Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.277 (2026)

Commission approval required for subdivisions

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(1) All subdivision of land shall receive commission approval. (2) No person or his agent shall subdivide any land before securing the approval of the planning commission of a plat designating the areas to be subdivided, and no plat of a subdivision of land within the planning unit jurisdiction shall be recorded by the county clerk until the plat has been approved by the commission and the approval entered thereon in writing by the chairman, secretary, or other duly authorized officer of the commission. (3) No person owning land composing a subdivision, or his agent, shall transfer or sell any lot or parcel of land located within a subdivision by reference to, or by exhibition, or by any other use of a plat of such subdivision, before such plat has received final approval of the planning commission and has been recorded. Any such instrument of transfer or sale shall be void and shall not be subject to be recorded unless the subdivision plat subsequently receives final approval of the planning commission, but all rights of such purchaser to damages are hereby preserved. The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in any instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring same shall not exempt the person attempting to transfer from penalties provided or deprive the purchaser of any rights or remedies he may otherwise have. Provided, however, any person, or his agent, may agree to sell any lot or parcel of land located within a subdivision by reference to an unapproved or unrecorded plat or by reference to a metes and bounds description of such lot and any such executory contract of sale or option to purchase may be recorded and shall be valid and enforceable so long as the subdivision of land contemplated therein is lawful and the subdivision plat subsequently receives final approval of the planning commission. (4) Any street or other public ground which has been dedicated shall be accepted for maintenance by the legislative body after it has received final plat approval by the planning commission. Any street that has been built in accordance with specific standards set forth in subdivision regulations or by ordinance shall be, by operation of law, automatically accepted for maintenance by a legislative body forty-five (45) days after inspection and final approval. (5) Any instrument of transfer, sale or contract that would otherwise have been void under this section and under any of its subsections previously, is deemed not to have been void, but merely not subject to be recorded unless the subdivision plat subsequently receives final approval of the planning commission. This subsection shall not apply to instruments of transactions affecting property in counties containing cities of the first class, in consolidated local governments created pursuant to KRS Chapter 67C, or in urban-counties created pursuant to KRS Chapter 67A. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 150, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 343, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 32, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 461, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 63.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 13 cases, 1975–2016 · leading case: Nash v. Campbell Cnty. Fiscal Court, 345 S.W.3d 811 (Ky. 2011).

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Nash v. Campbell Cnty. Fiscal Court, 345 S.W.3d 811 (Ky. 2011). · cites it 8× “[17] KRS 100.277 requires all subdivisions have planning commission approval and no plat or conveyance of a subdivision of land shall be recorded until approved by the planning commission.”

Sebastian-Voor Props., LLC v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 265 S.W.3d 190 (Ky. 2008). · cites it 4× “KRS 100.277; KRS 100.281(1); Snyder v. Owensboro, 528 S.”

Furlong Dev. Co. v. Georgetown-Scott Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 504 S.W.3d 34 (Ky. 2016). “232; *44 KRS 100.277(3)).” In the present case, Developer did not sell any lots.”

Henry Fischer Builder, Inc. v. Magee, 957 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “KRS 100.277. A plat is a map of the subdivision (KRS 100.”

Greenway Enter., Inc. v. City of Frankfort, 148 S.W.3d 298 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “KRS 100.277. Until a plat becomes final by having received final plat approval by the planning commission, the public improvements cannot be accepted by the legislative body for maintenance.”

Green v. Bourbon Cnty. Jt. Plan. Comm'n, 637 S.W.2d 626 (Ky. 1982). “KRS 100.277 requires that “All sub *628 division of land shall receive commission approval,” and until such approval is received and entered on the plat, it may not be recorded in the office of the county court clerk.”

Kelly v. Cook, 899 S.W.2d 517 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “KRS 100.277. A plat is a map of the subdivision (KRS 100.”

Statewide Dev. Co. v. Lexington Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 821 S.W.2d 97 (Ky. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “) Osborn also complains that there was no recorded plat for this deed and that KRS 100.277 prohibits conveyances without a recorded plat.”

Snyder v. Owensboro, 528 S.W.2d 663 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “CULLEN, Commissioner, The appellants, Snyders, made application to the Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission (hereinafter OMPC), which has planning jurisdiction throughout Daviess County, Kentucky, for approval, under KRS 100.277, of a preliminary plat for the subdivision…”

Bluegrass Manor v. Mall St. Matthews Ltd. P'ship, 964 S.W.2d 431 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). “11(22), KRS 100.277(1), and KRS 100.283 relating to streets in a county.”

Kemper v. Cooke, 576 S.W.2d 263 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979). “010(l)(b), and it reads in part, “ ‘County roads’ are public roads which have been accepted by the fiscal court of the county as part of the county road system.”

Sladon v. Shawk, 815 S.W.2d 404 (Ky. Ct. App. 1991). “If a division of land falls within the statutory definition of subdivision, then under KRS 100.277 the division must be approved by the local planning commission.”

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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.277(1) — 1 case

Bluegrass Manor v. Mall St. Matthews Ltd. P'ship, 964 S.W.2d 431 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). “11(22), KRS 100.277(1), and KRS 100.283 relating to streets in a county.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.277(3) — 3 cases

Nash v. Campbell Cnty. Fiscal Court, 345 S.W.3d 811 (Ky. 2011). “[17] KRS 100.277 requires all subdivisions have planning commission approval and no plat or conveyance of a subdivision of land shall be recorded until approved by the planning commission.”

Furlong Dev. Co. v. Georgetown-Scott Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 504 S.W.3d 34 (Ky. 2016). “232; *44 KRS 100.277(3)).” In the present case, Developer did not sell any lots.”

Kelly v. Cook, 899 S.W.2d 517 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995). “KRS 100.277. A plat is a map of the subdivision (KRS 100.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.277(4) — 2 cases

Greenway Enter., Inc. v. City of Frankfort, 148 S.W.3d 298 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). “KRS 100.277. Until a plat becomes final by having received final plat approval by the planning commission, the public improvements cannot be accepted by the legislative body for maintenance.”

Henry Fischer Builder, Inc. v. Magee, 957 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). “KRS 100.277. A plat is a map of the subdivision (KRS 100.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 100.277(8) — 1 case

Henry Fischer Builder, Inc. v. Magee, 957 S.W.2d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). “KRS 100.277. A plat is a map of the subdivision (KRS 100.”

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