Title Page and Table of Contents
Editors Notes, June 2009
Chapter 1: General Provisions
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Definitions
Part 3: Nonconformance
Part 4: Maintenance of Common Open Space
and Common Facilities
Appendix 1a: LDC Adoption Status
Chapter 2: Zoning Districts Density Intensity, and Land Use
Part 1: General Provisions
Part 2: Residential Zoning (R-R - R8A)
Part 3: Office/Residential Zoning Districts (OR,OR-1,OR-2,OR-3, OTF)
Part 4: Commercial Zoning Districts (C-N,C-R,C-1,C-2,C-3,C-M)
Part 5: Industrial Zoning Districts (M-1,M-2,M-3)
Part 6: Special Purpose Districts (EZ-1,PRO,PEC,W-1,W-2,W-3)
Part 7: Specific Planned Development Districts
2.7.1: Planned Village Development District
2.7.2: Planned Transit Development District
2.7.3: Planned Residential Development District
2.7.4: Traditional Neighborhood Zoning District
Part 8: Planned Development District
2.8.1: Planned Development District - PD
Appendix 2A: Zoning Districts Uses Table
Appendix 2B: Old Louisville/Limerick TNZD Plan Report Excerpt
Chapter 3: Special Districts
Part 1: Floyds Fork Special District (reserved)
Development Review Overlay District & Floyds Fork DRO Guidelines
Part 2: Jefferson Memorial Forest Special District (reserved)
Part 3: Ohio River Corridor Special District (reserved)
Part 4: Tyler Rural Settlement Special District (reserved)
Appendix 3A: Bardstown Road/Baxter Avenue Corridor Review Overlay District
Appendix 3B: Downtown Overlay District
Appendix 3C: Waterfront Review Overlay District
Chapter 4: Generally Applicable Development Standards
Part 1: General Compatibility Standards
Part 2: Conditional Uses
Part 3: Permitted Uses with Special Standards
Part 4: Accessory Uses with Miscellaneous Standards
Part 5: Alternative Development Incentives
Part 6: Development on Sites with Environmental Constraints
Part 7: Development on Steep Slopes
Part 8: Waterways and Wetlands Protection
Part 9: Karst (Louisville Metro Only)
Part 10: Community Facilities Review
Appendix 4A: Examples of Acceptable Luminaries
Appendix 4B: Appropriate Lumens Output for Various Lamps
Appendix 4C: Sample Light Readings
Appendix 4D: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Maintained
Horizontal Illuminance Recommendations
Appendix 4E: Recreational Facilities Standards
Appendix 4F: Conditional Use Table
Appendix 4G: Floodplain Management
Appendix 4H: Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control
Chapter 5: Form Districts
Part 1: General Provisions
Part 2: Traditional Form Districts*
Part 3: Suburban Form Districts*
Part 4: Residential Site Design Standards
Part 5: Non Residential/Mixed Use Site Design Standards
Part 6: Building Design Standards
Part 7: Transition Standards
Part 8: Streets and Road Design Standards
Part 9: Transit and Connection Standards
Part 10: Traffic Impacts
Part 11: Form District Open Space Standards
Part 12: Special Design Requirement
Chapter 6: Mobility Standards
Part 1: Access Management
Part 2: Streets and Rights-of-Way
Part 3: Street Name Change, Street Closing, Street Naming and Site Addressing
Part 4: Design Standards for Transit
Part 5: Traffic and Air Quality Assessment
Appendix 6A: Access Management Design Manual
Appendix 6B/C: Abbreviations for Streets and Thoroughfares/Jefferson County Addressing Manual
Appendix 6D: Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances 97.010-97.015 Display of Address Numbers
Appendix 6E: Guidelines for Traffic Impact Studies and Air Quality Analysis
Appendix 6F: Transit Design Standards Manual
Chapter 7: Subdivision Regulations
Part 1: General Provisions and Definitions
Part 2: Procedures for Major Subdivisions
Part 3: Standards of Designs for Major Subdivisions
Part 4: Minimum Improvements for Major Subdivisions
Part 5: Preliminary Plan for Major Subdivisions
Part 6: Construction Plan for Major Subdivisions
Part 7: Record Plat for Mjor Subdivisions
Part 8: Minor Subdivisions
Part 9: Standard Certificate Form
Part 10: Enforcement
Part 11: Conservation Subdivisions
Chapter 8: Sign Regulations
Part 1: General Provisions
Part 2: Residential/Office Signs
Part 3: Business Signs
Part 4: Outdoor Advertising Signs
Part 5: Portable Signs
Part 6: Signs Along Special Roadway Corridors
Chapter 9: Parking and Loading
Part 1: Motor Vehicle Parking Standards
Part 2: Standards
Appendix 9A: Bicycle Parking Design Manual, 2002
Chapter 10: Tree Canopy, Landscaping
Part 1: Tree Canopy Regulations
Part 2: Landscape Design
Part 3: Parkway and Scenic Corridor Development Standards
Part 4: Implementation Standards
Part 5: Open Space Standards
Part 6: Streetscape Master Plan
Appendix 10A: Preferred Plant List
Appendix 10B: Prohibited Plant List/Parkways
Appendix 10C: Scenic Corridor Maps
Appendix 10D: PDS Tree Preservation Policy
Chapter 11: Development Review
Part 1: Administrative Officials
Part 2: Subdivisions
Part 3: Planned Development
Part 4: Zoning and Form District Map Ammendments
Part 5A/B: Conditional Use Permits/Variances
Part 6: Development Plans
Part 7: Appeals
Part 8: Waivers
Part 9: Fees
Part 10: Enforcment
Part 11A: Waivers and Variances
Part 11B: Fee Schedule
*Catagory 2a and 2b listing based on threshold tables within Chapter 5, Parts 2 and 3 (Form Districts)
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