ZALU Minutes for 09.10.14 meeting

Minutes of September 10, 2014 meeting of Old Louisville Zoning and Land Use Committee [ZALU] 

(Approved for publication on 10.08.14)

Regular monthly public meetings are scheduled on second Wednesday of each month.

Location: Old Louisville Information Center, Central Park

Called to order at 7:05 PM.

Attending members: Chuck Anderson, ZALU chair; Leah Stewart; Lira Johnson;  Joe Impellizzeri;  Bob Bajandas;  Christopher White; Stephen Peterson.

Absent members: Erin Lee, Mary Martin

Others in attendance:  none

Quorum: √

Summary of actions: Moved/Second/Vote -     M/S/V on ZALU August 13 meeting minutes.

Order of Business

I. Minutes from August 13 meeting presented. Motion to accept / seconded / approved unanimously with changes.

II.  Old Business:

A.    TNZD revisions. Chuck Anderson reports that he has produced a new document that interleaves the recommended new language and commercial uses into the current published uses so listed in the Land Development Code [LDC] Appendix 2 “Traditional Neighborhood Zoning District” [TNZD]. Anderson hopes that this document will be easier to understand than the original spreadsheet developed by the TNZD Review Group. Chuck solicited opinions about the document, by email, from all ZALU members.

Legend for interpreting the document:

• Text highlighted in grey (print document) or yellow (digital file) indicates currently listed uses in Appendix 2
• Text that is struck through with a line is no longer allowed in the permitted uses of Appendix 2
• Text that is underlined is a recommended addition to the list of uses in Appendix 2

     

      B.   Realtor letter.  Christopher suggested that Mary Martin take on the retooling and improvement of the realtor letter and its distribution procedure.  White will send out by email, to ZALU members, a mark up of the letter.

      C.   Old Louisville Neighborhood Council [OLNC] tabled motion to support Councilwoman Hamilton’s proposed moratorium  and study of rooming /  transitional housing in her district .  Leah will attend the Sept. OLNC

D.    Legal and code definitions and permits. Lira reports -

1.     that parsing the definition of family has proved to be a dead end. Bob asks if the better tactic would be to change the density regulations in the Property Maintenance Code and that the word “overcrowding” be substituted for the word “density” in any brief that Lira prepares from her research.

2.     that  she examined the process for issuing a Certificate of Occupancy [COO]  in several other cities: Lexington KY and Dallas TX. Issues were how much local control isallowed under KY law and how inexpensive and simple a certification process could be.  Single-family dwellings controlled locally.

KY law allows for local ordinance to be stricter than the state code. Can “use” be recorded in COO?

a)     Bob notes that COO pertains only to construction permits, not to property changing hands

b)     Discussion point on terminology: would the term “certificate of use” better serve our purposes?  Language from Dallas codes examined. Lira will include this point in her brief.

c)     Tangent: Stephen recounts a Metro PDS planning seminar he attended which discussed new density numbers for neighborhoods and controls on “Conditional Use Permit”[CUP].

E. Ongoing property cases

1) 1388 S. 2nd. Review case information.  Joseph reports on what is observable vis a vis the meter manifold. White reported on rental listings at the property including a Unit #7 in accessory building.

      2)  944 S. 6^th. Stephen reports owner has retained a lawyer to contest the zoning violation. Other 
      activity on site suggests that compliance is not  happening.
      3) 109 W. Ormsby. White reports: case has been referred to district court though no court date
        scheduled as of this writing.
      4)  1031 S. 6^th. Question is raised as to the status of the recent mapping change of the property 
        proposed to the Metro Planning Commission. More information needed. Discussion deferred.

     

Adjourned 8:08 p.m.