{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-107.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 107.040","heading":"Public hearing -- Record -- Owners of affected property to be heard --","body":"Written statements -- Vote -- Results to be included in report.\nA public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the first ordinance. Any\nperson qualifying under the provisions of KRS 107.030 may preside and conduct such\nhearing. Such presiding person, or any person whom he or she may designate, shall make\nreasonable notes or minutes of the proceedings, and the same shall be submitted in\nwriting to a subsequent regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body. Any owner of\nproperty intended to be benefited by the proposed improvement project may be heard at\nsuch public hearing, in person or by a representative. Any such owner may submit to the\nperson presiding, or to the designated clerk, if one (1) be designated, a written instrument\nin which such owner is identified by name, address, and designation of the property\nowned, and containing a statement of any reason for advocating, or objecting to, any of\nthe aspects of the proposed improvement project as set forth in subsection (1), (2), (3), or\n(4) of KRS 107.030, and such written instruments shall be attached to, or included in, the\nwritten report of the hearing. Whether or not any such written instruments are submi tted,\nthe person presiding at such hearing may require those in attendance to identify\nthemselves as owners of property to be benefited, or otherwise, and may call for a vote of\nsuch identified owners, by secret ballot or show -of-hands, on any pertinent co ntroversial\nmatter, and the results thereof shall be included in the subsequent written report to the\ngoverning body. The presiding officer may impose reasonable rules upon the conduct of\nthe public hearing.  Reports of local health agencies, summaries, en gineering and health\nreports and other informative data may be made a part of the public hearing.  The hearing\nmay be adjourned to convene again, and from time to time, either at a time and place\nannounced at the hearing, or any adjourned session, or upon public notice of such time\nand place, to be given in such manner as the person presiding may announce prior to the\nadjournment. If no owners of property to be benefited by the proposed project appear at\nsuch hearing, or if no substantial controversy develo ps at such hearing, regarding any of\nthe matters enumerated in subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) of KRS 107.030, the hearing may\nbe adjourned sine die by the person presiding, and such facts shall be set forth in the\nwritten report to the governing body.","path":["KRS Chapter 107"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=27156","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:09Z","sha256":"49f7aea02cc87a8ae4a17f496e0899c475748f1e4c8cbe1c2dce9603be1506b1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-107.030","next":"us-ky/krs-107.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}