Zoning panel to consider student housing, downtown growth projects

This is a Zoning Committee Meeting for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government scheduled for September 3, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The agenda includes three new zoning map amendment petitions, two zoning ordinance text amendments, and five postponed zoning matters.

UP Campus Student Living, LLC – Zone map amendment from Medium Density Residential (R-4) and Professional Office (P-1) to Downtown Frame Business (B-2A) for 1.134 net acres at 226, 228, 230 E High Street; 209-211, 217, 219 Stone Avenue; and 102 Hagerman Court (Lyndhurst Place development) Turner Property 4, LLC – Zone map amendment from Neighborhood Business (B-1) and Wholesale and Warehouse Business (B-4) to Industrial Redevelopment PUD-3 for 2.394 net acres at 1305, 1307, 1309 W Main Street; includes variance requests to reduce yard and buffer requirements (Turner Commons) Regency Holdings Three, LLC – Zone map amendment from Single-Family Residential (R-1C) to Neighborhood Business (B-1) for 1.185 net acres at 131 and 147 Pasadena Drive; includes variances for setbacks and buffer, plus conditional use permit for drive-thru facilities (Berry Crest) Update to Industrial Zones – Text amendment to modernize Wholesale and Warehouse Business (B-4), Light Industrial (I-1), and Heavy Industrial (I-2) zones Update to Downtown Zones – Text amendment to modernize downtown zoning categories and implement the Downtown Area Master Plan South Broadway Project Owner, LLC (postponed) – Zone map amendment from Wholesale and Warehouse Business (B-4) to Neighborhood Business (B-1) for 5.089 net acres at 1021, 1057, 1059-1069 S Broadway (The Dean Lexington) Anderson Communities, Inc. (postponed) – Zone map amendment from Agricultural Rural (A-R) to Neighborhood Business (B-1) and Medium Density Residential (R-4) for 123.13 net acres at 4200 Todds Road (Andover Commons) Attended Donation Center Regulations (postponed) – Text amendment to add definition and allow attended donation centers as principal use in B-3, B-4, B-6P, and PUD-3 zones, and conditional use in B-1 zone The new zoning map amendment petitions for UP Campus Student Living, Turner Property 4, and Regency Holdings Three accept public comment.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Planning Commission’s Zoning Committee will meet Wednesday, Sept. 3, to consider three new zoning map amendments and updates to downtown and industrial regulations.

The agenda includes a proposal by UP Campus Student Living, LLC to rezone approximately 1.4 acres near East High Street and Stone Avenue from residential and professional office zones to Downtown Frame Business. The proposal is part of the broader student housing development trend in downtown Lexington, where 5,000 new student housing beds have been approved near campus over the next year to address University of Kentucky enrollment growth.

A second proposal from Turner Property 4, LLC seeks to rezone 2.7 acres at West Main Street from neighborhood and warehouse business zones to an Industrial Redevelopment Planned Unit Development. The Turner Commons project would also reduce setback and buffer requirements along West Main Street for a proposed drive access.

The third new petition comes from Regency Holdings Three, LLC, which proposes rezoning 1.4 acres at Pasadena Drive and Nicholasville Road from single-family residential to neighborhood business. The applicant is also seeking variances to increase front yard setbacks and reduce vehicular use buffers, plus a conditional use permit to operate drive-thru facilities.

The committee will also consider two ordinance text amendments: one to modernize industrial zones covering wholesale and warehouse, light industrial, and heavy industrial categories, and another to update downtown zoning rules and implement the adopted Downtown Area Master Plan.

Five zoning map amendments scheduled earlier remain postponed, including proposals for the South Broadway Project, Edward McGhee’s property on Tates Creek Road, and the Andover Commons development on Todds Road.

The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET at the Phoenix Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room. The next Zoning Committee meeting is set for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 1:30 p.m.

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Zoning panel to consider student housing, downtown growth projects

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