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An Ordinance amending Section 16-9 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Zoning Ordinance, relating to drive-through facilities and drive-up windows, adopting regulations regarding vehicular stacking requirements, drive-up windows, and drive-through facilities, and authorizing waivers or modifications by the Planning Commission based upon recommendations in an operational plan and upon findings that modifying stacking requirements will not impede traffic circulation, negatively impact adjoining properties or land uses, or create a public safety hazard, all in order to promote safe maneuvering of vehicles and ensure such facilities do not negatively impact the flow of traffic on public streets. (Urban County Planning Commission) [Council Office, Hall]
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WHEREAS, KRS 100.275, enacted by the Kentucky General Assembly as House Bill 443 during the 2024 regular session, requires that the Ordinances, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant to KRS Chapter 100 to govern subdiv. plats and development plans shall be in the form of objective standards that shall be applied ministerially; and
WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission considered multiple text amendments at its meetings on March 27 and April 10, 2025 that proposed updating the Zoning Ordinance with objective standards in compliance with House Bill 443;
WHEREAS, at these meetings the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission considered amendments to replace Article 16-9 of the Zoning Ordinance in its entirety with a more current standard applicable to Dr.-through facilities and Dr.-up windows;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did recommend approval of the modified text amendment by a vote of 8-2, the recommendation of the Planning Commission is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and
WHEREAS, this Council agreed in part and disagreed in part with the recommendation of the Planning Commission as to Article 16-9, referred this portion of the text Amendm...
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