Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 147.610 (2026)

Authority to establish area planning commission

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In any two (2) or more adjacent counties, one (1) of which has a city having a population of more than 50,000 and not more than 200,000 inhabitants as declared by the last federal census, the various cities and the counties may consolidate their planning operations by establishing an area planning commission which may be created under the provisions of KRS 147.610 to 147.705, when in the judgment of the legislative bodies of the cities and counties a consolidation provides for a more efficient planning operation. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 253, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 30. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 110. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1971–2015 · leading case: Kuhnhein v. N. Kentucky Area Plan. Comm'n, 495 S.W.3d 152 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015).
Kuhnhein v. N. Kentucky Area Plan. Comm'n, 495 S.W.3d 152 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “]” KRS 147.610. Pursuant to statutory authority, a validly created area planning commission is a political subdivision “in perpetual existence, with power to.”
N. Kentucky Area Plan. Comm'n v. Hensley, 468 S.W.2d 293 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). “In 1969 the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, created under KRS 147.610 to 147.710, proceeded on claimed authority of KRS 147.”
N. Kentucky Area Plan. Comm'n v. Campbell Cnty., 509 S.W.2d 277 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “Prior to the regular session of the General Assembly in 1974 and since 1968, the general statutory scheme for area planning, applicable to two or more adjacent counties, in one of which there was a city having a population of more than 50,000 and not more than 200,000 employing…”
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