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Fort Knox / Fort Campbell / Blue Grass Army Depot — Military Installation Influence (KY)

Tracked preemption from the Kentucky overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1940-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
federal_via_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.

OR
  • city.military_installation_adjacency == True
  • parcel.in_aicuz_noise_zone == True
  • parcel.in_clear_zone_or_apz == True
  • parcel.adjacent_to_blue_grass_army_depot == True

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].noise_compatibility_within_aicuzoverridedod_aicuz_land_use_compatibility_guidelinesDoD Air Installation Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) program — residential and noise-sensitive uses discouraged or prohibited in Clear Zones, APZ I, APZ II, and 65+ DNL noise contours per DoDI 4165.57
review_typerequireinstallation_commander_consultation_per_KY_KRS_100_345KRS 100.345: planning unit shall consult with installation commander on planning, zoning, and subdivision actions affecting military mission within designated military influence area
review_typerequirechemical_stockpile_emergency_preparedness_coordinationBlue Grass Army Depot CSEPP — Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program — coordination for Madison County land-use within the IRZ/PAZ until stockpile destruction certified complete (completed July 2023; legacy CSEPP zones may persist for planning purposes)

Citation

Authority source
DoD Instruction 4165.57 (AICUZ); 32 CFR Part 256 (AICUZ); KRS §100.345 (installation commander consultation); 50 USC §§1521 et seq. (chemical weapons destruction); CSEPP authorities under PL 99-145
§ KRS §100.345; DoDI 4165.57; 32 CFR Part 256
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=3771

Research notes

Three major KY installations: (1) Fort Knox (Hardin, Meade, Bullitt counties) — US Army Human Resources Command, Bullion Depository, Godman AAF; (2) Fort Campbell (Christian, Trigg counties KY + Montgomery, Stewart counties TN) — 101st Airborne, Campbell AAF, dominant AICUZ footprint over Christian County and Hopkinsville/Oak Grove; (3) Blue Grass Army Depot (Madison County) — conventional munitions storage + former chemical weapons stockpile (destruction completed July 2023). Also: KY National Guard Boone NG Center (Frankfort), Fort Knox-area training annexes. KRS 100.345 codifies the installation-commander consultation requirement — the state-level corollary to the federal AICUZ guidelines.