(a)   Intent. A statement of the purposes and objectives of the zone.

(b)   Permitted Uses. A listing of the allowable uses permitted in the zone.

(c)   Prohibited Uses. A listing of the uses not permitted in the zone.

(d)   Site Criteria and/or Locational Standards. The specific characteristics of the size or location of the overlay zone.

(e)   Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan. Statements and requirements as necessary to define the relationship of the Comprehensive Plan (including the applicable Small Area Plan, Corridor Plan, etc.) to the allowable or prohibited uses.

(f)   Design Standards. The lot, yard, height, access, parking, open space, and/or other requirements deemed necessary to fulfill the intent of the particular overlay zone.

(g)   Review Procedure. The procedure to be followed in the application of the zone, if necessary.

(1)   Implement the recommendations of the Paris Pike Corridor Small Area Plan (excluding the designated transition areas); and

(2)   Regulate permitted land uses in the corridor in conjunction with an inter-local agreement between Bourbon County, the City of Paris, and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County.

1.   Advertising signs (billboards).

2.   Aircraft landing strips.

3.   Airports.

4.   Asphalt plants.

5.   Bait shops.

6.   Commercial cemeteries, crematories, columbariums, mausoleums, including animal burial grounds. (Non-commercial cemeteries, crematories, columbariums, mausoleums, including animal burial grounds, are not prohibited under this section).

7.   Additional places of religious assembly; except that existing places of religious assembly may expand with approval of the Board of Adjustment up to a total of ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

8.   Commercial composting.

9.   Concrete mixing.

10.   Above-ground facilities for the extraction of crude petroleum or natural gas and mining of metal, anthracite, lignite or bituminous coal.

11.   Funeral home.

12.   Commercial garages, storage sheds, parking lots, and vehicle fueling facilities.

13.   Golf clubs and golf courses or related facilities, including driving ranges.

14.   Except as ancillary to row crop production, commercial greenhouses and plant nurseries.

15.   Kindergartens, nursery schools, and childcare centers for more than twelve (12) children.

16.   Landfills.

17.   Above-ground facilities for mining activities and quarrying of non-metallic minerals.

18.   Mobile homes.

19.   Non-service facilities of public utilities when not incidental to a service facility as provided in KRS 100.324.

20.   Commercial outdoor recreational facilities such as the following: golf courses, sportsmen's farms, riding stables, fishing lakes, swimming pools, tennis courts, campgrounds, zoological gardens, outdoor rifle and other firearm ranges, native animal game preserves, outdoor rodeos, hunting and trapping (non-commercial outdoor recreational facilities are not prohibited under this section).

21.   Commercial outdoor athletic facilities (non-commercial outdoor athletic facilities are not prohibited under this section).

22.   Parking lots and structures, except as accessory to a business or office use.

23.   Radio or television studios and offices and associated equipment.

24.   Radio, telephone or television transmitting or relay facilities.

25.   Rehabilitation homes.

26.   Schools for academic instruction, including accessory dormitories, other than those for agricultural instruction which are incidental to a farming operation.

27.   Temporary cellular telephone transmitting facility.

28.   Utilities, pump stations, utility offices, substation offices

29.   Commercial woodlots.

(a)   Review. Major subdivisions and major development plans which are proposed within the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone shall be reviewed by the Paris Pike Corridor Commission, as outlined in the inter-local agreement between Bourbon County, the City of Paris, and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County. Following its review, the Paris Pike Corridor Commission may choose to advise the appropriate Planning Commission whether to grant approval, conditional approval, approval with modifications or disapproval of the proposed subdivision or development plan. The Paris Pike Corridor Commission shall state the reasons for any recommendation. In the event the Corridor Commission cannot meet between the filing of a subdivision or development plan and its scheduled consideration by the appropriate Planning Commission, the plan should not be delayed for consideration based upon this factor alone.

(b)   Access. Access to Paris Pike/Lexington Road shall be in conformance with the designated access points and cross-over points developed in the roadway design plans. No additional direct access points to Paris Pike/Lexington Road shall be permitted unless approved first by the Planning Commission (after considering the recommendation of the Paris Pike Corridor Commission) and then with final approval by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Access shall also be in conformance with the applicable provisions of the Subdivision Regulations.

(a)   Minimum Lot Area. Those listed as minimum or required in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone.

(b)   Minimum Lot Width. Those listed as minimum or required in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone, if applicable.

(c)   Minimum Lot Frontage. Five hundred (500) feet for single-family detached residences and conditional uses which rely upon the Paris Pike/Lexington Road for frontage; otherwise, those listed as minimum or required in or required in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone.

(d)   Minimum Front Yard Required. Three hundred (300) feet from the Paris Pike/Lexington Road for single-family residences and conditional uses; otherwise, those listed as minimum or required in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone.

(e)   Minimum Side and Rear Yards Required. Those listed as minimum or required in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone.

(f)   Maximum Building Height. Those listed as maximum in the zone classification underlying the Paris Pike/Lexington Road Corridor Overlay Zone.

1.   Livestock markets and stockyards.

2.   Horse race tracks with allotted race meets, and horse riding and training facilities.

3.   Horse sales establishments.

1.   Parking areas and loading docks.

2.   Offices and meeting rooms for the following: state and federal government entities related to agriculture; livestock and grain commodity trading; banking, insurance and financial institutions or agricultural education; the combined total flood area of which is not to exceed sixty thousand (60,000) square feet.

3.   One (1) coffee shop and/or restaurant, not to exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet, and shall be located within the principal facility and not in an independent structure.

4.   Veterinary clinic, including the sale of livestock pharmaceutical supplies.

5.   One (1) dwelling unit for owners, operators, or employees, and one (1) dwelling unit for watchmen or caretakers, which dwelling units may be in separate structures.

6.   Outdoor lighting, but only when directed away from and shielded from adjacent agricultural and residential areas.

7.   One (1) gift shop not to exceed two thousand, five hundred (2,500) square feet.

8.   Establishments and lots for the display, sale, service, and repair of farm machinery and equipment. Any building for such purpose is not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) square feet; areas for indoor service and repair of products sold may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the square footage of the building.

9.   Retail sale of agricultural products, supplies and related items produced on or off premise, including bulk agricultural supplies, with no outdoor storage of such supplies, not to exceed twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.

10.   Indoor retail farmers market.

11.   Covered arena for agricultural and/or agritourism events, not to exceed seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet.

12.   Agriculture-related museums, not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

1.   Outdoor retail farmers market.

1.   Billboards, as defined in Article 17 herein.

2.   Aircraft landing strips.

3.   Airports.

4.   Asphalt plants.

5.   Commercial cemeteries, crematories, columbariums, mausoleums, including animal burial grounds.

6.   Places of religious assembly.

7.   Concrete mixing.

8.   Above-ground facilities for the extraction of crude petroleum or natural gas and mining of metal, anthracite, lignite or bituminous coal.

9.   Funeral home.

10.   Kindergartens and nursery schools.

11.   Landfills.

12.   Above-ground facilities for mining activities and quarrying of non-metallic minerals.

13.   Mobile homes.

14.   Non-service facilities of public utilities when not incidental to a service facility as provided in KRS 100.324.

15.   Rehabilitation homes.

16.   Commercial woodlots.

17.   Family childcare.

18.   Spreading of any animal waste upon land outdoors in an AM-1 zone.

1.   The property shall be located within one (1) mile of the point of intersection of the centerlines of an interstate interchange with a state or federal highway (excluding the two (2) interchanges of Interstate 75 with Interstate 64), provided the property has lot frontage and access on that same state or federal highway, so long as the access is also within one (1) mile of that interchange; and/or

2.   The portion of the property wherein site improvements are proposed is not located on land within the Urban Service Area that is recommended for a residential use, nor in an identified environmentally sensitive area, including any wellhead protection area; and/or

3.   The property was approved prior to August 28, 2003, for a conditional use permit by the Board of Adjustment for a horse sales facility, a horse training facility or a horse race track.

1.   The property shall be at least forty (40) acres in size.

2.   The property must have easy access to a state or federal highway, with that access approved by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, or the LFUCG Division of Traffic Engineering, as appropriate. All roads to the site should be of sufficient width, and constructed to safely handle all sizes of trucks when fully loaded during all weather conditions.

3.   The property must be at least three hundred (300) feet from any property in a residential zone, or any property designated as either a Rural Settlement (RS) land use or as an Existing Rural Residential (ERR) land use in the adopted Comprehensive Plan for Lexington-Fayette County.

(a)   Enclosed Buildings Required for Some Uses. All sales and marketing of livestock, and all horse sales shall be conducted in an enclosed building. All pre-sale and post-sale handling of livestock shall take place under roof in a facility enclosed by a combination of fences and gates in order to secure livestock while allowing adequate ventilation and air circulation.

(b)   Proper Site Landscaping Required. All new facilities proposed in the AM-1 overlay zone must be landscaped and screened, if those facilities are visible from adjoining properties. Article 18 may be used to plan the proposed screening of loading docks and vehicular use areas, but the Planning Commission may impose additional screening requirements and landscape buffers as necessary.

(c)   Environmentally Sensitive Areas Are to Be Avoided. Site improvements such as buildings, underground and above-ground storage tanks, septic sewage disposal systems, and all truck parking and loading areas shall be located outside of any environmentally sensitive area, including any wellhead protection area. In addition, stormwater management shall be provided pursuant to the requirements of the LFUCG Engineering Manuals; and stormwater must be treated appropriately prior to its discharge, and directed away from environmentally sensitive areas and known karst geologic features. Muck piles are prohibited in all environmentally sensitive areas.

(d)   Applicable Laws Must Be Met. All facilities must be operated at all times in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, including those pertaining to noise, air and water quality.

(e)   Lot and Yard Requirements. Those listed as minimum or required in the zone classification underlying the Agricultural Market (AM-1) Overlay Zone shall apply. However, no principal or accessory building for uses permitted under Section 24B-3 that are not listed as permitted in the zone classification underlying the AM-1 zone, may be located closer than three hundred (300) feet:

(1)   From a residence on a lot under different ownership;

(2)   From any property designated on the National Register of Historic Places.

(f)   Maximum Building Heights. Those listed as maximum in the zone classification underlying the Agricultural Market (AM-1) Overlay Zone, or forty (40) feet, whichever is greater.

(g)   Signage Restricted. All signs shall be regulated as per the zone classification underlying the AM-1 zone. They may be up to a maximum of twenty (20) feet in height. However, the maximum height and location of all proposed free-standing signs must be identified on any required development plan.

(h)   Required Open Space. No limitation, except for all uses permitted under Section 24B-3 above that are not listed as permitted in the zone classification underlying the AM-1 zone, then forty percent (40%) of the lot.

(a)   Preliminary Development Plan Required. A preliminary development plan shall be submitted with the application for a Zoning Map Amendment with the information as specified in Article 21 herein.

(b)   Final Development Plan Required. Within two (2) years of approval by the Urban County Council of any AM-1 Zoning Map Amendment, unless an extension is granted by the Commission, the applicant shall submit a final development plan to the Commission for its review and approval. The final development plan shall show the information as specified by Article 21 herein. The Commission shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a final development plan within ninety (90) days after the applicant submits the development plan, unless a longer period of time is agreed to by the applicant.

(c)   Operational Plans Required. With the submission of any development plan, other than minor amendments as regulated by Section 21-7 herein, where land uses permitted under Section 24B-3 above that are not listed as permitted in the zone classification underlying the AM-1 zone are proposed for a site, an Operational Plan must also be submitted for review by the Commission. Where the Commission deems appropriate, a Kentucky No Discharge Operational Permit (KYNDOP), or other appropriate permit from the Kentucky Division of Water may be required prior to approval of an Operational Plan.

1.   Provisions for animal and/or product waste disposal, subject to all applicable local, state and federal requirements.

2.   Provisions for sewage disposal, maintaining air and water quality, and odor management.

3.   Hours of operation, and anticipated hours for truck deliveries and truck shipments.

4.   Routing of trucks on the site, including truck stacking, parking and loading areas.

5.   Protection measures proposed for any environmentally sensitive area located on the site, including any wellhead protection area.

6.   Existing and proposed utilities.

7.   Any other pertinent information to indicate clearly the orderly operation proposed.

(d)   Planning Commission May Seek Recommendations. The Planning Commission may also refer any submitted Development Plan or Operational Plan to an appropriate public body (such as the Royal Spring Water Supply Protection Committee or the Paris Pike Corridor Commission) for their recommendations prior to the Commission's consideration of the request. In any event, that body must either make a recommendation to the Planning Commission within sixty (60) days of the date of submission, or abide by the Commission's decision.

(e)   Building Permit Required. No building permit shall be issued for buildings and structures in an AM-1 zone (not exempted from such requirements under Section 3-4 herein) until a final development plan has been approved by the Commission and certified to the Division of Planning, after which, the Division of Building Inspection may issue a permit for construction. The approved final development plan shall limit and control the issuance of all required building and occupancy permits, and shall restrict the construction, location, and use of all land and structures to all conditions set forth in the plan. Amendments to the development plan can be made only as permitted in Article 21, Development Plans.