Areawide rezoning at 1901 R Payne Street
Description
About 3.09 acres on R Payne Street received a committee recommendation for areawide rezoning.
Impact summary
Gives Clifton residents closure after the explosions and opens the site to safer, more flexible redevelopment.
Applicant
- Address
- 1901 R Payne Street, Louisville, KY
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Metropolitan Council
Last discussed Jun 11, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Metro Council — June 11, 2026
The site of two fatal explosions was downzoned from heavy industrial to allow light industry, multifamily housing and other uses; adopted 20-5.
Planning and Zoning Committee — June 2, 2026
The explosion-plagued former Givaudan industrial site is downzoned from heavy industrial (M-2) to CM, allowing light industrial, housing and more flexible reuse.
Related issues (3)
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