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Zoning Ordinance Purpose
An ordinance of the County which hereby
establishes comprehensive zoning regulations and provides for the
administration, enforcement, and amendment thereof, in accordance with the
provisions of KRS Ch. 100, enacted by the Legislature of Kentucky, and for the
repeal of all laws in conflict herewith.
The County does hereby ordain and enact into law the following zoning
regulations in pursuance of authority conferred by KRS Ch. 100, as amended, and
for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, general welfare, morals,
convenience, order, prosperity of the County, and in accordance with a
comprehensive plan, with the goal of ensuring that development take place in a
manner compatible with adjacent land uses, to provide for adequate light and
air, is consistent with and appropriate to existing or proposed infrastructure
and is adequately served by necessary and essential services, including water
sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements, and for ensuring proper
drainage and reducing flood damage potentials, being made with reasonable
consideration, among other things, of the character of the district and its
suitability for particular uses; and with the goal of providing suitable living
conditions and the sustained stability of neighborhoods, protecting property
against blight and depreciation, securing economy in governmental expenditures,
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of
land.
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