City Council Agenda and Packet 2012 07 03

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City Council Meeting Minutes June 19, 2012 Page 11 of 20 Mayor Pro Tem Dalton felt Council needed to consider for future historic preservation projects, when a structural assessment reveals issues does the applicant have the chance to reconsider landmarking. Council member Keany agreed if the structure was not salvageable, there needed to be discussion of what could be done. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton suggested some protection of the homeowner in those cases. Mayor Muckle said the issue is how much the City wanted to invest as well as impact to the homeowner. He felt there were solutions for most items with the right expertise. Council member Loo wanted extraordinary circumstances for historic preservation funds to be better defined and wondered about the public purpose and the benefit to the City. MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Dalton moved to approve Resolution No. 28, Series 2012 as recommended by the staff seconded by Council member Loo. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6 -0. Absent: Councilor Jasiak. ORDINANCE NO. 1615, SERIES 2012 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW THE LIMITED WHOLESALING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS (C -B), COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY (C -C), INDUSTRIAL (I), AND THE PLANNED COMMUNITY - COMMERCIAL (P -C) ZONE DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC) ZONE DISTRICT WITHIN THE HIGHWAY 42 REVITALIZATION AREA — 2ND READING — PUBLIC HEARING (ADVERTISED DAILY CAMERA 06/10/2012) Mayor Muckle requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1615, Series 2012. Mayor Muckle opened the public hearing and called for a staff report. Planner I Robinson stated the City has received inquiries from several potential businesses wanting to operate a business model primarily retail /restaurant with limited wholesale sales. The most common business model mentioned is a brewery, or taproom, but a coffee roaster has also expressed interest and other potential businesses would fit this model. Much of the interest is for Downtown Louisville's Community Commercial (CC) zone district, but there has also been interest in other commercial areas. The Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) does not currently allow wholesale sales and distribution in the CC zone district, nor is it an expressly allowed use in Planned Community Zone District - Commercial (PCZD -C) zones, or the Mixed Use Community Commercial (MU -CC) zone district, which comprise the majority of commercial areas in the City (The MU -CC district is the CC district in the Highway 42 Revitalization Area, which, while sharing a name with the standard CC district, is a unique district with its own yard and bulk standards and allowed uses). Wholesaling is allowed, however, in the Community 23