KRS 183.861 et seq. — Airport Hazard Area & Airport Zoning (KY)
Tracked preemption from the Kentucky overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1946-01-01
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.
AND
city.airport_influence_zonesattribute is presentparcel.in_airport_hazard_area==True
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
airport_zoning.adoption_required | require | True | KRS 183.865: every political subdivision having an airport hazard area within its jurisdiction shall adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations |
base_districts[*].max_height_ft | cap_at | faa_part_77_imaginary_surface | Airport zoning regs restrict heights to which structures and trees may be erected/grown within hazard zones |
Citation
Authority source
KRS §§183.861 through 183.990 (Airport Zoning Act)
§ KRS §§183.861–183.990; §183.865
Research notes
Works in conjunction with FAA Part 77 imaginary surfaces (14 CFR Part 77). FAA Form 7460-1 (Notice of Proposed Construction) is parallel and federal. Major KY airports with Part 77 influence: SDF (Louisville Muhammad Ali International), CVG (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International — in Boone County, KY), LEX (Blue Grass / Lexington), PAH (Barkley Regional / Paducah), OWB (Owensboro-Daviess County), BWG (Bowling Green-Warren County), and military fields at Fort Knox (Godman AAF) and Fort Campbell (Campbell AAF). CVG's UPS Worldport hub drives Boone-County industrial / logistics overlays.