{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-148.890","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 148.890","heading":"Use of lands adjacent to or visible from trail -- Legislative findings.","body":"(1) Subject to the provisions of KRS 148.878(3)(a), nothing in KRS 148.870 to\n148.892 shall be construed or interpreted as affecting, in any way, the legitimate use\nof surface and subsurface property adjacent to or visible from the trail, whether such\nuse was in effect upon the designation of the trail or not, including but not limited to\ntimbering, oil and gas operations, mining, both by surface and underground mining\nmeans, or any other legitimate use of surface or mineral property adjacent to or\nwithin view of the trail.\n(2) Use of the lands outside of the boundary of the trail shall not be limited or restricted\nbecause the lands may be viewed from the trail. The viewshed of the trail shall be\nlimited to the trail boundary for any land use regulation of land s outside the\nboundary of the trail.\n(3) The General Assembly finds that the boundaries for the trail prescribed in KRS\n148.870 to 148.892 are adequate and sufficient to protect areas inside the trail that\nmay contain fragile or historic lands; or which may have important historic, cultural,\nscientific, aesthetic values and natural systems; or that may be renewable resource\nlands which have importance in terms of long -range productivity of water supply,\nfood, or fiber products; or which could be considered natural hazard lands,\nincluding lands subject to frequent flooding, areas of unstable geology, or areas in\nwhich the health, safety, or welfare of people, property, or the environment is\nthreatened due to surface coal mining or similar activities conducted  outside of the\ntrail boundaries.","path":["KRS Chapter 148"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1825","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:42Z","sha256":"7639b8b6b2966f9a11d7d4ec48aa35140eb40b17e2b1e2223eafbc65cc62a996","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-148.888","next":"us-ky/krs-148.892"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}