LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington’s Board of Adjustment will hear a range of variance and conditional use requests Monday, Oct. 12, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 200 East Main Street, according to the board’s posted agenda. Two applicants have already asked to be postponed, and th e board is also scheduled to approve minutes from its January and February 2026 meetings. Woodlake Properties LLC is seeking a conditional use permit for indoor live entertainment within 100 feet of a residential zone at 125 Cherrybark Drive in Council District 10. Barnes Mill Farm II LLC wants approval for an un-hosted short-term rental on Jacks Creek Pike at 5121 Jacks Creek Pike in Council District 12. Both applicants requested that their cases move to the Nov. 9, 2026 meeting. The Lexington Times previewed the hearing last week. Several driveway cases are on the docket. Nicholas Wolter asked to cut the required five-foot front setback at 716 Harrison Trace in Council District 1 to zero feet so he can build a driveway. Planning staff recommended disapproval, saying there is not enough room to park without blocking the sidewalk and that on-street parking already exists on the street. Matthew Gene Lawson, seeking a zero-foot front setback at 232 Warnock Street in the same district, received a staff recommendation of approval, which pointed to a drop in grade that limits how far the driveway can extend. Canopy Property Management LLC requested four variances to build a duplex and parking area at 246 Idaho Avenue. Staff recommended denial, noting that the lot could support the duplex without front parking. Accessory structures and home additions also appear on the agenda. Embry Property Management LLC wants to enlarge accessory buildings at 112 Garrett Avenue in Council District 11 from 731.5 square feet to 1,760 square feet and raise their height limit. Staff recommended disapproval, and its report noted that the work was done without a permit. Thaddeus Robert Salmon III requested a side setback reduction at 929 Idlewild Court in Council District 1 so he can rebuild a detached garage on the footprint of a demolished structure; staff backed that request. Colleen Harmeling asked for a higher floor area ratio at 335 Transylvania Park in Council District 3 to add a rear addition inside an H-1 historic overlay district, and staff also supported that request. The Berea Christian Church is asking the board to amend its existing conditional use permit at 3894 Iron Works and 2675 Berea Road in Council District 12. The congregation wants to build a sanctuary and parking lot, and it seeks a variance to reduce the front setback from 50 feet to 15 feet. Staff recommended approval of the permit, provided the church removes all parking inside the floodplain. Staff noted that the church’s hours and days of activity would not change. The board derives its authority from Chapter 100 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, which gives it jurisdiction over variances, conditional uses and changes to nonconforming uses. The posted agenda reviewed here does not show final votes, and the board’s decisions will be announced at the hearing. Sources LFUCG Meeting Archive The Lexington Times preview: Board of Adjustment to hear zoning cases Monday University of Kentucky law faculty article on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Board of Adjustment This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-5-5) based on source material from LFUCG Meeting Archive, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6905. View in feeds The post Board of Adjustment to weigh driveway, garage and duplex variances Monday appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less