ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008, THE VERSAILLES-MIDWAY-WOODFORD COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL HOLD THEIR SCHEDULED MEETING IN THE 2ND FLOOR COURTROOM AT 6:30 P.M.

 

ROLL CALL:

 

MINUTES:  January 10, 2008

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

1.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  Amended Preliminary Plat – Wooldridge Gardens Phase III, Section 3 Town Houses – Falling Springs Blvd – R-1C(PUD) 68 lots.

 

2.                   PUBLIC HEARING: Zoning Map Amendment & Preliminary Development Plan/Preliminary Plat –Hope  Ann Lowe (Holly Hill Lane) – 8148 Troy Pike – 85.0165 acres from A-1 to A-2, 17.0017 acres from A-2 to Rural Residential, 68.0408 acres from A-2 to Rural Residential/Residual - creating eight lots.

 

3.                   Final Plat – Rose Ridge, Unit 3B – Greentree Road – 21 lots – R-1B District.

 

4.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  To review and possibly amend Article VII, Section 714.4(D) of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the use of a hotel or motel in the B-2 District as a conditional use as follows:

 

714.4         Conditional Uses

 

D.  Hotels and motels (See 714.7 Special Provisions)

 

5.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  To review and possibly amend To review and possibly amend  the Zoning Ordinance - Article VII, Section 714.7 (B) to add the following:

 

714.7 (B)

 

B.  Off-Street Parking is required for Hotels and Motels at a ratio of one (1) space per suite, plus one (1) for each employee on maximum shift, wit a minimum of five (5) spaces.

 

6.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  To review and possibly amend Article VI, Section 600.2A of the Zoning Ordinance to allow one parking space per each 300 sq. ft. of floor area for home improvement stores.

 

PARKING SPACES

                                                                                                                                                                REQUIRED PER UNIT

USE                                                        UNIT OF MEASUREMENT                               OF MEASUREMENT

 

Home Improvement Stores                each 300 sq. ft. of floor area                              One (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  To review and possibly amend the Subdivision Regulations (Yellow Book) Article VI, Section 660 to require the 4% open space to be only within the Urban Service Boundary of Versailles or Midway as follows:

 

660 Land Requirement for Community Facilities and Adequacy and Accessibility to Public Facilities

 

                A. In reviewing subdivision plats, the Planning Commission will consider the adequacy and accessibility of existing or proposed community facilities to serve the additional dwellings proposed by the subdivision.

 

Where a proposed park, playground, or other recreational area, proposed school site, or other public uses, shown in the Comprehensive Plan is located in whole or in part within a proposed subdivision, such proposed public use or  park, if not dedicated to public use, or conveyed to the City, County or the Board of Education, shall be reserved for a period not more than two years from the date of final approval of the Final Subdivision Plat by the Planning Commission for acquisition by the Fiscal Court, the City Council, the Board of Education or other public agency by purchase or other means.

 

At a minimum, open space (exclusive of retention/detention basins) shall constitute no less than four (4%) percent of the gross area of any subdivision or development site located within the Versailles or Midway Urban Service Boundary.  This open space area shall have at least sixty (60%) percent of its perimeter abutting a public street edge.

 

8.                   PUBLIC HEARING:  To review and possibly amend the Subdivision Regulations (Purple Book) Part 3 Section 1.3.02 to require the 4% open space to be only within the Urban Service Boundary of Versailles or Midway as follows:

 

1.3.02

 

No less than four (4%) percent of the gross area of any Subdivision or Development Site shall be planned and dedicated as open space for the benefit of the residents of the Subdivision  or Development when located within the Versailles or Midway Urban Service Boundary .  Required open space shall be:

 

9.                   PUBLIC HEARING: To review and possibly amend the Zoning Ordinance to add an additional Chapter XI regarding a Landscape Plan.

 

Landscape and Land Use Buffers Zoning Ordinance to be know as new Article XI, to include the following: Intent, Sites Affected, Authority, Jurisdiction, Conflicting Regulations, Where Landscape Materials Required, Perimeter Landscaping Requirements, Property Perimeter Requirements,  Vehicular Use Area Perimeter Requirements, Location of Landscape Buffer Area (LBA), Relationship to Yare Requirements, Responsibility for Providing LBA’s, Requirement Conflicts, Landscaping at Driveway & Street Intersections, Joint Driveways & Common Vehicular Use Areas, Existing Landscape Material,  Interior Landscaping for Vehicular  Use Areas, Landscaping for Service Structures, Landscape Materials, Vehicle Overhang, Maintenance and Installation, Plan Submission and Approval, Planting Manual and Plant Materials List, Administration, Enforcement,  Variances,  and Definitions.

 

A complete copy of the proposed text can be found on the Versailles-Midway-Woodford County Planning Commission Web Site at   with a link to the February 14, 2008 agenda or a copy can be reviewed at or purchased from the Planning Commission Office at 103 South Main Street, Court House – Suite 204, Versailles, Kentucky.

 

BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS:

 

1.                   Financial Report & Bills –  January 2008

2.                   Monthly Budget Report –  January 2008

3.                   Report to Commission – January 2008

4.                   Bond Status Report – January 2008

5.                   Communications: