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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.183 (2026)

Comprehensive plan required

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The planning commission of each unit shall prepare a comprehensive plan, which shall serve as a guide for public and private actions and decisions to assure the development of public and private property in the most appropriate relationships. The elements of the plan may be expressed in words, graphics, or other appropriate forms. They shall be interrelated, and each element shall describe how it relates to each of the other elements. Effective: July 15, 1986 History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 24.

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Cited in 15 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1969–2026 · leading case: Creative Displays, Inc. v. City of Florence, 602 S.W.2d 682 (Ky. 1980).
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Creative Displays, Inc. v. City of Florence, 602 S.W.2d 682 (Ky. 1980). · cites it 3× “In October, 1966, the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission adopted its “comprehensive plan,” pursuant to KRS 100.183. This plan consisted solely of the already existing plans of Florence and Boone County.”
Warren Cnty. Citizens v. Bd. of Commissioners, 207 S.W.3d 7 (Ky. Ct. App. 2006). “KRS 100.183 requires all planning commissions to prepare a comprehensive plan *15 which serves as a guide for public and private development in the most appropriate manner.”
City of Lakeside Park v. Quinn, 672 S.W.2d 666 (Ky. 1984). · cites it 2× “KRS 100.183 requires a comprehensive plan when it says, “The planning commission .”
Bellemeade Co. v. Priddle, 503 S.W.2d 734 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). “2d 746 (1967), that the land use plan “ * * * serves as a guide rather than a straitjacket”, and that the plan is subject to modification.”
Hardin Cnty. v. Jost, 897 S.W.2d 592 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995). “Thus, the commission’s functions include not only preparation of the comprehensive plan and any amendments, KRS 100.183, KRS 100.197, City of Lakeside Park v.”
Daviess Cnty. v. Snyder, 556 S.W.2d 688 (Ky. 1977). “KRS 100.183. KRS 100.187 sets forth five essential elements of the comprehensive plan.”
Snyder v. Owensboro, 528 S.W.2d 663 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “The comprehensive plan adopted by OMPC for Daviess County, pursuant to KRS 100.183 to KRS 100.197, contained a proposal for a future change in the course of Veatch Road in the area of the Snyder tract, so as to extend the road from the point where it now meets the tract at the…”
Hines v. Pinchback-Halloran Volkswagen, Inc., 513 S.W.2d 492 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). “The Planning Commission had adopted a comprehensive plan pursuant to KRS 100.183. One of the elements of a comprehensive plan is a land-use plan "which shall show proposals for the most appropriate, economic, desirable and feasible patterns for the general location, character,…”
Johnson v. Lagrew, 447 S.W.2d 98 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “KRS 100.183; 100.187 (2). Gilmore N. Nunn, the son of the original applicants and their successor in land ownership, applied on April 19, 1968, for the same zoning change which had been requested by his parents, except that the change embraced 20.”
Wolf Pen Pres. Ass'n v. Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Plan. Comm'n, 942 S.W.2d 310 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “They insist that the regulations fail to comply with the Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Commission pursuant to KRS 100.183, 2 a plan plainly designed to be used as a “guide.”
Kentucky Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Shadoan, 325 S.W.3d 360 (Ky. 2010). “Under the statutory scheme of KRS Chapter 100, the planning unit’s compliance with the comprehensive plan provisions is mandatory, see KRS 100.183— 100.197, whereas the regulation of property through zoning ordinances is permissive.”
Home Builders Ass'n of Lexington, Inc. v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Plan. Comm'n (E.D. Ky. 2020). · cites it 2× “[KRS § 100.183; R. 3-1 at 1.] In February 2019, the Planning Commission adopted the most recent iteration, the 2018 Comprehensive Plan.”
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