{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.324","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.324","heading":"Public utility facilities excepted -- Review of proposed acquisition,","body":"disposition, or change by commission.\n(1) All other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, public utilities\noperating under the jurisdiction of the Public Servi ce Commission, except as\nspecified in KRS 100.987, or the Department of Vehicle Regulation or Federal\nEnergy Regulatory Commission, any municipally owned electric system, and\ncommon carriers by rail shall not be required to receive the approval of the planning\nunit for the location or relocation of any of their service facilities. Service facilities\ninclude all facilities of such utilities and common carriers by rail other than office\nspace, garage space, and warehouse space and include office space, garage  space,\nand warehouse space when such space is incidental to a service facility. The Public\nService Commission and the Department of Vehicle Regulation shall give notice to\nthe planning commission of any planning unit of any hearing which affects\nlocations or relocations of service facilities within that planning unit's jurisdiction.\n(2) The nonservice facilities excluded in subsection (1) of this section must be in\naccordance with the zoning regulations.\n(3) Upon the request of the planning commission, the  public utilities referred to in this\nsection shall provide the planning commission of the planning unit affected with\ninformation concerning service facilities which have been located on and relocated\non private property.\n(4) Any proposal for acquisition or disposition of land for public facilities, or changes\nin the character, location, or extent of structures or land for public facilities,\nexcluding state and federal highways and public utilities and common carriers by\nrail mentioned in this section, sha ll be referred to the commission to be reviewed in\nlight of its agreement with the comprehensive plan, and the commission shall,\nwithin sixty (60) days from the date of its receipt, review the project and advise the\nreferring body whether the project is in  accordance with the comprehensive plan. If\nit disapproves of the project, it shall state the reasons for disapproval in writing and\nmake suggestions for changes which will, in its opinion, better accomplish the\nobjectives of the comprehensive plan. No per mit required for construction or\noccupancy of such public facilities shall be issued until the expiration of the sixty\n(60) day period or until the planning commission issues its report, whichever occurs\nfirst.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26779","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:04Z","sha256":"cf00698b7a85c79be126e0a03cd08e1c80722d8f56155c4e06b0a8a808977df1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.322","next":"us-ky/krs-100.325"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}