More apartment units in Bowling Green were recommended Thursday evening by the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County.

Two projects now move to the City Commission for its approval.

SNRC LLC has a plan to build Lennox Place Apartments on 1.1347 acres at 515 and 529 Chestnut St. and along East Sixth Avenue. Developer Rodney Rogers has submitted plans for 40, one-bedroom units on property that was formerly used for a car lot. There is also 9,600 square feet of commercial and office space proposed.

A rezoning request connected with the project was approved Tuesday by the city commissioners.

The development lies within the downtown Tax Increment Financing District and will be subject to review by the TIF Design Review Board.

The building will be a maximum of 50 feet tall, or three stories.

Since the development is considered to be inside the Central Business District, no parking is required. The plan does show 59 parking spaces. Had parking been required, the planning commission standard of 84 spaces would have applied.

Commission member Larkin Ritter asked where parking could occur if there aren’t enough spaces available. Steve McWhorter of the planning commission staff said shared parking agreements could be developed with nearby properties.

“It’s first-come, first served for parking,” McWhorter said. “Kind of a risky venture for downtown.”

The second project headed to the city commissioners is one by DMM Investments, LLC.

Developer Doug Martens plans to construct Greenwood Lane Apartments. The project consists of 48 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom units on 2.1893 acres at 259 Greenwood Lane. The building will also be 50 feet tall, or three stories. Though 60 units are in the plan, the binding elements provide for a maximum of 72 units in the proposal.

A traffic study in connection with the project calls for improved striping, markings and signs to be installed on Greenwood Lane approaching Scottsville Road.

In another matter, Ben Peterson, executive director of the planning commission, went over some considerations with the commission on the upcoming review of the comprehensive plan. State law requires the plan to be reviewed every five years.

Peterson said the commissioners could review the goals and objectives of the plan within six months and complete the process this year.

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