Purpose: Launch of Phase 2 updates to Articles 1, 5, 18, and 26.
Phase I Recap:
1. Article 5 - Administration, Enforcement and Violations.
2. Article 18 - Landscape and Land Use Buffers.
3. Article 26: Tree Protection Standards.
Goals for Phase II:
1. Align with KRS 100.275 (House Bill 443).
2. Protect trees.
3. Modernize standards.
Intent: Establish enforcement procedures.
Key Points:
1. Enforcement by Planning, Building, Environmental Services.
2. Complaint-driven investigations.
3. Legal tools: citations, stop work, court action.
4. Documentation and right of entry protocols.
Intent: Reduce conflicts, enhance aesthetics.
Key Points:
1. Commercial-residential buffering.
2. VUA landscaping.
3. Plant material standards and screening.
Intent: Environmental and urban health benefits.
Key Points:
1. Tree preservation and mitigation.
2. Afforestation and reforestation.
3. Standards for development-related tree management.
1. Impact on other regulations (e.g., Article 1 and Subdivision Regs).
2. Article 5:
• Align enforcement language.
3. Article 18:
• Revise buffer matrix, remove outdated references.
• Update plant material standards.
4. Article 26:
• Move definitions to Article 1.
• Refine mitigation and protection.
Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
Spring – Summer 2026
Summer 2026 – Fall 2026
Fall 2026 – Spring 2027
STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
DRAFT TEXT.
PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
PLANNING COMMISSION.
COUNCIL ADOPTION.