KRS 67C / Ky. Const. §156a — Louisville Metro Consolidated Local Government (KY)
Tracked preemption from the Kentucky overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2003-01-06
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 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 SystemKRS 224.71 et seq. — Wetlands & Waters of the Commonwealth (KPDES §401 Certification)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
city.is_consolidated_local_government==Truecity.in_louisville_metro==True
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction.unified_land_development_code | override | louisville_metro_ldc | Louisville Metro operates under a single unified Land Development Code applied to former City of Louisville + unincorporated Jefferson County; administered by Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services |
home_rule_city.preserved_zoning_authority | override | subject_to_metro_comprehensive_plan | KRS 67C.101 / 67C.111: preserved home-rule cities (Anchorage, Jeffersontown, St. Matthews, Shively, Prospect, Middletown, etc.) retain their KRS-100 planning commissions but are subject to Metro Cornerstone 2040 comprehensive plan and Metro Planning Commission primacy on subdivision/specific-use review per inter-local agreements |
Citation
Authority source
Ky. Const. §156a (1994 amendment); KRS Chapter 67C (enacted 2000; effective January 6, 2003 merger)
§ Ky. Const. §156a; KRS §§67C.101, 67C.111
Research notes
§156a is the constitutional hook for Louisville-Jefferson County merger and provides a narrow home-rule exception treated more permissively than ordinary municipal corporations under Dillon's Rule. Lexington-Fayette Urban County (merged 1974) operates under a separate statutory framework (KRS Chapter 67A), not §156a. Cornerstone 2040 is the Metro comprehensive plan; LDC is the operative regulatory document (Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances, Appendix).