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(A) Use by the Metro Council.
(1) If the Metro Council adopts a neighborhood plan or plan section, it shall thereafter consider the recommendations and proposals of the plan in the development of county-wide plans and strategies, the review of policy, the allocation of resources, the provision of services and the preparation and review of budgets, both general and community development; and
(2) The Council may also exercise its authority under KRS 100.211 to act as applicant for form district or zoning change proposals recommended by the plan to establish a development pattern compatible with the neighborhood plan or plan sections. This shall in no way bind the Metro Council to approve any form district or zoning change proposal. The Metro Council shall objectively discharge its responsibilities pursuant to KRS Ch. 100.
(3) The neighborhood plans or plan sections shall be introduced as official planning evidence in the review of zoning change proposals for determining agreement with the community's Comprehensive Plan.
(B) Use by executive branch. Adopted neighborhood plans or plan sections shall be used by the executive branch of Metro Government and various associated agencies as guides in the development of county-wide plans and policies, the review of policy, the allocation of resources, the provision of services and the preparation and review of budgets, both general and community development.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 153.06) (Lou. Ord. No. 22-1980, approved 2-26-1980; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007)
(A) Neighborhood meeting requirement. Prior to submitting the draft neighborhood plan to the Planning Commission for a public hearing, the plan shall be made available for public review and comment at a public meeting, in addition to other public presentations such as online engagement. This meeting/presentation is not included in the minimum of three public engagements required during the planning process in § 161.03(F). The plan should be accessible to all, including any reasonable accommodations needed to overcome language, literacy or technology barriers.
(B) Planning Commission public hearing and recommendation. After a neighborhood plan has been prepared in accordance with this chapter, and before it is acted on by the Metro Council, the Louisville Metro Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing and make a recommendation to Metro Council on the neighborhood plan, including what portions, if any, of the executive summary of the neighborhood plan should be adopted by Metro Council as an amendment to the comprehensive plan. The Planning Commission shall publish notice of the public hearing not less than seven nor more than 21 days prior to the hearing, in accordance with KRS Chapter 424.
(C) Metro Council adoption. After the Planning Commission has held a public hearing and made a recommendation on a neighborhood plan, the Metro Council may enact an ordinance adopting the neighborhood plan as recommended by the Planning Commission, or with modifications. Additionally, the Metro Council may specifically adopt an Executive Summary of the neighborhood plan as an amendment to the comprehensive plan.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 31-2021, 3-4-2021)
All neighborhood plans or plan sections may be reviewed and amended by the Metro Council at any time. The Planning Commission or Metro Council may initiate updates to previously completed neighborhood plans, including plans that were completed, but that were not formally adopted by the legislative body. Executive summaries of such plans may be adopted as part of the comprehensive plan if found to comply with the adopted goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan in place at the time of the proposed update or adoption. Such review and amendment shall follow the procedures set forth under §§ 161.01 through 161.07.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 153.07) (Lou. Ord. No. 22-1980, approved 2-26-1980; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007)
Neighborhood plans adopted by the Metro Council in accordance with this chapter shall be listed in Table XIV: Land Development Code, contained in the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government Table of Special Ordinances.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007)
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE
(A) (1) The Metro Council finds that there are presently numerous projects involving long-term capital commitments of private and public funds which are in progress or will soon commence in downtown; that the success of each individual project depends upon, and has tremendous impact on the overall success of this Metro Government's efforts to revitalize and redevelop the downtown; and, that there is a need for coordination of the development plans of the various public and private projects to insure that the goals and objectives of each project are compatible with the overall long-term development of the downtown.
(2) The Council also finds that there are numerous interest groups, governmental agencies, and public and private decision makers at the local, state and federal level which may impede development progress in the downtown unless they are able to arrive at common agreement on development goals and objectives.
(3) Finally, the Council finds that there is a need for established long-term goals, objectives, and plans for development in the downtown that are free from the influence of short-term goals and objectives of changing government administrations.
(B) The Metro Council declares as a matter of public policy that a Louisville Downtown Development Plan is needed in order to:
(1) Coordinate existing and proposed development projects, both public and private, downtown;
(2) Provide a framework whereby business, government, neighborhood preservationists, and other interest groups can arrive at common agreement on development downtown; and
(3) Establish long-term principles, goals, objectives, plans, and policies for the Downtown will facilitate coordinated and harmonious development, and eliminate uncertainty and disruption in the planning and implementation of development downtown.
(C) It is specifically intended that this Louisville Downtown Development Plan shall serve generally as a guide for determining the appropriateness of development and for decisions involving expenditure of public funds to achieve maximum public benefit from investment of these public funds in downtown.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 153.20) (Lou. Ord. No. 114-1980, approved 8-21-1980; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007)
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOWNTOWN.
The term shall not be considered in the traditional context of a Central Business District of one square mile bounded by the Ohio River, York Street, the North-South Expressway and Roy Wilkins Boulevard, but shall rather consist of this intensively developed area plus the contiguous surrounding and inter-related neighborhoods insofar as important physical and functional relationships exist. The Louisville Downtown Development Plan shall include those elements of surrounding neighborhoods which must work in concert with the intensively developed central area.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 153.21) (Lou. Ord. No. 114-1980, approved 8-21-1980; Lou. Am. Res. 186-1982, approved 8-11-1982; Lou. Am. Res. 268-1983, approved 12-13-1983; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 75-2007, approved 4-30-2007)
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