Planning and Zoning

For many of us 2020 was certainly a difficult year. Despite the pandemic, however, the City of Jeffersonville saw a number of positive developments in 2020. The following is a highlight of those developments along with a link to our 2020 Annual Report.

1.     The opening of Chapel Lake Park. This new 115 acre park provides recreational open space, walking, trails, and more to a large section of Jeffersonville that, previously, had no access to parks. The Planning Department was highly involved in site selection and design of the Park.

2.    The opening of Shirley’s Arbor Park. This new 14-acre park provides a recreational walking trail and fitness equipment for another area of the community that lacked local park access. It is also designed to hold stormwater and improve drainage in the area. Planning Staff worked closely with the designers of this park as well.

3.    Planting 110 new trees with Louisville Grows Using money from local developers, the Jeffersonville UEZ and the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, the Department hosted a successful tree planting day with Louisville Grows. The new trees were planted on 80+ private properties in three central Jeffersonville neighborhoods and at Lottie Oglesby Park.

4.    Continued greening of Downtown Jeffersonville: In 2020, Staff continued expansion of tree wells along Spring Street for the health of existing trees (and elimination of tripping hazards). We added 5 new tree wells on or immediately adjacent to Spring St., Helped create a curbside garden for Lavender Hill, and planted additional trees at a new parking lot in the NOCO Arts and Cultural district.

5.    The Depot: The latest project in the NOCO Arts & Cultural District is well under way. Construction of this new community gathering space began in 2020 will hopefully open sometime in mid-2021.

6.    A banner year for new development: The Department reviewed and permitted 2.4 million square feet of commercial and industrial developments, and over 1,300 new housing units.

7.    New hotels open and/or break ground: A new Fairfield Inn opened in the Bridgepoint Commons Development at Highway 62 and Gottbrath Parkway. Across Highway 62, the Hilton Garden Inn broke ground on their new hotel. Included in this project is a new, upscale, Fuzzy Zoeller branded restaurant. The opening of is expected in spring 2022. Across town, the new Holiday Inn Express at Hamburg and Veterans is nearing completion and ground has been broken for a Comfort Inn/Main Stay Suites near Spring St. and 10^th.

8.    New restaurants: Despite the pandemic a number of new restaurants opened their doors in Jeffersonville this year including: Chick Fil-A, Parnelli’s, Chicken Salad Chick, and 5 Guys.

9.    Started work on a new Unified Development Ordinance: In June Planning Staff kicked off a full update of the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Control Ordinance. These documents will be combined into one Unified Development Ordinance. The Ordinance should be ready for adoption in June 2021. To learn more about the Unified Development Ordinance, Click Here. 

For a more in-depth update on our work this past year, please see our 2020 Annual Report