This dataset is designed to represent and identify the boundaries of various overlay zones within Lexington-Fayette County. The overlay zones allow additional zoning requirements in addition to the underlying zoning category in areas that are imposed by the Urban County Council. Overlay zone boundaries are determined by the Planning Services section of the Lexington Fayette-County Division of Planning. Boundaries are defined by street centerlines and parcel boundaries. Upon approval the boundaries are forwarded from Planning Services to the GIS Office for inclusion in this dataset. Overlay zones include:

• Courthouse Area Design Overlay Zone - intended to encourage growth and redevelopment in the Downtown Area while preserving and protecting the unique features and characteristics of the area in conformity with the Comprehensive Plan and the design guidelines for the Courthouse Area adopted by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council.

• H1 - Historic District Overlay - intended to promote the economic and general welfare of the people of Fayette County and of the general public, and to ensure the complementary, orderly and efficient growth and development of Fayette County, it is deemed essential by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council that the qualities relating to the history of the county and a harmonious outward appearance of structures which preserve property values and attract tourists and residents alike be preserved. It is the finding of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council that the individual nature and character of this county cannot be properly maintained or enhanced unless its distinctive historic districts, landmarks, sites, neighborhoods, areas, places, structures, improvements, geological and archaeological sites are preserved.

• ND1 - Neighborhood Design Overlay - intended to promote the economic and general welfare of the people of Fayette County and of the general public; and to ensure the complementary, orderly and efficient growth and development of Fayette County, it is deemed essential by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council that the qualities relating to the visual characteristics that give a distinct identity to an area and a harmonious appearance of structures that stabilize the area, (including residential neighborhoods and nonresidential or mixed use areas) and/or maintain their character, be protected, conserved and preserved.

• Paris Pike Overlay - intended for lands adjoining the Paris Pike between Johnston Road (to the south) and the Paris city limits (to the north); and the regulations hereunder shall be established in addition to the zone classifications shown on the Zoning Map Atlas for the subject areas, and the applicable regulations contained in this Zoning Ordinance. The use, dimensions and other requirements for said zones, as provided in the Zoning Ordinance, shall apply unless further restricted hereunder. Where there are conflicts between the regulations hereunder, and those contained elsewhere in the Zoning Ordinance, the more restrictive shall apply.

• Transition Area Overlay - intended to be used in conjunction with an EAR zoning category to allow for the development of residential uses and civic, cultural, religious, and educational institutions on lands which are located immediately adjacent to Community Center zones.