As the city of Lexington prepares to update its comprehensive plan, at least one council member believes it could include expansion of the urban service boundary.
The matter surfaced during council’s weekly work session. The city’s plan for where development occurs is updated every four years. The process starts in earnest in January. The last time the boundary was expanded to any significant degree was 1996.
Council member Bill Farmer believes the boundary for city services might need to be increased. “There’s a baking concern that could have located in Lexington and it went to Versailles and I know that there are folks who want certain kinds of housing that they can’t find here right now and I know that everybody deserves to live in Lexington if they want to,” said Farmer.
Farmer adds it may require more than infill and redevelopment for that to happen. Vice Mayor Steve Kay says it’s still a question of whether or not to expand the urban service boundary. He’s unsure about the sentiment of the council as a whole on the issue of broadening the boundary.?