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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) There is hereby created and established within the cabinet, a commission to be known as the “Kentucky Airport Zoning Commission” which, notwithstanding the provisions of KRS Chapters 100 and 147, shall be empowered to issue orders, rules, and regulations pertaining to use of land within and around the facilities identified in subsection (2) of this section as will promote the public interest and protect and encourage the proper use of the airports and their facilities.
(2) The commission shall have jurisdiction over land use issues around the following facilities in the Commonwealth:
(a) All military airports;
(b) All public-use facilities of the following types:
1. Airports;
2. Heliports; and
3. Seaplane bases; and
(c) All private-use airports which have a paved runway in excess of two thousand nine hundred (2,900) feet.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XV. Roads, Waterways, and Aviation § 183.861.Establishment of Airport Zoning Commission; jurisdiction over land use issues - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xv-roads-waterways-and-aviation/ky-rev-st-sect-183-861/
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