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An Ordinance amending Article 8-2(d) of the Zoning Ordinance to add athletic fields with lighting and loud speakers in the Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone as a conditional use and to increase the allowable structure size from ten thousand (10,000) square feet to two percent (2%) of the lot. (Sayre College d/b/a Sayre School). Approval of the Staff Alternative Text 6-3 [Div. of Planning, Duncan]
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[An Ordinance amending Article 8-2(D) of the Zoning Ordinance to allow athletic fields with lighting and loud speakers in the Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone as a conditional use and to increase the allowable structure size from 10,000 sq ft to two percent of the lot. Approval of the Staff Alternative Text 6-3 [Div. of Planning, Duncan]]
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WHEREAS, the applicant, Sayre College d/b/a Sayre School, has initiated a text Amendment to Article 8-2(d) of the Zoning Ordinance to add athletic fields with lighting and loud speakers in the Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone as a conditional use and to increase the allowable structure size from ten thousand (10,000) square feet to two percent (2%) of the lot; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed and considered a text Amendment to Article 8-2(d) of the Zoning Ordinance to add athletic fields with lighting and loud speakers in the Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone as a conditional use and to increase the allowable structure size from ten thousand (10,000) square feet to two percent (2%) of the lot, and the Planning Commission did recommend APPROVAL of the alternative text by a vote of 6-3; and
WHEREAS, this Council agrees with the recommendation of the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the recommendation form of the Planning Commission is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Article 8-2(d) of the Zoning Ordinance be and hereby is amended to add athletic fields with lighting and loud speakers in the Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone as a conditional use and to increase the allowable structure size from ten thousand (10,000) square feet to two percent (2%) of the lot, to read as follows:
Section 8-2 Agricultural Buffer (A-B) zone
8-2(d) Conditional Uses. (Permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval.)
For any of the following conditional uses established after January 26, 1995, except where the A-B zone is adjacent to the county boundary, and the property is a minimum of ten (10) acres, a total of 2% of the square footage of the property or ten thousand (10,000) square feet, whichever is greater, shall be the maximum allowable for all structures proposed for such uses:
21. Commercial and non-commercial indoor and outdoor recreational facilities (excluding golf courses), with outdoor lighting, loudspeakers, and limited concession sales: but without retail sales of merchandise, and the like: but only when located immediately adjacent to the Blue Sky Rural Activity Center defined in the adopted Comprehensive Plan.
Section 2 - That this Ordinance shall become effective upon the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLISHED:
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