(1) Any planning commission which has completed the objectives, land use plan, transportation plan, and community facilities elements of a comprehensive plan may adopt regulations for the subdivision of land within its boundaries, except that, in the case of urban-county governments, the planning commission shall make recommendations to the legislative body of the urban-county government as to the regulations, and it shall take a majority of the entire legislative body to override the recommendation of the planning commission.
(2) A county which does not wish to establish a planning program or form a planning unit may adopt regulations for the subdivision of land within its boundaries. In this case, the county shall be governed by the provisions of KRS § 100.111(22), 100.277,

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 100.273

  • Commission: means planning commission. See Kentucky Statutes 100.111
  • Fiscal court: means the chief body of the county with legislative power, whether it is the fiscal court, county commissioners, or otherwise. See Kentucky Statutes 100.111
  • Subdivision: means the division of a parcel of land into three (3) or more lots or parcels except in a county containing a city with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census or in an urban-county government or consolidated local government where a subdivision means the division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels. See Kentucky Statutes 100.111
  • Unit: means planning unit. See Kentucky Statutes 100.111

100.281, 100.283, 100.287 and 100.291, but any powers delegated to a planning commission in these sections shall instead be delegated to the fiscal court, any reference to the planning unit shall be considered a reference to the county, and any reference to the chairman of the planning commission shall be considered a reference to the county judge/executive.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 141, sec. 31, effective July 15, 1986. — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 62.
Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by two 1986 Acts which do not appear to be in conflict and have been compiled together.