Lexington Planning Director Jim Duncan said the city may see changes in the per house occupancy in the future. Duncan made the comments in front of Lexington Rotarians last week. He noted the Fayette County community could be considered over housed with a large number of single occupant houses.
Duncan said what’s known as accessory dwelling units are on the horizon. He said those units are made up of secondary housing built on a single family residential lot. “It’s allowing people to age in place and stay in their homes, if they need to for health reasons, by either having a smaller unit to move into themselves on their property or to bring in a caregiver or to live with them and help care for them,” said Duncan.
Duncan said accessory dwelling units will be the focus of a public meeting in August. The matter could then go before the planning commission and city council eventually.
Mass transit travel along one of Lexington’s busiest arteries could take on a different look in the years ahead. Duncan said bus rapid transit may find a place along Nicholasville road in the next five to ten years. The planning director added it would mean a fast lane for bus traffic. “And that could be accomplished either through a dedicated lane for the bus, or a semi-dedicated lane that perhaps during peak times is used just for the bus. And then priority would be giving it signals at other intersections so the bus could move quickly through from the various employment centers along Nicholasville Road to the transit center downtown,” noted Duncan.
Duncan envisions this type of bus rapid transit system more likely to emerge if there is additional housing established along Nicholasville Road.?
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