Imagine Lexington (2024 Comprehensive Plan update) is the city's master land-use document, guiding zoning, infrastructure, and the Urban Service Boundary. It is updated roughly every five years by LFUCG Planning.
Imagine Lexington is the official LFUCG Comprehensive Plan, last updated in 2024. It establishes goals for housing, sustainability, mobility, equity, and rural land use. Most importantly, it reaffirms the Urban Service Boundary (USB), the 1958 first-in-nation growth limit that separates urbanized Lexington from rural Bluegrass equine country. New zoning amendments and major development plans must demonstrate consistency with Imagine Lexington and pass through the Planning Commission and Urban County Council. The plan also sets neighborhood-scale design expectations and corridor-specific guidance. Residents can comment during periodic updates and proposed zoning map amendments.
Imagine Lexington itself is policy. Zoning amendments inconsistent with it can be denied. Development plan violations under Chapters 24 and 25 carry separate enforcement and possible permit revocation.
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Lexington imposes no general restriction on year-round lawn ornaments, statuary, or religious displays on private residential property. The Zoning Ordinance ...
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Lexington has no ordinance specifically regulating residential inflatable holiday displays. Size, motor noise, and lighting hours are not capped by city code...
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Lexington has no ordinance limiting the duration, brightness, or hours of residential holiday lighting on private property. The Zoning Ordinance Article 17 (...
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An outdoor kitchen in Lexington typically requires a building permit when the structure exceeds 200 sq ft, is attached to the house, or includes a roof or pe...
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Lexington has no code section specifically targeting residential smokers, pellet grills, or wood-fired ovens beyond the general Kentucky Fire Code open-flame...
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Lexington adopts the Kentucky Fire Code, which is based on NFPA 1 (2018 edition with Kentucky amendments), via LFUCG Code Chapter 9 (Fire Prevention). NFPA 1...
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