The Fayette Alliance supported the adaptive reuse text amendment that will allow adaptive reuse projects in the B-4 (Wholesale &Warehouse Business), I-1 (Light Industrial), and I-2 (Heavy Industrial) zones within the LFUCG Infill Redevelopment Boundary in downtown Lexington. Adaptive Reuse projects use abandoned, vacant, or underutilized structures for new purposes, such as loft apartments, boutique...
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The Fayette Alliance supports the ND-1 Overlay process as a measure to advance responsible infill redevelopment in Lexington–a core strategy in achieving farmland preservation in Fayette County. View the Alliance’s position statement.
Building support and gaining consensus on the Urban County Council for $2.4 million in local funding for the LFUCG Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program. This represents a .23% increase from the prior fiscal year. PDR will use this money to purchase conservation easements on approximately 1,812 additional acres of prime agricultural land in Fayette...
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In spring 2008, the Bluegrass Conservancy submitted an application to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to designate North Cleveland Road a Scenic Byway. A Scenic Byway is an honorary designation that celebrates an area’s scenic, natural, cultural, and historic resources. North Cleveland Road is located in the Eastern part of Fayette County in the Rural Service...
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In the Kentucky General Assembly spring 2008 legislative session, House Representative Susan Westrom-Lexington, sponsored House Bill 447 which sought to prohibit local governments and planning commissions from requiring affordable housing in residential developments. While the Fayette Alliance currently supports incentive based strategies to achieve affordable housing, the Alliance opposed House Bill 447 because it undermined...
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Developer Richardson-Todds Road LLC has filed a zone change application for roughly 9 acres of land located at 2020 Russell Cave Road. The developer is seeking a zone change from Agricultural-Urban (A-U) to Expansion Area Residential-2 (EAR-2). 47 residential units are planned for the site. Ultimately, the LFUCG Planning Commission and Urban County Council denied...
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East Bridgeford Land and Development Company developed property at 2356 Newtown Pike without securing a final approved development plan for the site. Such activity is the genesis of unintended environmental, infrastructural, and safety consequences for the community. The Planning Commission is looking at ways to address the problem. View the Fayette Alliance’s position statement. View...
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The LFUCG Council adopted the Planning Commission’s recommendation of approval re: the MU-3 zone change. View the Fayette Alliance’s position statement.
On July 12th 2007, the Metropolitan Planning Organization released a Bicycle and Pedestrian Masterplan for Jessamine and Fayette Counties. The plan endorses the Healthway Trail System-a system of off-road trails in the North-South and East-West Corridors of the inner Bluegrass Region. This Healthway Trail System will encourage bicycle and pedestrian activities in Fayette County. For...
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Headley Whitney Museum ultimately dropped its zone change application that would have allowed museums in the Agricultural-Rural Zone. View the Fayette Alliance’s position statement.
