Planning Commission Zoning Items Subcommittee

Summary

Meeting Overview

The Zoning Committee of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Commission met on February 6, 2025. The meeting covered two agenda items, both involving rezoning requests. One rezoning request, submitted by DNJ Realty LLC, was postponed, while a second rezoning request, submitted by Town Branch Park, Inc., was approved. Across the meeting, three motions and votes were taken in total. No public comments were heard during the meeting.

Attendance

The following members were present at the February 6, 2025 Commission meeting:

• Daniel Krum
• Chris Cheney
• David Samacar
• James Mills
• Nick Nicholson

No members were absent or late. All five commissioners were in attendance for the meeting.

Votes and Decisions

Three actions were voted on during the February 6, 2025 Commission meeting, all of which passed unanimously.

• PLN-MAR25-1 — Postponement of DNJ Realty LLC Rezoning Request 14:49: Mr. Forrester moved to postpone the rezoning request submitted by DNJ Realty LLC, with Mr. Wilson providing the second. The motion to postpone carried unanimously. No individual roll call votes were recorded.

• Approval of Town Branch Park, Inc. Rezoning Request 43:49: Mr. Mickler moved to approve the rezoning request submitted by Town Branch Park, Inc., with Mr. Jonathan Davis providing the second. The motion passed unanimously with the condition that certain conditional uses be eliminated. No individual roll call votes were recorded.

• Approval of Town Branch Park, Inc. Variances 44:22: Mr. Mickler moved to approve the variances requested by Town Branch Park, Inc., with Mr. Jonathan Davis again providing the second. The motion passed unanimously. No conditions were attached, and no individual roll call votes were recorded.

Contested Items

• Conditional Zoning Restrictions for Town Branch Park, Inc.: A disagreement arose over the appropriate scope of conditional uses to be permitted under a zoning application associated with Town Branch Park, Inc. The surrounding neighborhood pushed back against a broader range of permitted uses, requesting that allowable uses be limited strictly to residential and office purposes. This community opposition prompted discussion among commissioners regarding which conditional uses would be appropriate to include or exclude. The outcome of this debate — including whether the neighborhood's preferred restrictions were adopted in full, in part, or denied — is not specified in the available data. [timestamp: not available]

Rezoning Request by DNJ Realty LLC

0:30

The Commission took up agenda item PLN-MAR25-1, a rezoning request submitted by DNJ Realty LLC concerning the property located at 125 Cane Break. The applicant is seeking to rezone the property from its current designation of B5P (interchange service business zone) to I-1 (light industrial zone) in order to use the site for the storage of recreational vehicles and campers.

Key speakers on this item included Daniel Krum and David Samacar. The discussion centered on the proposed change in land use and the implications of transitioning the property from a commercial interchange service designation to a light industrial classification.

The item was ultimately postponed, and no final determination was made at this meeting.

Rezoning request by Town Branch Park, Inc.

Agenda Item: PLN-MAR25-2 15:45

The Commission took up a discussion and vote on a rezoning request submitted by Town Branch Park, Inc. for two properties — 724 West High Street and 30304 Madison Place — proposing a change in zoning classification from mixed low-density residential R2 to Lexington Center business B2B.

Key speakers during this agenda item included James Mills and Nick Nicholson, who participated in the presentation and discussion of the request.

The rezoning proposal sought to transition the identified parcels from their current residential designation to a business zoning classification consistent with the Lexington Center B2B district, reflecting a shift in the intended use and character of the properties.

Following the presentation and discussion, the Commission voted to approve the rezoning request.