# Lexington zoning committee to review 5 postponed development petitions **Published:** 2026-06-04T17:30:00.000Z **Source:** [LFUCG Meeting Agendas](https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6790) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/lexington-zoning-committee-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions LEXINGTON, Ky. — [The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Planning Commission Zoning Committee is scheduled to reconsider five zoning map amendment petitions](https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6790) on June 4 that have been postponed from previous meetings, according to the committee's agenda. The petitions involve proposed rezoning of properties across the city for commercial, residential and warehouse development. [Three of the applications were previously postponed in May, including a request by Mount Laurel Lands Company to convert 1.12 acres on Old Paris Road from single-family residential to wholesale and warehouse business use.](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) [The committee will also consider Edward McGhee's proposal to rezone nearly 9.4 acres on Tates Creek Road and Saron Drive from single-family residential to medium-density residential.](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) A related development plan for the Tom Collins Farm property also appears on the agenda. [South Broadway Project Owner, LLC is seeking approval to convert 5.089 acres on South Broadway from wholesale and warehouse business to neighborhood business zoning.](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) [The property includes the former Dean Lexington tobacco company site.](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) A second residential development proposal on Sir Barton Way seeks to rezone 3.94 acres from professional office to medium-density residential. RAK Properties Lexington, LLC also is requesting a waiver to allow use of an existing access easement for the Sir Barton Way apartments project. [The Fox South property petition on Southland Drive requests rezoning from professional office to neighborhood business, along with multiple variances to reduce landscaping and tree canopy requirements.](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) The applicant seeks to increase the maximum front yard setback and eliminate buffer requirements for the vehicular use area. [The Planning Commission reviews and adopts the community's comprehensive plan, approves subdivision plats and development plans, and makes recommendations to the council for zone change requests.](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/government/boards-commissions/planning-commission) The zoning committee meets at 1:30 p.m. ET in the Phoenix Building's third-floor conference room, 101 E. Vine Street. The next regularly scheduled zoning committee meeting is July 2. ## Sources - [LFUCG Meeting Agendas](https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6790) - [Lexington Times: Zoning committee set to review 5 postponed development petitions](https://lexingtonky.news/2026/06/02/zoning-committee-set-to-review-5-postponed-development-petitions/) - [City of Lexington Planning Commission](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/government/boards-commissions/planning-commission) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from LFUCG Meeting Agendas, enriched with 3 web searches. The original source is available at https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=6790.