{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.117","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.117","heading":"Independent planning units.","body":"Any city or county may establish a planning program as an independent operation if the\nfollowing required procedure is unsuccessful in establishing a joint planning unit\nencompassing the county and cities therein.\n(1) A city shall interrogate the county and every other city therein to determine whether\nthey desire to enter into an agreement to form a joint planning unit. The\ninterrogation shall be in writing, addressed to the various legislative bodies stating\nproposed reasonable terms for combination and t he reasoned purpose and\nobjectives. The political subdivisions which have been interrogated shall have sixty\n(60) days in which to answer in writing and the city may assume that the answer is\nnegative if no response is received within the sixty (60) days. If the county answers\nin the negative, then the city may engage in an independent planning operation. If\nthe county responds affirmatively, then a joint planning unit shall be established,\nand no city located in such county may form an independent planning  unit. If a city\nhas been operating under an agreement under which its planning operations have\nbeen combined with one (1) or several counties or cities and the combination is\nbroken, then it shall follow the procedure set forth in this subsection before i t\nengages in an independent planning operation.\n(2) A county shall interrogate every incorporated city within its boundaries and\notherwise be subject to following the procedure established for an independent city\noperation.\n(3) In a county where independent planning units have been created in accordance with\nthis section, another interrogation shall not be permitted for a period of four (4)\nyears from the date of the previous letter of interrogation. If another interrogation is\ninitiated, the required proce dure as defined by this section, shall be followed. If the\nresult of such an interrogation is creation of a joint planning unit, as permitted by\nKRS 100.121, then all the existing independent planning units shall be dissolved,\nand no city located in such county may form an independent planning unit. A period\nof one (1) year from the date of the letter of interrogation shall be permitted for the\nnewly formed joint planning unit to come into existence, during which time the\nother necessary steps required by t his chapter must be complied with and the\ndissolution of the independent units shall be effective upon compliance with\nrequirements of this chapter, for creation of the joint planning unit, or at the end of\nthe one (1) year period, whichever is first.\n(4) Any independent planning unit in existence on June 20, 2005, in a county\ncontaining all or a portion of a joint planning unit may continue to exist and operate\nas an independent planning unit and shall not be required to:\n(a) Conduct any interrogation unde r the provisions of subsection (1) of this\nsection;\n(b) Be subject to the interrogation process in subsection (2) of this section; or\n(c) Dissolve in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26682","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:03Z","sha256":"f736c84e58b4b7599e2036d22b86f5a208e3eea5aaa1b03d1fc7802327f56185","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.113","next":"us-ky/krs-100.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}