District 10 E-News
Louisville Metro Government sent this bulletin at 08/03/2018 03:40 PM EDT
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Upcoming events at the Louisville Nature Center
Louisville Nature Center will offer Nature Adventure Camp August 6 to 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Campers, ages 6 to 12, will explore the Beargrass State Nature Preserve and learn about the animals that call this place home. For more information call 458-1328.
Heartsaver CPR/AED & First Aid Certification Classes at the Louisville Nature CenterThe Louisville Nature Center is offering two-year CPR/AED & First Aid Certification for ages 12 and up. Approximate class length is five hours. Cost is $70 for members, and $80 for non-members. You can also schedule a class to be done at your location. Please call the Louisville Nature Center at 502-458-1328 for more information or to register. August 7 - Historical Marker Dedication
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 An historical marker dedication honoring Saddler Sergeant Otto Voit will be Tuesday, August 7 at 10:30 a.m. at 1808 S. Preston Street. Officially known as Kentucky Historical Highway Marker #2554, the marker commemorates Voit's bravery: HEROISM AT LITTLE BIG HORN Co. H, Seventh U.S. Cavalry, was taking heavy losses at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Intense fire from nearly all sides led to more wounded and a critical need for water. Otto Voit and three other soldiers stood exposed on a hilltop for 20 minutes, taking fire and covering for others who crossed open ground for water. Military Order of the Purple Heart, Dept. of Kentucky SADDLER SERGEANT OTTO VOIT Saddler Voit received the Medal of Honor Oct. 5, 1878 for valor at Little Big Horn. He served for another two decades and rose to the rank of Saddler Sergeant. After his discharge, Voit settled in Louisville. A German immigrant, Voit became a U.S. citizen in 1902. He died in 1906 and rests in St. Stephen’s Cemetery. Chapter 146, Military Order of the Purple Heart |
August 7 - National Night Out 2018
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National Night Out with the Louisville Metro Police Department's Fourth Division will be Tuesday, August 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Wyandotte Park.
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The LMPD's Fifth Division will celebrate National Night Out at the Peterson-Dumesnil House at 301 South Peterson Avenue. The event, from 6 to 9 p.m., will feature food, music, and door prizes.
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 The Louisville Metro Police Department Sixth Division is partnering this year with the LMPD Seventh Division for National Night Out. The event will be held at Target, 7311 Jefferson Boulevard, from 6 to 8 p.m. National Night Out began simply with neighbors turning on their porch lights and sitting in front of their homes. Today, it is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Furthermore, it provides an opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances. There will not be a Chief’s Walk on Tuesday, August 7 so Chief Steve Conrad may attend the various National Night Out events. |
August 16 - Opening Ceremony for WWI - Camp Zachary Taylor Exhibit at the Kentucky State Fair
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If you didn't get to enjoy the Evolution of Camp Zachary Taylor exhibit at the Filson Historical Society, worry not. The WWI - Camp Zachary Taylor Exhibit will return to the Kentucky State Fair again this year, August 16 to 26. The opening ceremony will be the morning of August 16. Watch for details in a future District 10 E-News. |
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August 19 - cycLOUvia on Goss and Logan
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CycLOUvia returns to Goss and Logan on Sunday, August 19 from 2 to 6 p.m. CycLOUvia is your opportunity to experience Louisville by walking, cycling, skateboarding, or dancing in the street. Streets account for a massive amount of public land in all cities. CycLOUvia repurposes these public spaces by temporarily replacing traditional vehicular traffic with pedestrian traffic. Streets become paved parks where people of all ages, abilities, and socio-economic backgrounds can come to improve their mental, physical, and emotional health. |
August 18 - Walk through the Wild at the Louisville Zoo
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Please
plan to join ChooseWell Communities and the Founding Families of Project Thrive
on August 18 - as the groups illuminate their work to equip families in recovery who
are rebuilding lives for themselves and their young children. Project Thrive
envisions a Compassionate City where every family with a child under three years of age is
THRIVING in a home free from parental substance misuse.
Register here: https://louisvilletickets.com/events/walk-through-the-wild
Your walk registration includes free admission to the Louisville Zoo.
August 22 - next Free Wednesday Night Movie at Joe Creason Park
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The next Metro Parks Free Wednesday Night Movie will be The Sea Wolves on August 22. Movies begin at dusk, and items will be available for purchase. Before the movies, there will be interactive activities for children, with Mobile Playground/Rec on the Go and the Outdoor Recreation Environmental Education program.
Louisville Metro news
MSD closes portion of East Liberty Street and Baxter Avenue due to cave-in
Thursday, a hole opened up in the pavement along East Liberty at Baxter Avenue. The five by eight-foot hole revealed a 15 by 30-foot wide, 10 to 12-foot deep void under the pavement.
MSD crews have reduced East Liberty Street to one lane, and the intersection with Baxter Avenue is partially closed.
The hole is near a cave-in site from June that was the result of a break in a 30-inch, 1871-era brick sewer line. There is no estimate on the repair timeline, and no interruption to sewer service in the area.
Louisville Metro Government launches new web tool to explore Opportunity Zones
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In April 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury certified 144 Opportunity Zones in 84 Kentucky counties as recommended by Governor Matt Bevin under a new community development program, the Investing in Opportunity Act, part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In Louisville, 19 census tracts are designated as Opportunity Zones.
The Opportunity Zones program is designed to spur economic development and create jobs by encouraging long-term investment in economically-distressed urban and rural areas. The program provides a tax incentive for investors to re-invest their unrealized capital gains into Opportunity Funds that are dedicated to investing in Opportunity Zones.
“The Opportunity Zones program establishes the framework for investors to inject investment into projects in our city that will have a significant social impact. Projects like the redevelopment of the Louisville Gardens, the Track on Ali at Heritage West, and projects from Butchertown to downtown to west Louisville are great examples of developments that could benefit from this program,” said Mayor Greg Fischer. “We look forward to continuing our work with our partners at the state and with local investors to strategically grow our city.”
To assist business owners and investors with identifying Opportunity Zones, the city created an interactive map to show exact addresses and boundaries of Louisville’s designated Opportunity Zones.
To search Louisville-specific addresses, visit https://louisvilleky.gov/government/louisville-forward/opportunity-zones-louisville
To learn more about Kentucky Opportunity Zones, visit www.KYOZ.com
To read more about Opportunity Zones in general, visit https://eig.org/opportunityzones
Center for Neighborhoods announce the Neighborhood Institute Fall 2018 - application deadline is August 15
 Apply now to join the Center for Neighborhoods' Neighborhood Institute Fall 2018. Classes will meet at Center For Neighborhoods, 507 South Third Street, August 28 to November 13, every Tuesday, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., eleven weekly class sessions followed by a graduation celebration. Dinner is provided. The Neighborhood Institute Fall 2018 is open to all neighborhoods, Metro Council Districts and the whole community. There is no charge to attend, but space is limited, and applications will be accepted through Wednesday, August 15. The Neighborhood Institute is a neighborhood leadership-education program established in 1987 by the Center For Neighborhoods, a non-profit civic organization. The Neighborhood Institute equips neighborhood leaders with the resources necessary to effect positive change by acting through and with their neighborhood groups. Each semester of Neighborhood Institute begins by identifying and assessing what class members view as being their most pressing issues. Part of the Neighborhood Institute curriculum includes a self-directed project in the community. Through the class projects, people become engaged in the community as they branch out and apply the information and knowledge from the class to real life situations. To apply for the 12-week program, contact John Hawkins at 502-589-0343 or johnh@centerforneighborhoods.org. You can also apply online at www.centerforneighborhoods.org. |
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Good through August 11 - 2018 Cultural Pass available now
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Greater Louisville's innovative Cultural Pass gets kids and families learning, playing,and exploring all summer long - for free.
Use the 2018 Cultural Pass to visit world-class institutions like the Louisville Science Center, Speed Art Museum, Louisville Zoo, and more. Pick up your pass at any Louisville Free Public Library, Jeffersonville Township Library, New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, or Bullitt County Public Library location. Visit www.fundforthearts.org/culturalpass for details. |
TARC Summer Youth Pass provides unlimited rides through August 31
Getting to jobs, the movies, learning activities and other fun events around Louisville is affordable and easy for young people with the TARC Summer Youth Pass.
The pass costs $30 and is available to anyone 6 - 19 years old. With the pass, youths can take unlimited TARC rides on all routes through August 31.
Order the pass from TARC’s website, www.ridetarc.org, or purchase at Union Station, 1000 W. Broadway, Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway, all Fifth Third Banks, and the Louisville Free Public Library at 3rd and York. To order by mail, send a check or money order for $30, with your name, address and phone number, to SUMMER YOUTH PASS; c/o TARC cashier; 1000 W. Broadway; Louisville, KY 40203.
Intersection of Baxter and Lexington to be closed through August for MSD work
 MSD sewer line work has closed the intersection of Lexington Road and Baxter Avenue. It will reopen no later than August 7. While MSD is working in the area, all area businesses are open with access to parking. Local detours are marked. Commuter traffic, between the Highlands and downtown, will detour to Broadway and East Chestnut Street. The construction is to install a new sanitary sewer line that will connect to the Waterway Protection Tunnel. The new line will capture nine sewer overflow points that currently discharge to Beargrass Creek. The Waterway Protection Tunnel will prevent millions of gallons of sewage from entering Beargrass Creek and the Ohio River. During excessive rainfall, the tunnel will store sewage and storm water for treatment until system capacity is available.
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updates on the project at LouisvilleMSD.org/tunnel/newsletter |
LMAS Pets of the Week
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Squeaky is a shy, sweet one-year-old. It would be easy to overlook the adorable gray cat at Animal House because she prefers to stay out of sight. But it doesn’t take long for her warm up to new people. Squeaky’s adoption fee is waived thanks to the Pay It Forward Program. You can meet her at Animal House Adoption Center, 3516 Newburg Road, Tuesday through Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Questions? Send an email to animalservicesadoption@Louisvilleky.gov |
 What are you doing? Where are you going? Can I go with you? Chef Boyardee is a happy-go-lucky three-year-old who’s always eager for his next adventure with you. His enthusiastic smile makes it hard to say no to treats or more playtime! Chef Boyardee is friendly with people and other dogs. His adoption fee is waived thanks to the Pay It Forward program. If you’re interested in adopting Chef Boyardee, visit Animal House Adoption Center, 3516 Newburg Road, Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 6 p.m. For more information, email our adoption specialists at animalservicesadoption@lousivilleky.gov. |
Louisville Bats baseball offering admission vouchers for community volunteers September 3
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The Louisville Bats want to reward those who are involved in helping our community with free admission to baseball games.
Community involvement vouchers are available for use on September 3.
Each voucher allows two people into the preferred seating area, but supplies are limited. Contact Jessica Adell at 212-2287, extension 0 or email at jadell@batsbaseball.com. |
Hosparus seeks volunteers in District 10
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Treebates! Purchase a shade tree and get a rebate
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TreesLouisville is offering a tree rebate. Those who purchase a shade tree can receive up to 40 percent off the purchase price. This is an initiative between TreesLouisville and Louisville Metro Division of Community Forestry to grow our tree canopy. Trees are beneficial: a yard tree can boost property value up to $10,000, and trees can help lower heating & cooling bills. Louisville is the fastest warming urban heat island in the country; trees and shade help keep our city cool, improve air quality, and make for beautiful, safer neighborhoods.
Requirements are:
For more information, go to https://treeslouisville.org/rebate/ |
Louisville Metro events
Neighborhood Place Partners sponsor several back to school events
Neighborhood Place and numerous community partners will offer eight back to school events in late July and early August 2018. These events will provide free school supplies while supplies last as well as a wide range of services and resources to help local youth and families be better prepared for the start of school year.
The bulk of the supplies and funding for these events comes from area businesses, churches, schools and individual donors. To learn more about specific activities, eligibility and other requirements, please refer to list below:
August 4, Back to School Festival at Westport Middle School, 9 a.m. to noon, 8100 Westport Road. For more information call 574-6638. This event is open to families with children in kindergarten through high school. Free backpacks with essential school supplies will be distributed while supplies last. Presenters and vendors will be at the event to provide information to families plus mascots and other fun for kids. The JCPS Lunch Bus will provide lunch for kids present and Sparkle and Shine Family Dental will provide dental screenings for up to 50 students. Families may complete a CAP referral during the event as well for clothing and uniform assistance. Sponsored by Charmoli Center Neighborhood Place, Eastern Area Community Ministry, area JCPS schools, and All 4 Kids Charity.
August 4, Back to School Festival at Olmsted Academy North, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 4530 Bellevue Avenue. Call 313-4089 for more information. Open to all students in grades kindergarten through high school. Free backpacks, school supplies and health and hygiene products will be provided while supplies last. Children must be present to receive school supplies. Educational and community resources will be available to help offer a strong start to the new school year. The festival will also include vision and hearing screenings, blood pressure and diabetes checks, clothing assistance referrals and more. Lunch will be provided for children and adults. Sponsored by South Central Neighborhood Place, Diamond Cluster MC, Olmsted Academy North and South YSC, Kenwood Elementary FRC, Hazelwood Elementary FRC, Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services, and Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital.
August 7, Back to School Fun Resource Fair at Southwick Community Center, 4 to 7 p.m., 3621 Southern Avenue. Call 313-4635 for more information. The annual event is open to families with children in kindergarten through high school. JCPS Family Resource and Youth Resource Centers Coordinators will complete CAP referrals for families needing clothing and uniform assistance. School supplies will be distributed (while supplies last). Several vendors will be available to provide essential health, education, and community resources. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. JCPS Nutrition Services will provide lunch to youth 18 and under. This event is sponsored in part by Ujima Neighborhood Place, Jefferson County Public Schools/The Carter/DuValle Education Center, Kennedy Montessori/Brandies, Maupin, Johnson and Foster Family Youth Service Centers, Southwick Community Center, Councilwoman Jessica Green, Passport Health Plan, Villages of Park DuValle and Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services.
August 11, Back to School Event at Meyzeek Middle School, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 828 S. Jackson St. Call 574-6638 for more information. Open to students kindergarten through high school. Free backpacks with essential school supplies for the coming year will be distributed while supplies last. Your child must be present to receive school supplies. Smile Academy will provide free dental screenings. Many other local community venders and agencies will be in the gym to provide information for families. Families may complete a CAP referral during the event as well for clothing and uniform assistance. Sponsored by Charmoli Center Neighborhood Place, Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services and area JCPS schools.
August 11, Back to School Festival at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 1501 Rangeland Road. Call 313-4498 or 313-4700 for more information. This annual event is open to families with children in kindergarten through high school. Free backpacks and grade-appropriate school supplies (while supplies last) will be provided. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Free lunches will be served to kids by JCPS Nutrition Services and families may complete a CAP referral during the event as well for clothing and uniform assistance. A Community Resource Fair will include over twenty presenters including diabetes and blood pressure checks, the YMCA program, voter registration, library services and lots of fun and music. Event sponsored in part by First Neighborhood Place, area JCPS schools and Family Resource and Youth Services Centers, and Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services.
About Neighborhood Place
Louisville’s Neighborhood Place -- a partnership of Louisville Metro Government (including the Office of Resilience and Community Services, and Public Health and Wellness), Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Centerstone (formerly Seven Counties Services) -- provides community-based centers which bring together health care, education, employment and social services at eight locations across the community. To find a Neighborhood Place in your neighborhood, please call Metro Call at 311.
August 6 - Next free summer movie at the Iroquois Amphitheater
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The next free summer movie at Iroquois Amphitheater is Freedom Writers on August 6. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8:30 p.m.
August 13 - LMPD impound lot community meeting
The next community
meeting to discuss the LMPD impound lot will be held on August 13 from 6 to 7 p.m.
at the California Community Center at 1600 St. Catherine Street.
What is the current status of the impound lot relocation? Earlier this year, Louisville Metro Government (LMG) announced plans to seek a new location for the Impound Lot, citing space issues, and the impound lot’s negative impact on nearby Beargrass Creek and the Beargrass Creek Greenway Trail. The site, a former landfill, is also located in a floodplain and is partially impacted by a high-tension power line. At that time, the city issued a public Request for Information (RFI), seeking properties that fit the city’s search criteria for size, location, and other physical and operational requirements. The city received seven responses to that RFI but none met the search criteria.
What will be discussed at this meeting? LMG received a suggestion to relocate vehicles held at the impound lot as evidence in a criminal or civil lawsuit or investigation to a separate, secured location. This would decrease the number of vehicles at the impound lot by approximately 350, allowing towing operations to resume as space was made available through vehicle relocation. A warehouse located on 9th Street has been identified as a proposed alternative storage location for impounded vehicles being held as evidence. The warehouse will provide an indoor, secure location for these vehicles, and is located in an industrial area of the California neighborhood. Impacts to the neighborhood are expected to be minimal because access to the warehouse will not be through a residential area, the warehouse is surrounded by commercial and industrial uses, the vehicles will be secured indoors and the relatively small number of trips associated with adding or removing vehicles from the space will not significantly affect traffic on 9th Street.
Questions? Please contact Allison Smith at allison.smith@louisvilleky.gov or 574-1569.
Brightside Award Nominations Open until August 24th
 To celebrate their dedicated volunteers and business/corporate partners, Brightside has opened the nomination window for the Brightside Awards. The awards will be presented at the Brightside Bash presented by the Republic Bank Foundation on September 20 at the Louisville Palace Theater. Brightside asks residents to nominate a friend, neighbor, family member, colleague or company to be recognized for their dedication to keeping our city clean and green. The nomination window will close on Friday, August 24 at midnight. The nomination form can be found at Brightside’s website: www.brightsideinc.org
Awards include:
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News you can use
ABC ad for Quota Retail Liquor Package, NQ Retail Malt Beverage Package, & Sampling License(s) at 2216 Hikes Lane
An advertisement for a Quota Retail Liquor Package, NQ Retail Malt Beverage Package, & Sampling License(s) - new ownership ran in the Courier-Journal August 3 for Skyway Beverage Shoppe, Inc., DBA/ Skyway Beverage Shoppe, 2216 Hikes Lane.
Any person, association, corporation, or body politic may protest the granting of the license(s) by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 1003 Twilight Trail, Frankfort, KY 40601-8400, within 30 days of the date of this legal publication.
August 3 - neighbor meeting regarding proposed zoning change for 2300 Hikes Lane and 2220 Hikes Lane
There will be a neighborhood meeting August 3 to present neighbors with a proposal for a zoning change at 2220 and 2300 Hikes Lane. Crystal Clear Carwash, Inc., seeks to rezone property from C-1 to C-2. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at 2300 Hikes Lane.
Neighbors will hear the proposal and will have an opportunity to share thoughts and concerns about the proposal.
August 7 - neighbor meeting regarding proposed single family subdivision and prayer hall at 4804 E. Indian Trail
A meeting will be held Tuesday, August 7 for neighbors and neighborhood group representatives to review a proposal for an R-5, single family subdivision and prayer hall at 4804 E. Indian Trail. The address is in District 2, but adjoining District 10.
The meeting will be at 5 p.m. at the Newburg Library, 4800 Exeter Avenue. This informal gathering will give neighbors an opportunity to discuss the proposal and share concerns.
Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services District 10 cases
18WAIVER1028 for Oscars Hardware, 1515 S Shelby Street, a waiver to not provide the 3’ masonry wall and to allow a 42'' raw iron aluminum fence on 0.64 acres in the C-1/C-2 zoning district. Case manager is Jay Luckett.
18CUP1080 for Saint Xavier Addition, 1609 Poplar Level Road, a conditional use permit for an addition to a private institution on 18.48 acres in the R5 zoning district. Case manager is Jon Crumble.
18CUP1082 for 4020 Poplar Level Parking Lot, a conditional use permit to allow a commercial parking lot on .52 acres in the OR1 zoning district. Case manager is Steve Hendrix.
18CUP1089 for 1031 Goss Avenue, a conditional use permit for outdoor alcohol sales on 0.6 acres in the C1 zoning district. Case manager is Beth Jones.
18CUP1070 for 2208 Beargrass Avenue, a modified conditional use permit to allow the installation of a fence along Beargrass Avenue, parking and temporary storage of vehicles and to allow an increase in the parking area on .603 acres in the R5 zoning district.
18ZONE1043 for 1037 Ash Street, a change in zoning from R5 to C2 for a proposed restaurant in an existing building on .1190 acres. Case manager is Joel Dock.
18CUP1074 for Bradford Mills Lofts, 1134 Reutlinger Avenue, a conditional use permit for off-street parking on 2.43 acres in the OR3 & C-2 zoning districts. Pre application comments due. Case manager is Beth Jones.
18ZONE1007 for 1127 Goss Avenue, change in zoning request from R-5 to R-6 on 0.2096 acres. Case manager is Laura Mattingly.
18ZONE1016 for 4141 Bardstown Road, a change of zoning request from R-4 to C-2 on 0.2 acres for a 5400 sf commercial building with a parking lot. Case manager is Laura Mattingly.
17ZONE1062 for 4804 E. Indian Trail, to rezone 7.9 acres of property an R-5, single family subdivision and a prayer hall. (This property is in District 2, but across the street from District 10). Case manager is Joel Dock.
18ZONE1034 for 4310 Bishop Lane. The applicant seeks to rezone from OR3 and C1 to C2 on 1.01 acres for proposed contractors shops. Case manager is Laura Mattingly.
18ZONE1017 for 1137 Mulberry Street, a change in zoning from R5 to CN for a proposed 3,170 sq ft 3 story mixed use building on .11030 acres.
18MINORPLAT1037 for Thomas Carwash Buechel, 4139 Bardstown Road, case manager Chastity White. A minor subdivision plat to shift the building limit line on 0.66 acres in the C-2 zoning district.
18MINORPLAT1040 for 4103 Lee Avenue, case manager Chastity White. A minor subdivision plat to create 2 lots from 3 and shift property lines on .37 acres in the R5 zoning district.
18MINORPLAT1074 for 4600 Jennings Lane. The applicant seeks to create two tracts from 1 on 0.105 acres in the M-3 zoning district. The case is in Agency Review.
17CUP1109 for 1316 Lydia Street, case manager Beth Jones. A Conditional Use Permit for an Accessory Apartment in the R-5 zoning district.
17CUP1026 for 1001 Cardinal Drive to allow short-term rental of dwelling units not the primary residence of the host, case manager Beth Jones. Approved by Board of Zoning Adjustment on July 2.
18CUP1025 for 1527 Lincoln Avenue, case manager Dante St. Germain. A Conditional Use Permit for a non-primary residence short term rental in the R-5 zoning district.
18VARIANCE1019 for Hometown Brewery, 4031 Preston Highway. A review of a variance to encroach into front and side street side yards for a building addition.
18DEVPLAN1028 for Hometown Brewery, 4031 Preston Highway. A review of a Revised District Development Plan to add a micro-brewery to an existing restaurant. Case manager is Jay Luckett.
To learn more about Planning and Design Services, click here.
Reminders from Solid Waste Management Services:
 With so much infrastructure work and utility construction going on throughout District 10, garbage and recycle pick-up may interrupted or delayed. Solid Waste Management Services is making every effort to get to every street during this period. |
 If you're renovating or remodeling, have a plan for disposing of the resulting debris. Construction and demolition debris in Louisville garbage and junk pickup collection is prohibited by ordinance. Collection crews have recently been reminded to enforce the ordinance consistently. Options for disposal of construction and demolition debris include taking it to the Waste Reduction Center on Meriwether Avenue. Fees are variable depending on volume. More information and a fee schedule are available here. Or consider hiring a hauling company or rent a dumpster.
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 Beginning July 14, 2018, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) will investigate and impose fines on anyone who comes into contact with an underground natural gas line while digging without having contacted 811 to have the lines located before digging. Contact 811 (call 8-1-1 or submit an online locate request at 811.com) before you dig and make sure that anyone doing excavation on your behalf contacts 811 two working days before they start. For more information, please visit lge-ku.com/safety/digging. |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers help by phone, text or chat
Additional resources for veterans
 Some offices and VA hospitals offer a "Health Promotion Disease Prevention Program" that includes treatment methods including acupuncture, tai chi, and meditation instead of opioids, and they work with the Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255, Press 1) to provide support and treatment for PTSD and depression, the leading cause of suicide for veterans. Additional references for VA material and assistance: www.vetcenter.va.gov or 1-877-WAR-VETS or (lifestyle changes for better health)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX9fLXrF4fA There is also a link for sexual trauma: https://www.vetcenter.va.gov/Military_Sexual_Trauma.asp |
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
From the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. Call 1-800-273-TALK or go to https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ to live chat.
It's street sweeper time again - get
text alerts and avoid a ticket
Louisville street sweeping season has resumed. Don't get caught by surprise and ticketed or towed when the sweepers come to your street. Sign up to get text or email alerts when the sweepers are coming.
Just click on MyLouisville on the Louisvilleky.gov webpage, type in your address, and you're on your way. While you're there you can also find the date of your next junk collection and sign up to be reminded. More about street sweeping.
Question or problem? Contact MetroCall 311
 If you wish to make a MetroCall 311 request, please use the following contacts. You'll receive a service request number that will help the District 10 office assist you.
You can contact MetroCall 311:
- Email metrocall@louisvilleky.gov
- Visit www.louisvilleky.gov/metrocall where you can
- Tweet @LouMetro311
- Call 3-1-1 or 502-574-5000 |
Take a video visit to Louisville Metro's award-winning website
For a tour of Louisville Metro's award-winning website, watch this video: https://youtu.be/S3_DVs90hP0 The brief video highlights just ten of the useful tools available at www.louisvilleky.gov.
New LouieConnect site connects people to help
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Louisville non-profits have launched a new website to help connect people in need of food, shelter and more. Metro United Way and the Family Scholar House partnered to create LouieConnect, modeling it on a similar site created in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When someone uses LouieConnect, the web-based app asks for basic information and then lists applicable resources nearby — from food pantries to shelters to career centers to financial literacy programs. |
Discounted Recycle Carts still available for $28 for District 10 residents - in 95-gallon or 64 gallon size
Kentucky's Republican-dominated legislature voted to impose sales taxes on services on April 2. Now, services such as landscaping, janitorial services, grooming for small pets, fitness centers, car repair and items sold by governments are subject to a six percent tax.
This affects our discounted recycle cart program. The normal purchase price for the carts is $50, plus six percent sales tax, for a total cost of $53.
Metro Council District 10 will continue to provide $25 towards the purchase of this cart. Constituents will be asked to pay the difference of $28 going forward.
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The discounted recycle cart program has been re-instituted by Councilman Mulvihill and now offers two sizes: the 95-gallon carts and smaller 64 gallon carts.
The photos at left show the sizes (64 gallon on the left). |
 The carts normally cost $50, but Councilman Mulvihill has made them available for residents of District 10 for a reduced cost of $28. Please call 574-1110 or email us for the form.
The reduced cost recycle
carts will be available on a first come first served basis until the funds are
depleted. This offer is available to urban service district residents. |
Sign up for LENSAlert
(Smart911)
 Click here to sign up for the LENSAlert (Louisville Emergency Notification System).
In addition to receiving notifications, individuals can create a
Safety Profile for themselves and their household that can include any
information they want 9-1-1 and first responders to have in the event of an
emergency. When individuals make an emergency call, their Safety Profile is
automatically displayed to the 9-1-1 call taker, allowing them to send the
right responders to the right location with the right information. Information about medical history, allergies to medication, number of residents in a home and even a picture of the family dog can all be added to a Safety Profile. |
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