Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 183.885 (2026)

Traffic and parking regulation powers

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(1) The airport boards, each having the power and authority to govern and control the method and purpose of use of property owned or occupied by their respective airports, including travel over such property, is each hereby confirmed in its authority to regulate the traffic and parking of motor vehicles or other vehicles as well as the traffic of pedestrians on, over and across the runways, streets, roads, paths and grounds of real property owned, used or occupied by such airport. Such regulations applicable to traffic and parking may include, but not be limited to, the following provisions:

(a) Provisions governing the registration, speed, operation, parking and times, places and manner of use of motor vehicles, and other vehicles.

(b) Provisions prescribing penalties for the violation of such regulations, which penalties may include the imposition of reasonable charges, the removing and impounding (at the expense of the violator) of vehicles which are operated or parked in violation of such regulations, and the denial of permission to operate vehicles on the property of such airport.

(c) Provisions establishing reasonable charges and fees for the registration of vehicles and for the use of parking spaces or facilities owned or occupied by such airport. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit or restrict the powers of any other governmental authority having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, or ways.

(2) Motor vehicle moving violations of regulations issued under this section shall be deemed violations of the appropriate equivalent sections of the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth and may be prosecuted in the courts having territorial jurisdiction over the physical location of the offense. History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 300, sec. 7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1983–2010 · leading case: Exec. Transp. Sys. LLC v. Louisville Reg'l Airport Auth., 678 F. Supp. 2d 498 (W.D. Ky. 2010).
Exec. Transp. Sys. LLC v. Louisville Reg'l Airport Auth., 678 F. Supp. 2d 498 (W.D. Ky. 2010). · cites it 2× “133 and KRS 183.885 rather plainly permit airport boards to impose fees and regulate traffic and parking.”
Watkins v. Reed, 557 F. Supp. 278 (E.D. Ky. 1983). · cites it 2× “Ky.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 183.885 (Baldwin’s 1982).”
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