{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-99.595","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 99.595","heading":"Definitions for KRS 99.595 to 99.605 and 132.452.","body":"(1) \"Administering agency\" means the agency delegated responsibility by the legislative\nbody to implement the provisions of KRS 99.595 to 99.605 and 132.452.\n(2) \"Commercial facility\" means any structure the primary purpose and use of which is\nthe operation of  a commercial business enterprise and which is twenty -five (25)\nyears old or older.\n(3) \"Existing residential building\" means a residential building which has been in\nexistence for at least twenty -five (25) years and use of which is to provide\nindependent living facilities for one (1) or more persons.\n(4) \"Legislative body\" means the board of aldermen in a city of the first class operating\nunder KRS Chapter 83, the city council in a city operating pursuant to KRS\n83A.130, the city commission in a city opera ting pursuant to KRS 83A.140, the\nboard of commissioners in a city operating pursuant to KRS 83A.150, the fiscal\ncourt in a county, the legislative council in a consolidated local government\noperating pursuant to KRS Chapter 67C, and the legislative body i n an urban -\ncounty government operating pursuant to KRS Chapter 67A.\n(5) \"Local government\" means a county, municipal, consolidated local government, or\nurban-county government.\n(6) \"Rehabilitation\" means the process of returning an existing structure to a state of\nutility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient contemporary\nuse.\n(7) \"Repair\" means the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing structure for\nthe purpose of maintenance.\n(8) \"Restoration\" means the process of a ccurately recovering the form and details of a\nstructure and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time by removal of\nlater work or by the replacement of missing earlier work.\n(9) \"Stabilization\" means the process of applying measures design ed to reestablish a\nweather-resistant enclosure and the structural stability of an unsafe or deteriorated\nproperty while maintaining the essential form as it exists.\n(10) \"Assessment or reassessment moratorium\" means the act of deferring the value of\nthe improvements from the taxable assessment of qualifying units of real property\nfor a maximum period of five (5) years.","path":["KRS Chapter 99"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26562","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:02Z","sha256":"ef3e27d9a719894f8693e98c466aa64ca1d3c9d2c173937f02da8aa831cd7ae2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-99.590","next":"us-ky/krs-99.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}