The Planning Services Section serves as the implementation office for the adopted Comprehensive Plan.
The staff performs extensive duties regulating and coordinating development within the Urban County
government and provides the necessary informational services to accomplish that task. The section is
responsible for Planning Commission-related activities such as Zone Map Amendment requests (Zone Changes);
Subdivision and Development Plan Administration; Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulation Text
Amendments; Board of Adjustment Administration of Conditional Use Appeals, Variances, Administrative
Review Appeals; Board of Architectural Review Appeals and special community-related projects.
Among the many customers that we serve are the citizenry of Lexington-Fayette County, its neighborhood
associations, development and engineering professionals, and the members of the Urban County Council
and the Mayor’s Office. We work closely with the Divisions of Engineering, Traffic Engineering,
Building & Inspection, Greenspace and Urban Forestry.
Applications for subdivision, development and zoning plans follow a process that includes reviews in the Subdivision
Committee, Technical Committee, and the Planning Commission.
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