{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.137","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.137","heading":"Planning commission in county of 300,000 and county with consolidated","body":"local government -- Qualifications -- Appointment -- Conflicts of interest --\nLegislation regarding plan.\n(1) Except in a consolidated local government, counties with a population  of 300,000\nor more inhabitants shall be a planning unit and shall have a planning commission\nwhich commission shall be composed of three (3) members, who are nonresidents\nof the largest city of the county, appointed by the county judge/executive of such\ncounty; three (3) members who are residents of the largest city of the county\nappointed by the mayor of that city; and the mayor of the largest city, or his\ndesignee; the county judge/executive, or his designee; the director of works of the\nlargest city in the county; and the county road engineer. The county judge/executive\nand the mayor together shall ensure that three (3) of the six (6) appointees are\ncitizens who have no direct financial interest in the land development and\nconstruction industry. If the c ommission appoints a citizen member to fill a\nvacancy, the commission shall ensure that the balance is maintained. All ten (10)\nmembers of the planning commission shall be required to disclose any personal or\nfamily commercial interest relevant to land use , new development supply, or new\ndevelopment construction. The disclosure shall be a written, signed statement of the\ngeneral nature of the member's interest. The disclosure shall be filed with the\ncommission's records under KRS 100.167 and shall be availa ble for public\ninspection during regular business hours. A member shall not vote on an issue in\nwhich the member or member's family has an interest. The willful failure of a\nmember to disclose an interest, or a member's voting on an issue in which the\nmember or member's family has a known interest, shall subject the member to\nremoval proceedings under KRS 100.157.\n(2) A county with a consolidated local government created pursuant to KRS Chapter\n67C shall be a planning unit and shall have a planning commissi on which shall\ninclude eight (8) members who are residents of the planning unit, approved by the\nmayor of the consolidated local government pursuant to the provisions of KRS\n67C.139. The membership of the planning commission shall also include the mayor\nof the consolidated local government, or his or her designee, and the director of\npublic works of the consolidated local government, or his or her designee, or the\ncounty engineer as determined by the mayor. If the director of public works\ndesignates a desig nee, the designee shall be either a civil or highway engineer\nlicensed under KRS Chapter 322, and shall have at least three (3) years' practical\nroad building, road design, or transportation planning experience. The mayor shall\nensure that four (4) of the eight (8) appointees are citizens who have no direct\nfinancial interest in the land development and construction industry. If the\ncommission appoints a citizen member to fill a vacancy, the commission shall\nensure that the balance is maintained. All ten (1 0) members of the planning\ncommission shall be required to disclose any personal or family commercial interest\nrelevant to land use, new development supply, or new development construction.\nThe disclosure shall be a written, signed statement of the general  nature of the\nmember's interest. The disclosure shall be filed with the commission's records\npursuant to KRS 100.167 and shall be available for public inspection during regular\nbusiness hours. A member shall not vote on an issue in which the member or\nmember's family has an interest. The willful failure of a member to disclose an\ninterest, or a member's voting on an issue in which the member or member's family\nhas a known interest, shall subject the member to removal proceedings pursuant to\nKRS 100.157.\n(3) In counties containing a consolidated local government, all legislation\nimplementing or amending the plan or amended plan which affects cities with a\npopulation equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) based upon the most\nrecent federal decennial census or any city with a population of less than three\nthousand (3,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census that regulated\nland use under the provisions of this chapter prior to January 1, 2014, shall be\nenacted by such cities and all othe r legislation implementing the plan or amended\nplan shall be enacted by the fiscal court or, in the case of a consolidated local\ngovernment, by the consolidated local government.\n(4) In all other counties the establishment of a planning unit is optional, b ut any\nplanning unit established in other counties shall comply with the remaining\nprovisions of this chapter.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43776","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:03Z","sha256":"ab7c363e9fbbac387d8a528924b1dc50d1e1a384271ab36433b9cc52494d6fba","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.133","next":"us-ky/krs-100.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}