The Lexington City Planning Commission zoning committee voted unanimously Feb. 6 to postpone consideration of a rezoning request from D and J Realty LLC to convert a small parcel at 125 Canebrake from B5P (interchange service business) to I‑1 (light industrial).

Planning staff member Daniel Crim said the application seeks an industrial designation to allow indoor storage of recreational vehicles and campers, with a single building, vehicle circulation area and an on‑site pump station for RV sewage. “So overall, we’re recommending a…postponement acknowledging that the master plan does call for light industrial in this area,” Crim said, citing missing materials the committee needs to evaluate the request.

The postponement matters because the parcel lies inside the Blue Sky Rural Activity Center expansion area and the city’s urban service boundary, where the comprehensive plan pencils in light‑industrial and flexible “flex space” uses near the interstate. Staff told the committee, however, that the application lacks detail on how it will meet ordinance requirements for a pedestrian connection from the public right of way to the structure and on how site parking and vehicular loading will be configured to meet Article 16 standards.

Applicant David Samakar, who identified himself as the architect, owner, developer and proposed tenant, told the committee the proposed facility responds to a countywide lack of indoor storage and dumping options for large RVs and motorhomes and that the site is intended to be fenced and secure. “There’s not a whole lot of things that I don’t think that we haven’t already complied with with this revised submittal,” Samakar said. He asked the committee to consider waivers for pedestrian access to the fenced facility and for conventional passenger parking because the site’s circulation is designed for large vehicles.

Staff and the subdivision committee flagged several items for follow up, including a fuller letter of justification tying the rezoning request to master plan goals, schematic pedestrian connections from Canebrake to the site, and confirmation that paved loading/vehicular areas meet code. Chris Chaney of planning staff said the development plan in the hearing packet had been updated after the subdivision committee met earlier the same day and that revised staff conditions would be provided before the full commission review.

Committee discussion was limited and no public speakers spoke on the item. A motion to postpone consideration of PLN‑MAR‑25‑1 carried unanimously.

Votes at a glance

• PLN‑MAR‑25‑1 (D and J Realty LLC): Motion to postpone consideration of rezoning from B5P to I‑1 for 125 Canebrake — Mover: Forrester; Second: Wilson; Outcome: Postponed (unanimous).