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Purpose
The purpose of this ordinance shall include, but not be limited to the following:

To encourage and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City and County, including the development and coordination of municipal growth and services.

To encourage originality, flexibility, innovation in site planning and development, and vehicular and pedestrian circulation, including the architecture, landscaping and graphic design of proposed developments in relation to the area as a whole.

To discourage monotonous, unsightly, and inharmonious developments, minimize discordant and unsightly surroundings and visual blight, and avoid inappropriate and poor quality design.

To promote orderly community growth, protect and enhance property values for the community as a whole and other environmental and aesthetic considerations which generally enhance rather than detract from community standards and values of the comfort and prosperity of the community and the preservation of its natural beauty and other natural resources, which are the proper concern of local government, and to promote and enhance construction and maintenance practices that will tend to enhance environmental and aesthetic quality for the community as a whole.

Description of the area affected
The following area is hereby designated an Urban Growth Overlay District requiring review from the Urban Growth Design Review Board: Cemetery Road (KY 234) and Lovers Lane (KY880).