{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.111","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.111","heading":"Definitions for chapter.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Administrative official\" means any department, employee, or advisory, elected,\nor appointed body which is authorized to administer any provision of the zoning\nregulation, subdivision regulations, and, if delegated, any provision of any\nhousing or building regulation or any other land use control regulation;\n(2) \"Agricultural use\" means the use of:\n(a) A  tract of at least five (5) contiguous acres for the production of\nagricultural or horticultural crops, including but not limited to livestock,\nlivestock products, poultry, poultry products, grain, hay, pastures,\nsoybeans,  tobacco, timber, orchard fruits, vegetables, flowers, or\nornamental plants, including provision for dwellings for persons and their\nfamilies who are engaged in the agricultural use on the tract, but not\nincluding residential building development for sale or lease to the public.\nFor purposes of this subsection, \"livestock\" means  cattle, sheep, swine,\ngoats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, and any other animals of the\nbovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species;\n(b) Regardless of the size of the tract of land used, small farm wineries\nlicensed under KRS 243.155;\n(c) A tract of at least five (5) contiguous acres used for the following activities\ninvolving horses:\n1. Riding lessons;\n2. Rides;\n3. Training;\n4. Projects for educational purposes;\n5. Boarding and related care; or\n6. Shows, competitions, sporting events, and similar activities that are\nassociated with youth and amateur programs, none of which are\nregulated by KRS  Chapter 230, involving seventy (70) or less\nparticipants. Shows,  competitions, sporting events, and  similar\nactivities that are associated with youth and amateur programs,\nnone  of which are regulated by KRS  Chapter 230, involving more\nthan seventy (70) participants shall be subject to local applicable\nzoning regulations; or\n(d) A tract of land used for the following activities involving horses:\n1. Riding lessons;\n2. Rides;\n3. Training;\n4. Projects for educational purposes;\n5. Boarding and related care; or\n6. Shows, competitions, sporting events, and similar activities that are\nassociated with youth and amateur programs, none of which are\nregulated by KRS  Chapter 230, involving seventy (70) or less\nparticipants. Shows,  competitions, sporting events, and  similar\nactivities that are associated with youth and amateur programs,\nnone  of which are regulated by KRS  Chapter 230, involving more\nthan seventy (70) participants shall be subject to local applicable\nzoning regulations.\nThis paragraph shall only apply to acreage that was being used for these\nactivities before July 13, 2004;\n(3) \"Board\" means the board of adjustment unless the context indicates otherwise;\n(4) \"Citizen member\" means any member  of the planning commission or board of\nadjustment who is not an elected or appointed official or employee of the city,\ncounty, or consolidated local government;\n(5) \"Commission\" means planning commission;\n(6) \"Conditional use\" means  a use which is essential to or would promote the\npublic health, safety, or welfare in one (1) or more zones, but which would\nimpair the integrity and character of the zone in which it is located, or in\nadjoining zones, unless restrictions on location, size, extent, and character of\nperformance are imposed in addition to those imposed in the zoning regulation;\n(7) \"Conditional use permit\" means  legal authorization to undertake a conditional\nuse, issued by the administrative official pursuant to authorization by the board\nof adjustment, consisting of two (2) parts:\n(a) A statement of the factual determination by the board of adjustment which\njustifies the issuance of the permit; and\n(b) A statement of the specific conditions which must be met in order for the\nuse to be permitted;\n(8) \"Development plan\" means written and graphic material for the provision of a\ndevelopment, including any or all of the following: location and bulk of buildings\nand other structures, intensity of use, density of development, streets, ways,\nparking facilities, signs, drainage of surface water, access points, a plan for\nscreening or buffering, utilities, existing manmade  and natural conditions, and\nall other conditions agreed to by the applicant;\n(9) \"Fiscal court\" means  the chief body of the county with legislative power,\nwhether it is the fiscal court, county commissioners, or otherwise;\n(10) \"Housing or building regulation\" means  the Kentucky Building Code, the\nKentucky  Plumbing  Code,  and  any  other building or structural code\npromulgated by the Commonwealth  or by its political subdivisions;\n(11) \"Legislative body\" means  the chief body  of the city, consolidated local\ngovernment, urban-county government, charter county government, or unified\nlocal government with legislative power, whether it is the board of aldermen,\nthe general council, the common  council, the city council, the board of\ncommissioners, or otherwise; at times it also implies the county's fiscal court;\n(12) \"Mayor\"  means  the chief elected official of the city, consolidated local\ngovernment, urban-county government, charter county government, or unified\nlocal government, whether the official designation of his office is mayor or\notherwise;\n(13) \"Nonconforming use or structure\" means  an activity or a building, sign,\nstructure, or a portion thereof which lawfully existed before the adoption or\namendment  of the zoning regulation, but which does not conform to all of the\nregulations contained in the zoning regulation which pertain to the zone in\nwhich it is located;\n(14) \"Planning operations\" means  the formulating of plans for the physical\ndevelopment and social and economic well-being of a planning unit, and the\nformulating of proposals for means of implementing the plans;\n(15) \"Planning unit\" means  any  city, county, consolidated local government,\nurban-county government, charter county government, or unified local\ngovernment, or any combination of cities, counties, or parts of counties, or\nparts of consolidated local governments engaged in planning operations;\n(16) \"Plat\" means the map of a subdivision;\n(17) \"Political subdivision\" means  any city, county, consolidated local government,\nurban-county government, charter county government, or unified local\ngovernment;\n(18) \"Several\" means two (2) or more;\n(19) \"Public facility\" means any use of land whether publicly or privately owned for\ntransportation, utilities, or communications, or for the benefit of the general\npublic, including but not limited to libraries, streets, schools, fire or police\nstations, county buildings, municipal buildings, recreational centers including\nparks, and cemeteries;\n(20) \"Street\" means any vehicular way;\n(21) \"Structure\" means  anything constructed or made, the use of which requires\npermanent location in or on the ground or attachment to something having a\npermanent location in or on the ground, including buildings and signs;\n(22) \"Subdivision\" means the division of a parcel of land into three (3) or more lots\nor parcels except in a county containing a city with a population equal to or\ngreater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most recent federal\ndecennial census or in an urban-county government or consolidated local\ngovernment where a subdivision means the division of a parcel of land into two\n(2) or more lots or parcels; for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of\nsale, lease, or building development, or if a new street is involved, any division\nof a parcel of land; provided that a division of land for agricultural use and not\ninvolving a new street shall not be deemed  a subdivision. The term includes\nresubdivision and when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process\nof subdivision or to the land subdivided; any division or redivision of land into\nparcels of less than one (1) acre occurring within twelve (12) months following\na division of the same land shall be deemed  a subdivision within the meaning\nof this section;\n(23) \"Unit\" means planning unit; and\n(24) \"Variance\" means a departure from dimensional terms of the zoning regulation\npertaining to the height, width, length, or location of structures, and the size of\nyards and open spaces where such departure meets the requirements of KRS\n100.241 to 100.247.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46635","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:03Z","sha256":"9847e22f351d6f2cc164d32aeb6f1d613ee79b23fbde2d78cc15a33c44a10ade","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.110","next":"us-ky/krs-100.113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}