission meeting included four votes, all of which passed unanimously. - **Approval of January 29, 2026 Minutes** [timestamp: 0:01]: A motion to approve the minutes from the January 29, 2026 meeting was made by Mike Owens and seconded by Jonathan Davis. The motion passed unanimously. - **PLN-MAR-25-00015 — Ball Homes, Inc. Map Amendment (Postponement)** [timestamp: 0:02]: A motion to postpone the Ball Homes, Inc. map amendment request was made by Mr. Wilson and seconded by Judy Worth. The motion passed unanimously. The item was postponed until **March 26, 2026**. - **PLN-MAR-26-00001 — Kenneth V. Littrell Map Amendment and Clean Sweep Carwash Development Plan (Postponement)** [timestamp: 0:04]: A motion to postpone both the Kenneth V. Littrell map amendment request and the Clean Sweep Carwash development plan was made by Mr. Forrester and seconded by Commissioner Mickler. The motion passed unanimously. Both items were postponed until **March 12, 2026**. - **PLN-ZOTA-24-00006 — Article 23A-10 Revisions for the Economic Development (ED) Zone (Postponement)** [timestamp: 0:06]: A motion to postpone proposed revisions to Article 23A-10 pertaining to the Economic Development (ED) zone was made by Jonathan Davis and seconded by Molly Davis. The motion passed unanimously. The item was postponed until **March 26, 2026**. No roll call votes were recorded; all four motions were decided by unanimous consent. Three of the four actions were postponements of substantive agenda items, with no items receiving a final recommendation or approval at this meeting. ## Approval of Minutes [timestamp: 00:38] The Commission reviewed the minutes from its January 29, 2026 meeting. Key speakers on this item included Mike Owens and Jonathan Davis. The minutes were approved without noted objection. ## Ball Homes, Inc. Map Amendment Request **Case No. PLN-MAR-25-00015** [timestamp: 01:48] The Commission took up the Ball Homes, Inc. map amendment request, identified as case PLN-MAR-25-00015, though substantive discussion of the merits was limited as the item was brought forward primarily to address a procedural matter. - **Speaker:** Nick Nicholson presented on this agenda item. - **Request:** Nicholson requested that the map amendment be postponed, citing ongoing topographical issues that have not yet been resolved. - **Outcome:** The Commission agreed to **postpone** the item, allowing additional time for the topographical concerns to be addressed before the request moves forward for full consideration. No further debate or public comment on the substance of the map amendment was recorded at this time. The item will return to the Commission at a future meeting once the outstanding topographical issues have been resolved. ## Kenneth V. Littrell Map Amendment Request and Clean Sweep Carwash Development Pl **Agenda Item:** PLN-MAR-26-00001 [timestamp: 03:57] The Commission briefly took up this agenda item, which concerns a map amendment request submitted by Kenneth V. Littrell alongside a development plan for a Clean Sweep Carwash. Lauren Nichols addressed the Commission on this item, presenting a request for postponement. - The postponement was sought because the applicant had been unable to meet with the technical review committee prior to the meeting. - The inability to hold that meeting was attributed to a snowstorm that disrupted the normal review process. No substantive discussion of the map amendment or development plan itself took place, as the item did not advance to that stage. The Commission granted the postponement request, and the item was continued to a future meeting date pending completion of the technical review committee process. ## Revisions to Article 23A-10 for the Economic Development (ED) Zone [timestamp: 05:07] The Commission took up agenda item **PLN-ZOTA-24-00006**, concerning proposed revisions to Article 23A-10 governing the Economic Development (ED) Zone. **Lauren Nichols** presented on this item, requesting that the Commission grant a postponement rather than proceeding with substantive discussion. The stated reason for the postponement request was the need to finalize language with shareholders before the item could be brought forward for full consideration. No detailed presentation of the proposed zoning text amendments was made at this meeting, and no substantive debate on the merits of the revisions took place. The item was not advanced to a vote or recommendation. - **Outcome:** The item was **postponed** to allow additional time to complete stakeholder language negotiations. - **Key Speaker:** Lauren Nichols - **Case Number:** PLN-ZOTA-24-00006 --- ## Decisions - **Motion** — passed (0-0): Approval of the January 29, 2026 minutes - **PLN-MAR-25-00015** — postponed (0-0): Postponement of Ball Homes, Inc. map amendment request - **PLN-MAR-26-00001** — postponed (0-0): Postponement of Kenneth V. Littrell map amendment request and Clean Sweep Carwash development plan - **PLN-ZOTA-24-00006** — postponed (0-0): Postponement of revisions to Article 23A-10 for the Economic Development (ED) zone --- ## Full transcript Thank you very much. And this is the meeting of the Lexington Urban County Government's Planning Commission Zoning Items. Our first item on the agenda today is the approval of the January 29th, 2026 minutes. Those were circulated. Do we have any revisions to those minutes? If not, the floor is open for a motion. Mr. Chair, I'll move for approval of the minutes from January 29, 2026. Second. Thank you, that was a motion from Mr. Owens, second from Commissioner Jonathan Davis. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, we will take that to a vote, please. Okay, that carries unanimously, thank you. Next item, postponements and withdrawals. Mr. Nicholson. Good afternoon, Nick Nicholson here on behalf of Ball Homes on page two, item one of your all's agenda, MAR 25-15. We would ask for another month postponement until the March 26th meeting, we are still working through topographical issues, trying to figure out a plan. Once we do finally get a plan, I think we're going to run it back through committees. In order to make sure everybody's comfortable, we've been communicating with the neighborhood attorney as well. But we would ask for another month of postponement until March 26th. Okay, thank you, Nick. Do we have any questions for the applicant? Mr. Chair? Yes, sir. If I may, please. Mr. Nicholson, curious, this thing's been floating here for some time. Any chance for an indefinite postponement on this? I usually do those, I like them, I'm not going to lie. If I'm back here next month, I will be postponing indefinitely, if not withdrawing. Okay, thank you. I can guarantee that. Okay. Okay. Yes, sir, Mr. Wilson. As per the, I'm ready for a motion. Certainly. As per the applicant's request, move to postpone PLNMAR 25-15 Ball Homes Incorporated until March the 26th. All right, thank you, Mr. Wilson. That was a motion from Mr. Wilson, second from Commissioner Judy Worth. Do we have any discussion? Seeing none, this is to March 26th. We will take a vote. Okay, that also carries unanimously. Thank you, and I will convey your message to my client. All righty, do we have any other postponements? Yes, good afternoon. This is Lauren Nichols with Dentons. And on page four, item two, we have the Ken Littrell map amendment request and clean sweep car wash. This is being postponed because we weren't able to get in front of technical review committee because of the snowstorm. We have been in front of technical review committee at this point. It was approved yesterday. We would ask for a two week postponement if possible. March 12th. Thank you, and that would take us to March 12th? Yes. All righty. Okay, do we have any questions for the applicant? If not, floor's open, Mr. Forrester, for two week. Yes, Mr. Chair. All right, a motion for a two week postponement for PLNMAR-26-1, and PLNMJDP26-3, a two week postponement. Thank you, Mr. Forrester. Do we have a second to that motion? Okay, Commissioner Mickler, thank you. All right, if there's no discussion on that postponement, I promise, we will put that to a vote. All right, and that also carries unanimously. Thank you. I do have one more postponement. Sure. When I was here last month, Brandon indicated that we may need two months for the CalGil, which is on page four, item C1. The PLNZOTA246 for CalGil development. We do need an extra month on that, unfortunately. We're still trying to finalize the language with the shareholders and make sure everybody's on the same page. Okay, so that would take us to March 26th? Yes. All righty. Okay, do we have any questions for the applicant on that request? If not, floor's open. Mr. Jonathan Davis. Per applicant regarding PLNZOTA24-6, applicant requests a one month postponement to March 26th. Second. Okay, so there's a motion from Commissioner Jonathan Davis, second from Commissioner Molly Davis. Who's on the board now? Who's what now? Yes. I guess in fairness, Ms. Nichols, I'll ask you the same question that Mr. Johnson's asked previously, if in a month you don't believe it's there yet, would you consider an indefinite postponement? I would actually have to defer to Brandon on that one. This is his, I'm just covering for him today. My understanding is it's very close to the finish line, and we do expect to go back through the committees and re-go through the process anyway. Sure, okay, thank you very much. And I guess if the same sentiment that Nick expressed, just that could be communicated to them as a consideration. Just one other thing as it relates to parliamentary procedure. If you don't want to postpone indefinitely, you can postpone definitely with a date. So if they have a specific date that they'd like to deal with, you could do it that way, too. Thank you, Mr. Wilson. So we had a motion from Commissioner Jonathan Davis, second from Commissioner Molly Davis. Any discussion to that motion? If not, we'll take a vote. Okay, that carries unanimously as well. Thank you. All right. Have a good day. Now, I believe, unless I'm missing something, that takes us to the end of our agenda. Do any commissioners have anything for the commission today? If not. Oh, Bill. You've got a second to that on three or four fronts. Okay, if we don't have any commissioner items, Mr. Duncan. Good show, Mr. Chair. The next meeting of the planning commission is Thursday, March the 5th, for the committees at 830 and 130 in the Phoenix building, third floor. We'll see you all then. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Duncan. And I will direct Mr. Forrester's attention to the clock. Seven minutes. Not bad. Not bad. All right. Without objection, without anything further, we are adjourned. Thank you very much.