KRS 81A.482: Standing to contest city's annexation of property containing no residents -

- Standing to contest results of defeated KRS 81A.120 election.

(1) When a city annexes or proposes to annex any territory in which no person is

residing, any person who pursues litigation against the annexation shall have

standing in a court of law to do so if that person:

(a) Owns property within the area that is proposed to be annexed or that has been

annexed by a city; or

(b) Owns property directly adjoining a parcel of land that contains either in whole

or in part any territory proposed to be annexed or annexed by the city. For the

purposes of this paragraph, "parcel" means a tract of real property that is

assessed as a single unit for purposes of determining ad valorem tax liability.

(2) If an election on annexation held pursuant to KRS 81A.420 is defeated, a city

government that proposed the annexation shall have standing to contest the results

of the election for the reasons and in a manner established in KRS 120.250.

(3) The authority granted by this section shall be construed to be in addition to any

standing to pursue litigation existing in statute, common law, or the rules of city

procedure.