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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.241 (2026)

Variances

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The board shall have the power to hear and decide on applications for variances. The board may impose any reasonable conditions or restrictions on any variance it decides to grant. Effective: July 15, 1986 History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 25, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 97, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 52.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1973–2026 · leading case: Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Plan. Comm'n v. Schmidt, 83 S.W.3d 449 (Ky. 2001).
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Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Plan. Comm'n v. Schmidt, 83 S.W.3d 449 (Ky. 2001). · cites it 3× “111(24); KRS 100.241. Before a variance is granted the empowering legislation requires a public hearing, but more importantly the legislation .”
Drakes Creek Holding Co. v. Franklin-Simpson Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 518 S.W.3d 174 (Ky. Ct. App. 2017). “See KRS 100.241, . See supra note 3 as to why the local zoning ordinance also falls into the statutory category of "other regulations.”
Ball v. Oldham Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 375 S.W.3d 79 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “KRS 100.241 grants the Board “the power to hear and decide on applications for variances” and allows the Board to “impose any reasonable conditions or restrictions on any variance it decides to grant.”
Bellefonte Land, Inc. v. Bellefonte, 864 S.W.2d 315 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “237), variances (KRS 100.241), allow changes from one nonconforming use to another (KRS 100.”
Pamela D. Blair v. Louisville Metro Bd. of Zoning Adjustment (\Boza\")", No. 2023 CA 000217, 2023 WL 8656414 (Ky. Ct. App. Dec. 14, 2023). “241 grants the Board “the power to hear and decide on applications for variances” and allows the Board to “impose any reasonable conditions or restrictions on any variance it decides to grant.” KRS 100.243 sets -4- forth the findings and considerations that must be made before…”
E. Wayne Bussell v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, No. 2023 CA 000509 (Ky. Ct. App. Feb. 15, 2024). “241 grants the Board “the power to hear and decide on applications for variances” and allows the Board to “impose any reasonable -4- conditions or restrictions on any variance it decides to grant.” KRS 100.243 sets forth the findings and considerations the Board must make before…”
John Huffman v. City of Crescent Springs, No. 2024-CA-0814 (Ky. Ct. App. June 5, 2026). “KRS 100.241. A variance constitutes “a departure from dimensional terms of the zoning regulation pertaining to the height, width, length, or location of structures[.”
Menefee v. Bd. of Adjustment, 494 S.W.2d 519 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “The two statutes which are called to our attention are KRS 100.241 and KRS 100.243, which read as follows: “100.”
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