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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Electric vehicle charging station” has the same meaning as in KRS 138.477; and
(b) “Retail filling station” has the same meaning as in KRS 138.210.
(2) A city, county, urban-county government, charter county, or consolidated local government shall not utilize a zoning process, or adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, regulation, or similar measure that:
(a) Prohibits or limits a retail filling station from locating at any place within its jurisdiction at which other businesses of similar uses or character which serve the public may locate;
(b) Could be reasonably construed to apply discriminatory treatment to the use or location of retail filling stations; or
(c) Treats retail filling stations differently than electric vehicle charging stations.
(3) This section shall not prohibit a local jurisdiction identified in subsection (2) of this section from subjecting retail filling stations to restrictions similar to those applicable to other businesses that:
(a) Provide siting requirements, including siting requirements involving certain geographic areas;
(b) Do not effectively prohibit the operation of a retail filling station; and
(c) Are not preempted by state or federal law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 100.326.Definitions for section; retail filling stations; limitations on regulation by local government - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-100-326/
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