The Louisville Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend to City Council a preliminary development plan for Coal Creek Village, a proposed housing project just north of the city’s Little Italy neighborhood — but only with several conditions after strong pushback from nearby residents.

The plan now heads to the City Council for consideration at a meeting not yet scheduled as of Monday, where the council could give city staff and the developer, Markel Homes, the green light to work on a final application. The preliminary plan maps out 188 housing units and 13,500 square feet of commercial space, with some units designated as affordable, on 10.7 acres east of the railroad tracks and southwest of the South Boulder and Courtesy roads intersection.

According to a staff rep

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