KRS 100.193 / 100.201 — City and County Zoning Authority & Statutory Purposes (KY)
Tracked preemption from the Kentucky overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1966-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:KY
Other Kentucky preemptions
2024 HB 443 — Objective-Standards / Ministerial-Application MandateKRS 65.490 et seq. — Tax Increment Financing (Local Development Areas)KRS 67C / Ky. Const. §156a — Louisville Metro Consolidated Local GovernmentKRS Chapter 224A / 224.01-400 — Brownfield Voluntary Environmental RemediationKRS 100.348 — Manufactured Housing Anti-Exclusion & Parity (2025 HB 160)KRS Chapter 350 / SMCRA — Surface Coal Mining Regulation & Mountaintop RemovalOffice of Kentucky Nature Preserves (OKNP) — Designated Nature Preserves & T&E HabitatKRS 146.200 et seq. — Kentucky Wild Rivers System
Primary-source summary
KRS Chapter 100 is the **exclusive source** of local planning and zoning authority in Kentucky. A city, county, or consolidated local government may regulate land use **only** via the powers expressly delegated in Chapter 100. Cities without a planning commission under KRS 100 have **no independent zoning authority**.Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zoning_purposes.statutory_floor | override | health_safety_morals_general_welfare_per_KRS_100_201 | KRS 100.201: zoning regulations must promote public health, safety, morals, and general welfare and may regulate use, height, area, bulk, lot coverage, density, and population |
county_zoning.unincorporated_territory_only | override | True | KRS 100.201 / 100.137: county zoning applies to unincorporated areas where an independent or joint city-county planning unit has been formed |
agricultural_use.exemption_in_unincorporated_county | waive | — | KRS 100.111(2) / 100.203(4) / 100.987: agricultural uses on tracts of 5+ acres in unincorporated counties are exempt from county zoning except for setback/screening; cities may regulate ag uses inside corporate limits |
Citation
Authority source
KRS 100.193 (city zoning enabling); KRS 100.201 (purposes and scope); KRS 100.111(2) (agricultural definition); KRS 100.987 (agritourism, 2024 HB 18 amendments)
§ KRS §§100.193, 100.201, 100.111(2), 100.987
Research notes
KRS 100.193 confers zoning enabling authority on cities; KRS 100.201 sets the substantive scope and statutory purposes that every regulation must serve. The agricultural exemption is load-bearing in rural counties — 5-acre tracts in unincorporated territory are functionally outside county zoning except for narrow setback / screening requirements. 2024 HB 18 clarified the agritourism component of KRS 100.987 but did not narrow the underlying exemption.