KRS 183.861: Establishment of Airport Zoning Commission -- Jurisdiction over land use

issues.

(1) There is hereby created and established within the cabinet, a commission to be

known as the "Kentucky Airport Zoning Commission" which, notwithstanding the

provisions of KRS Chapters 100 and 147, shall be empowered to issue orders, rules,

and regulations pertaining to use of land within and around the facilities identified

in subsection (2) of this section as will promote the public interest and protect and

encourage the proper use of the airports and their facilities.

(2) The commission shall have jurisdiction over land use issues around the following

facilities in the Commonwealth:

(a) All military airports;

(b) All public-use facilities of the following types:

1. Airports;

2. Heliports; and

3. Seaplane bases; and

(c) All private-use airports which have a paved runway in excess of two thousand

nine hundred (2,900) feet.