For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Housing for which the occupant(s) is/are paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.
BONA FIDE FARMING OPERATION. Has the same meaning as in LMCO § 99.01. This definition shall also include properties situated on five contiguous acres or more of land that are not actively being used in the operation and maintenance of a farm but have not been developed for a non-farming use.
CERTAIN METRO OFFICER ACTIVITIES. Discretionary activities performed by Metro Officers to assist a proposed development in Louisville Metro, when such activities are not performed in connection with a public process that allows for community input from the affected neighborhood. The public process should provide for at least one meeting in the affected neighborhood. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing sentence to the contrary, the following are excluded from this definition:
(1) Ministerial activities performed by Metro Officers; and
(2) Activities performed by Metro Officers in their roles on any boards or commissions that (i) are performing a ministerial function or (ii) are performing a discretionary function, but a public hearing is held as part of that discretionary function.
COMMISSION. The Anti-Displacement Commission.
DEVELOPMENT. The performance of any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, building or mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavating, or change in the use or appearance of any structure or land; the division of land into two or more parcels; any construction of improvements or clearing or the alteration of any land from a natural state to facilitate a residential, commercial, business, industrial or public use.
DISPLACEMENT OR GENTRIFICATION. When existing residents move out of a neighborhood due to rising higher housing costs or are forced out by lease non-renewals, evictions, eminent domain or physical conditions that render housing units uninhabitable as investors await redevelopment opportunities.
DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS. Housing market areas with higher renter rates as defined by Metro's Office of Housing and Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund's Housing Needs Assessment, updated every five years.
LETTER OF SUPPORT. A letter of support issued on behalf of a development by Metro Government with commitment of Metro Resources.
METRO RESOURCES. Resources used to support a development project, including Metro-owned or controlled land, property, letters of support, certain Metro Officer activities, industrial revenue bonds, tax abatements, tax increment financing, funding above $50,000 from Metro Government, or other local financial incentives.
OFFICE. Office of Housing and Community Development, or its successor.
RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT. A development has a residential component if any part of the development will be used as one or more housing units, as defined in § 119.01.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 166-2023, approved 11-9-2023)