Montfort v. Archer

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In this action, brought by neighboring property owners against the owner of a tract of land in suburban Jefferson County, judgment was entered upholding the validity of a resolution of the Jefferson County Fiscal Court which rezoned part of the tract from M~2 (light industrial) to M-3 (heavy industrial), so as to permit operation of a concrete-mix plant on the tract.1 The plaintiffs have appealed.

An application to rezone the entire tract to M-3 was made initially to the Louisville and Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission. After an evidentiary hearing, that…