KRS 179.070: General powers and duties of engineer -- Requirement of site development

plan in certain counties.

(1) The county engineer shall:

(a) Have general charge of all county roads and bridges within the county;

(b) See that county roads and bridges are improved and maintained as provided by

law;

(c) Supervise the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges and

other work of like nature undertaken by the fiscal court or a consolidated local

government;

(d) Make reports as the county, consolidat ed local government, or fiscal court

directs;

(e) Advise and direct employees of contractors how best to repair, maintain, and

improve county roads and bridges;

(f) Examine the various formations and deposits of gravel and stone in the county

to ascertain the materials most available and best suited for the improvement

of roads therein, and, when requested by the Department of Highways, submit

samples of materials and deposits and make a written report concerning the

materials;

(g) Establish or cause to be established necessary grades and recommend means

of drainage, repair, and improvement;

(h) Together with the fiscal court or consolidated local government, consider and

either reject or approve plans, specifications, and estimates submitted for the

erection or repair of bridges and the construction or maintenance of county

roads;

(i) Inspect or cause to be inspected each county road or bridge during its

construction or improvement, and certify to the fiscal court or the consolidated

local government the pro gress of the work and whether or not the work is

being done according to the contract, plans, and specifications prepared

therefor. If the work is not being done in accordance with the contract, plans,

and specifications, the county engineer may stop any f urther work thereunder

until the fiscal court or consolidated local government has inspected and

passed upon it;

(j) Remove trees or other obstacles from the right -of-way of any publicly

dedicated road when the tree or other obstacles become a hazard to traffic;

(k) Make recommendation to municipal authorities in a county containing a city

with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based

upon the most recent federal decennial census, the mayor in a consolidated

local government, or the county judge/executive of a county containing a city

with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based

upon the most recent federal decennial census for the establishment of speed

limits in accordance with the powers granted to municipal authorities,

consolidated local governments, and the county judge/executive by KRS

189.390(5)(a), and make recommendations to the county judge/executive or

consolidated local government for the establishment of parking restrictions by

the county judge/executive or consolidated local government in accordance

with KRS 189.390(5)(c); and

(l) Make engineering and traffic investigations and make recommendations based

thereupon to the fiscal court of counties containing a city with a population

equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent

federal decennial census or a consolidated local government for the adoption

of traffic regulations for any publicly dedicated road in unincorporated

portions of the county or for any road made a portion of a county through road

system, established in accordance with KRS 178.330 or 178.333, or both, in

any manner reasonably calculated to promote the safety and convenience of

the traveling public and to protect and preserve the roads and st reets. The

fiscal court or consolidated local government may adopt regulations which

may include but not be limited to the establishment on roads designated in the

first sentence of this subsection, of traffic lanes, the installation or removal of

electric signals and other signs and markers, the removal of traffic bumps, the

limitation or prohibition of parking, and the regulation or prohibition of a size

or weight deemed likely to impede traffic or injure the streets; provided,

however, that if such regul ation of size and weight of vehicles conflicts with

state regulations, the latter shall prevail. Nothing herein shall be construed to

prevent the fiscal court or consolidated local government from contracting

with city authorities for the joint installatio n of signs, markers, and electric

signals and for their maintenance.

(2) In counties containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government, or

when authorized by ordinance of the fiscal court of a county containing a city with a

population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most

recent federal decennial census, having the services of a county engineer, every

person, subdivider, builder, contractor, or developer of any construction project

shall submit to the cou nty engineer for his written approval a site development plan

providing for the proper drainage of surface water from the development or

construction site so as to prevent flooding of property in the area. If the proposed

site plan does not adequately prov ide for such drainage, the county engineer shall

order such changes as necessary before approving the site plan.