KRS Chapter 100 — Kentucky Planning and Zoning Enabling Act (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
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
5 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zoning_decision_procedure.requires_planning_commission | override | True | KRS 100.137: cities/counties have no inherent zoning authority — power flows exclusively from KRS Chapter 100 via a planning commission |
zoning_decision_procedure.comprehensive_plan_required_before_zoning | override | True | KRS 100.183–.197: a comprehensive plan must be adopted before zoning regulations are enforceable |
map_amendment.findings_of_fact_required | require | agreement_with_comp_plan_OR_major_change_OR_original_classification_inappropriate | KRS 100.213: written findings required — agreement with the comprehensive plan, OR major change of economic/physical/social nature, OR original classification was inappropriate/improper. Most-litigated KY zoning statute; de facto check on spot zoning |
zoning_appeal.circuit_court_window_days | override | 30 | KRS 100.347: appeals to circuit court must be filed within 30 days of the final action |
nonconforming_use.statutory_protection | override | True | KRS 100.324: nonconforming uses lawfully established may continue subject to statutory abandonment / discontinuance rules |
Citation
Authority source
Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 100 (originally enacted 1966; periodically amended through 2025 HB 160)
§ KRS §§100.111 et seq.; §§100.183–.197; §§100.201–.213; §100.347
Research notes
Dillon's-Rule enabling act. Kentucky cities and counties have no inherent zoning power. Chapter 100 preempts by occupation of field for procedural mechanics (hearings, notice, findings, appeals). Substantively it is enabling: locals set use lists, bulk standards, district boundaries subject to the procedural floor and the three statutory purposes in KRS 100.201. Cities without a planning commission have no zoning authority at all. Cross-references: City of Louisville v. Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, 623 S.W.2d 219 (Ky. 1981); City of Harlan v. Scott, 290 Ky. 585 (1942).