LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on zoning items on July 23, considering proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan and multiple subdivision and zone change petitions, according to the official meeting agenda. The commission will addres s zoning map amendments through both abbreviated and full public hearings. Abbreviated hearings will apply only to petitions where staff recommends approval, the petitioner agrees with staff recommendations and there are no objections. Other petitions will proceed to full hearings with staff reports, petitioner presentations and citizen testimony. Among the major items on the agenda is a proposal from Mt. Laurel Lands Company for property at 2137 Old Paris Road in District 6, which seeks to rezone 1.12 net acres from Single Family Residential to Wholesale and Warehouse Business to establish specialty trade shops. The development plan shows 21 individual units with 36 parking spaces and an outdoor storage area. Both the zoning committee and planning staff have recommended postponement, citing technical issues with notice requirements that must be resolved before the application can proceed. The commission is also scheduled to consider a preliminary subdivision plan for Lane Allen Park, Lots 2 and 3, located at 1899 Parkers Mill Road in District 10. The project would subdivide the property into 28 single-family residential lots, a street right-of-way, and one homeowners association lot. The subdivision committee recommended postponement due to questions regarding stormwater detention and roadway intersection improvements. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. ET in the Council Chamber on the second floor of the LFUCG Government Center, 200 East Main Street. The Planning Commission reviews and adopts the community’s comprehensive plan, approves subdivision plats and development plans, and makes recommendations to the council for zone change requests. Sources LFUCG Meeting Agendas City of Lexington, Kentucky – Planning Commission This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from LFUCG Meeting Agendas, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4event_id=4923. View in feeds The post Planning panel to weigh subdivisions, zone changes July 23 appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less