{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-178.117","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 178.117","heading":"Private improvement of public road in unincorporated territory -- When","body":"permitted -- Procedure.\n(1) Any person or corporation, public or private, or any group of such persons or\ncorporations or both, residing in or owning property adjacent to any publi cly\ndedicated road in unincorporated territory in any county and desiring to make any\nimprovements to the publicly dedicated road shall submit to the fiscal court, the\nurban-county government, or the consolidated local government for approval plans\nand spe cifications for its improvements at their own expense. Any request for\nprivate improvement shall include all the information required by KRS 184.020 to\naccompany a request for the creation of a public road district pursuant to that\nsection.\n(2) The sponsor s of the private improvement of the publicly dedicated road shall\npresent their request, together with the attached maps and estimates of cost, to the\nfiscal court, the urban -county government, or the consolidated local government,\nwho shall turn over to the county engineer for his or her consideration the maps and\nestimates of cost. In considering whether to permit the requested improvement, the\nfiscal court, the urban -county government, or the consolidated local government,\nand the county engineer shall f ollow the same procedures provided for in KRS\n184.040 and the same appellate rights provided for in these sections are available to\nthe petitioners. When the county engineer receives from the fiscal court, the urban -\ncounty government, or the consolidated l ocal government an application for\napproval of plans or specifications for the private improvement of publicly\ndedicated roads by some individual or corporation, or a combination thereof, the\ncounty engineer shall be authorized and empowered to examine, in spect, and\ninvestigate, as seems to be advisable, the sufficiency of the improvements which the\napplication seeks to serve the purposes intended, and to establish and make\nreasonable charges for his or her services on the basis of a schedule adjusted\naccording to the services required to conduct the investigation or on any other\nreasonable method.\n(3) When it appears to the county engineer that the completion of the improvement by\nor on behalf of any individual or corporation requires inspection and supervi sion in\norder to assure the protection of the public safety and the proper subsequent\ncompletion of the work for the purposes intended, the county engineer shall include\nfindings in his or her recommendation to the fiscal court, the urban -county\ngovernment, or the consolidated local government approving, modifying, or\ndisapproving the particular plans and projects, and shall charge the person or\ncorporation for the inspection and supervision on the basis of the actual cost of\ninspection plus a reasonable additional cost of supervision.","path":["KRS Chapter 178"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5430","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:30Z","sha256":"8e81c91c79dc075adb7cef3a842266c5d417e0ee9867539e758e09de56a2de8d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-178.116","next":"us-ky/krs-178.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}