Lexington commission rejects student-housing rezoning 5-0; one abstains
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission rejected a rezoning request for a proposed 10-story student-housing development at its Oct. 22 hearing. WKYT reported the vote was 5-0 against the change, with one abstention.
Chicago-based Up Campus Student Living sought the zoning change for properties on East High Street, Hagerman Court and Stone Avenue. Before the hearing, Aylesford neighbors opposed the proposal, citing concerns about historic homes and affordable housing, WKYT reported. Those were residents’ concerns, not established project impacts.
The city’s Planning Commission page lists the hearing for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Council Chamber, but does not record the vote tally. The commission’s rejection is not, by itself, a final Urban County Council decision. The city describes the commission’s role as making recommendations to the council on zone-change requests, and its page does not list a next step for this application.
Sources
- Rezoning request tied to 10-story student apartment development in Lexington denied, WKYT
- Planning Commission, City of Lexington, Kentucky
- Aylesford neighbors oppose 10-story student housing project, WKYT
- Latest Central Kentucky News | Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington Herald-Leader
- www.lexingtonky.gov
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