KRS 100.213: Findings necessary for proposed map amendment -- Reconsideration.

(1) Before any map amendment is granted, the planning commission or the legislative

body or fiscal court must find that the map amendment is in agreement with the

adopted comprehensive plan, or, in the absence of such a finding, that one (1) or

more of the fol lowing apply and such finding shall be recorded in the minutes and

records of the planning commission or the legislative body or fiscal court:

(a) That the existing zoning classification given to the property is inappropriate

and that the proposed zoning classification is appropriate;

(b) That there have been major changes of an economic, physical, or social nature

within the area involved which were not anticipated in the adopted

comprehensive plan and which have substantially altered the basic character

of such area.

(2) The planning commission, legislative body, or fiscal court may adopt provisions

which prohibit for a period of two (2) years, the reconsideration of a denied map

amendment or the consideration of a map amendment identical to a denied map

amendment.