Planning Commission Minutes 2007 06 28

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes JUNE 28, 2007 Page 4 of 7 Zoning, the 'taking' of property, SRU criteria as it relates to expansion of industrial property, and the Purpose Statement 17.14.010 D. He asked the commission to consider using the money from the Brownfields fund to do additional study of the HWY 42. He also asked if the commission was considering how the development ofHWY 42 would affect the Old Town downtown. Kimberly Junior, 808 Trailridge, distributed a letter from her mother, Carol Deborski. She then reviewed the letter with the Commission with the following points: property owner rights to be preserved, there should be a simplified process for expansion and should be the same for industrial or commercial properties, some businesses in area do need to expand which would enhance the community and all the current property owners should be treated fairly and equally. She specifically noted that the Louisville Revitalization Commission had recommended and supports a 50% expansion of property. Loo moved and Dalton seconded a motion to enter into record the letter from Carol Deborski. Motion passed with voice vote. Michael Menaker, 1827 Choke Cherry Dr, discussed the following: parking ratio requirements, 1 st floor requirement of retail/commercial and the option for some of the residential to be 1 st floor and the proposed restriction of Industrial expansion. Commission Discussion: Lipton requested the Commissioners discuss the following: 1) 1 st floor commercial/retail 2) Parking ratio 3) Industrial expansion rt Floor Commercial/Retail Discussion follows. Loo stated that she favors keeping the 1 st floor as commercial/retail. McAvinew stated he interested in not being that rigid (commercial/retail). Dalton suggested leaving some flexibility for the developer to come forward with a recommendation at the time of application. Sheets suggested an incentive be developed to encourage the commercial/retail development. Lipton stated there needs to be more flexibility and would support the idea of incentives. Hartman supports flexibility. Wood stated the tracking of flexible mixed use would be difficult for a staff of 2 to accomplish. Dalton suggested a ratio and asked if that would be easier Wood stated it would be difficult to track and enforce. Sheets asked how many acres are in the MU-R zone district. Wood stated that 13.2 acres would be within MU-R zone district and the entire HWY 42 area is 24.6 acres. Parking Ratio Discussion Follows: Dalton asked what would work for the area. Loo asked what happens if the ratio is increased and perhaps the commission should consider