{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-179.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 179.070","heading":"General powers and duties of engineer -- Requirement of site development","body":"plan in certain counties.\n(1) The county engineer shall:\n(a) Have general charge of all county roads and bridges within the county;\n(b) See that county roads and bridges are improved and maintained as provided by\nlaw;\n(c) Supervise the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges and\nother work of like nature undertaken by the fiscal court or a consolidated local\ngovernment;\n(d) Make reports as the county, consolidat ed local government, or fiscal court\ndirects;\n(e) Advise and direct employees of contractors how best to repair, maintain, and\nimprove county roads and bridges;\n(f) Examine the various formations and deposits of gravel and stone in the county\nto ascertain the materials most available and best suited for the improvement\nof roads therein, and, when requested by the Department of Highways, submit\nsamples of materials and deposits and make a written report concerning the\nmaterials;\n(g) Establish or cause to be established necessary grades and recommend means\nof drainage, repair, and improvement;\n(h) Together with the fiscal court or consolidated local government, consider and\neither reject or approve plans, specifications, and estimates submitted for the\nerection or repair of bridges and the construction or maintenance of county\nroads;\n(i) Inspect or cause to be inspected each county road or bridge during its\nconstruction or improvement, and certify to the fiscal court or the consolidated\nlocal government the pro gress of the work and whether or not the work is\nbeing done according to the contract, plans, and specifications prepared\ntherefor. If the work is not being done in accordance with the contract, plans,\nand specifications, the county engineer may stop any f urther work thereunder\nuntil the fiscal court or consolidated local government has inspected and\npassed upon it;\n(j) Remove trees or other obstacles from the right -of-way of any publicly\ndedicated road when the tree or other obstacles become a hazard to traffic;\n(k) Make recommendation to municipal authorities in a county containing a city\nwith a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based\nupon the most recent federal decennial census, the mayor in a consolidated\nlocal government, or the county judge/executive of a county containing a city\nwith a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based\nupon the most recent federal decennial census for the establishment of speed\nlimits in accordance with the powers granted to municipal authorities,\nconsolidated local governments, and the county judge/executive by KRS\n189.390(5)(a), and make recommendations to the county judge/executive or\nconsolidated local government for the establishment of parking restrictions by\nthe county judge/executive or consolidated local government in accordance\nwith KRS 189.390(5)(c); and\n(l) Make engineering and traffic investigations and make recommendations based\nthereupon to the fiscal court of counties containing a city with a population\nequal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent\nfederal decennial census or a consolidated local government for the adoption\nof traffic regulations for any publicly dedicated road in unincorporated\nportions of the county or for any road made a portion of a county through road\nsystem, established in accordance with KRS 178.330 or 178.333, or both, in\nany manner reasonably calculated to promote the safety and convenience of\nthe traveling public and to protect and preserve the roads and st reets. The\nfiscal court or consolidated local government may adopt regulations which\nmay include but not be limited to the establishment on roads designated in the\nfirst sentence of this subsection, of traffic lanes, the installation or removal of\nelectric signals and other signs and markers, the removal of traffic bumps, the\nlimitation or prohibition of parking, and the regulation or prohibition of a size\nor weight deemed likely to impede traffic or injure the streets; provided,\nhowever, that if such regul ation of size and weight of vehicles conflicts with\nstate regulations, the latter shall prevail. Nothing herein shall be construed to\nprevent the fiscal court or consolidated local government from contracting\nwith city authorities for the joint installatio n of signs, markers, and electric\nsignals and for their maintenance.\n(2) In counties containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government, or\nwhen authorized by ordinance of the fiscal court of a county containing a city with a\npopulation equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most\nrecent federal decennial census, having the services of a county engineer, every\nperson, subdivider, builder, contractor, or developer of any construction project\nshall submit to the cou nty engineer for his written approval a site development plan\nproviding for the proper drainage of surface water from the development or\nconstruction site so as to prevent flooding of property in the area. If the proposed\nsite plan does not adequately prov ide for such drainage, the county engineer shall\norder such changes as necessary before approving the site plan.","path":["KRS Chapter 179"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43837","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:31Z","sha256":"b3f5e2ac7baf945ef963b9c7337338f432060988a27a045d20151b341375bd42","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-179.060","next":"us-ky/krs-179.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}