1222 S Brook St, Louisville, KY 40203

Traditional Neighborhood District

The TNZD is an urban residential zone established pursuant to KRS 100.201 3. The TNZD is designed to recognize historic or long-established traditional neighborhoods and to protect them as a distinct pattern of development. TNZD s occur in developed areas that experience redevelopment and infill development. Traditional neighborhoods are broadly characterized as communities having an identifiable boundary, a predominance of residential uses and open space such as parks and playgrounds, a connected street and alley pattern, buildings that are close to or at the sidewalk, and, in some cases, a well-defined center or transition area that contains a mixture of uses.; The TNZD is designed to promote diversity and integration of uses and structures in an existing traditional neighborhood through flexible design standards that: Regulate the use of structures on a structure-by-structure basis which stabilizes and protects the urban residential character of the area; Maintain traditional neighborhoods that are livable, diverse, and sustainable; Promote uses of land that are appropriate to the distinctive characteristics of existing traditional neighborhoods; Respect and reinforce existing traditional neighborhoods, integrating new development with existing development to ensure compatibility; Provide flexibility to meet changing needs, technologies, economics, and consumer preferences; Promote development patterns and land uses which reduce transportation needs and which conserve energy and natural resources; Protect and enhance historic and natural resources; Encourage the provision of adequate parks and open spaces to serve the needs of residents of traditional neighborhoods.; Encourage a variety of compatible architectural styles, building forms, and building relationships within existing traditional neighborhoods.