KRS 219.350: Permit for construction of community.

No community shall be constructed or altered without a permit as provided in KRS

219.310 to 219.410. An application for a permit to construct or alter a community shall be

made to the cabinet upon forms provided by it. The application shall include plans f or

construction or alteration of the community and shall contain such information in regard

to the proposed community as the cabinet may reasonably require, which may include

affirmative evidence of ability to comply with requirements of KRS 219.310 to 219 .410

and regulations adopted by the secretary. All plans for the construction, installation, or

alteration of buildings shall be forwarded by the cabinet to the Department of Housing,

Buildings and Construction. Only the Department of Housing, Buildings an d

Construction shall review such plans for conformance with the Uniform State Building

Code. The Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction shall expedite the review

of such plans and return them to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for

completion of the application process. Each application for a permit to construct or alter a

community shall be accompanied by a permit fee of forty-seven dollars ($47). The cabinet

may, by administrative regulation, increase this fee by no more than five percent (5%) per

year, not to exceed a maximum fee of seventy dollars ($70). Each permit to construct

shall be issued only for the person and premises, including the number of spaces named

in the application and shall not be transferable. Each permit to const ruct shall expire one

(1) year from date of issuance.