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OR-2 Office Residential to CM Commercial Manufacturing Rezoning for Idlewild Butterfly Farm Expansion

  • When: 2025/02/20
  • Address: 1104 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky
  • City: Louisville
  • State: KY
  • Category: Spot Rezoning
  • Subcategory: Commercial Rezoning
  • Asset Class: Commercial
  • Property Type: Industrial, Retail
  • Size (SF): 1,000 SF
  • Size (AC): 0.1 AC
  • New Zoning: CM
  • Previous Zoning: OR-2
  • Planning Department: True

The Louisville Metro Planning Commission recommended approval by an 8-0 vote on February 20, 2025, for a zoning change at 1104 Logan Street. The proposal involves rezoning approximately 0.1 acres from OR-2 (Office Residential) to CM (Commercial Manufacturing). This change is intended to facilitate the expansion of the existing Idlewild Butterfly Farm, located next door at 1100 Logan Street. The expanded facility will focus on the manufacturing of pollinating insects and the production of equipment such as gardening accessories, nature merchandise, and plants. The current butterfly farm is a USDA-inspected and permitted facility that raises, sells, and displays insects for biological pest control and entertainment, and includes a containment room and retail space. The rezoning also includes a waiver from certain landscape buffer planting requirements and a detailed District Development Plan with Binding Elements.

Source

Ownership - Case Holdings, LLC


Developer - Idlewild Butterfly Farm


Drew Case

City Representative - Molly Clark