American Beauty Homes Corp. v. Louisville & Jefferson County Planning & Zoning Commission

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a zoning case which raises a very important question of administrative appeal procedure. Appellant, the owner of a tract of land in Jefferson County, sought to have the zoning classification changed from a one family residential district to a “D-l” commercial district. The Zoning Commission denied the request. The circuit court, on a trial “de novo” under KRS 100.057(2), upheld the ruling of the Commission.

The property involved is a 2% acre tract of land located on the north side of Blue Lick Road in Jefferson County, approximately 780 feet west of Preston Highway.…