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An Ordinance creating Chapter XIII in Article 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to authorize Council designation of Pedestrian-Oriented Business Districts to eliminate or modify off-street parking requirements. [Council Office, Maynard]
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Pedestrian Oriented Business District Ordinance
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Article 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is hereby amended to create Chapter XIII to read as follows:
CHAPTER XIII: COUNCIL DESIGNATION OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED BUSINESS DISTRICTS; ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS - Within the defined Infill and Redevelopment Area, the Urban County Council may through passage of an ordinance define certain specific areas as a Pedestrian-Oriented Business District. In any such designated area, the Council may waive up to 100% of all required off-street parking. The following requirements and procedures shall be applicable:
18-184. Any such district shall contain contiguous properties of at least 600’ feet of continuous frontage along a public street. Boundaries should terminate at each end at an intersecting public street. Although the district may include residential properties, eligible properties for the parking reduction shall only be those properties zoned in non-residential or mixed-use zoning categories.
18-185. Residential uses or tracts within the district will not be eligible for reduction or waiver of required off-street parking.
18-186. The Council shall find that the predominant character of the area is of a pedestrian nature and that the strict application of minimum parking wo...
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