{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.203","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.203","heading":"Content of zoning regulations -- Appeal -- Special provisions for urban -","body":"county governments.\nCities and counties may enact zoning regulations which shall contain:\n(1) A text, which shall list the types of zones which may be used, and the regulations\nwhich may be imposed in each zone, which must be uniform throughout the zone.\nIn addition, the text shall make provisions for the granting of variances, conditional\nuse permits, and for nonconforming use of land and structures, and any other\nprovisions which  are necessary to implement the zoning regulation. The city or\ncounty may regulate:\n(a) The activity on the land, including filling or excavation of land, and the\nremoval of natural resources, and the use of watercourses, and other bodies of\nwater, as well as land subject to flooding;\n(b) The size, width, height, bulk, location of structures, buildings and signs;\n(c) Minimum or maximum areas or percentages of areas, courts, yards, or other\nopen spaces or bodies of water which are to be left unoccupied, and minimum\ndistance requirements between buildings or other structures;\n(d) Intensity of use and density of population floor area to ground area ratios, or\nother means;\n(e) Districts of special interest to the proper development of the community,\nincluding, b ut not limited to, exclusive use districts, historical districts,\nplanned business districts, planned industrial districts, renewal, rehabilitation,\nand conservation districts; planned neighborhood and group housing districts;\n(f) Fringe areas of each dist rict, by imposing requirements which will make it\ncompatible with neighboring districts; and\n(g) The activities and structures on the land at or near major thoroughfares, their\nintersections, and interchanges, and transportation arteries, natural or artifi cial\nbodies of water, public buildings and public grounds, aircraft, helicopter,\nrocket and spacecraft facilities, places having unique interest or value, flood\nplain areas, and other places having a special character or use affecting or\naffected by their surroundings;\n(2) The text may provide that the planning commission, as a condition to the granting\nof any zoning change, may require the submission of a development plan, which\nshall be limited to the provisions of the definition contained in KRS 100.111( 8).\nWhere agreed upon, this development plan shall be followed. As a further condition\nto the granting of a zoning change, the planning commission may require that\nsubstantial construction be initiated within a certain period of time of not less than\none ( 1) year; provided that such zoning change shall not revert to its original\ndesignation unless there has been a public hearing;\n(3) A map, which shall show the boundaries of the area which is to be zoned, and the\nboundaries of each zone;\n(4) Text provisions to the effect that land which is used for agricultural purposes shall\nhave no regulations except that:\n(a) Setback lines may be required for the protection of existing and proposed\nstreets and highways;\n(b) All buildings or structures in a designated floodway or flood plain or which\ntend to increase flood heights or obstruct the flow of flood waters may be fully\nregulated;\n(c) Mobile homes and other dwellings may be permitted but shall have\nregulations impose d which are applicable, such as zoning, building, and\ncertificates of occupancy; and\n(d) The uses set out in KRS 100.111(2)(c) may be subject to regulation as a\nconditional use;\n(5) The text may empower the planning commission to hear and finally decide\napplications for variances or conditional use permits when a proposed development\nrequires a map amendment and one (1) or more variances or conditional use\npermits;\n(6) In any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (5) of this section:\n(a) The text shall provide that the planning commission shall assume all powers\nand duties otherwise exercised by the board of adjustments pursuant to KRS\n100.231, 100.233, 100.237, 100.241, 100.243, 100.247, and 100.251, in a\ncircumstance provided for by subsection (5) of this section; and\n(b) The text shall provide that the applicant for the map amendment, at the time of\nthe filing of the application for the map amendment, may elect to have any\nvariances or conditional use permits for the same development to be heard and\nfinally decided by the planning commission at the same public hearing set for\nthe map amendment, or by the board of adjustments as otherwise provided for\nin this chapter;\n(7) Any judicial proceeding to appeal the planning commission action authorized by\nsubsection (5) of this section in granting or denying any variance or conditional use\npermit shall be taken pursuant to KRS 100.347(2);\n(8) In urban-county governments, in addition to any other powers permitted or required\nto be exercised by this chapter, the text of the zoning regulations may provide, as a\ncondition to granting a map amendment, that the planning unit may:\n(a) Restrict the use of the property affected to a particular use, or a particular class\nof use, or a specified density within those permitt ed in a given zoning\ncategory;\n(b) Impose architectural or other visual requirements or restrictions upon\ndevelopment in areas zoned historic; and\n(c) Impose screening and buffering restrictions upon the subject property;\nThe text shall provide the method  whereby such restrictions or conditions may be\nimposed, modified, removed, amended and enforced.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26719","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:04Z","sha256":"5235cadec271a1c8856ec69d581caa9e735e5cf1e4ac5e2d7efeed81feb21d22","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.202","next":"us-ky/krs-100.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}