Belleview, KY

In unincorporated Boone County, short-term rental owners must hand every guest an information brochure disclosing "restrictions on noise and amplified sound" alongside parking and…

Boone County Code § 114.08(C)-(D) escalates enforcement against repeat short-term rental violators: any violation of the same type recurring within 365 days at the same property…

Boone County caps short-term rental occupancy at two adult guests per bedroom plus two more adults, with a hard ceiling of ten people total, and limits bedrooms under 120 square feet…

Boone County requires a short-term rental permit before any unincorporated-area home can be advertised or rented for under 30 days. The permit costs $300 the first year and $200 each…

Boone County requires at least one off-street, paved parking space per guestroom or suite at every short-term rental, and every listing and rental contract must state the maximum…

Boone County requires every short-term rental applicant in the unincorporated county to submit proof of general liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence, kept in…

Boone County does not ban pet-shop sales of dogs or cats and does not require adoption-only stores. Instead, every commercial animal establishment in the unincorporated county needs an…

Boone County, Kentucky treats free-roaming cats differently depending on whether they are ear-tipped community cats. An ear-tipped community cat is exempt from the running-at-large ban…

Boone County, Kentucky does not ban any dog breed by name. Chapter 91 instead declares an animal "vicious" based on its conduct, such as an unprovoked bite causing serious injury, and…

Boone County, Kentucky does not require every dog or cat to be microchipped. The only mandatory-microchip rule in Chapter 91 applies to an animal a court has declared "vicious": under…

Boone County, Kentucky bans keeping wild or exotic animals as pets outright. Section 91.21 makes it unlawful to "sell, own, harbor or keep as a pet any wild or exotic animal," whether…

Boone County, Kentucky regulates livestock through its general animal-control chapter, not through a backyard-chicken ordinance. Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and similar bovine…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, a dog off its owner's property must be "restrained" by a leash, chain or fence, or it counts as running at large. Section 91.20(A) makes it…

Boone County, Kentucky requires every dog and cat adopted from the county animal shelter, a licensed humane society or a rescue to be spayed or neutered. Under § 91.16(C), the surgery…

Boone County, Kentucky requires a building permit from the County Building Inspector's Office before constructing an in-ground swimming pool, and issues a separate above-ground pool…

Commercial vehicles can't sit parked on Boone County roads, streets or county-maintained lots except while actively working. County Code § 71.13 bars parking a commercial vehicle on a…

When Boone County declares a snow emergency, parking on any county road right-of-way is banned outright once accumulation hits two inches. County Code § 70.04 lets the…

Boats, campers, travel trailers and motor-homes can't be parked on a Boone County road, street or county-maintained lot except for a narrow towed-trailer exception. County Code § 71.13…

A disabled vehicle can't sit on a Boone County road shoulder more than 24 hours, and once a towed vehicle sits unclaimed and unpaid for 90 days after notice, it is legally deemed…

Boone County's parking chapter bars parking within 20 feet of an intersection, five feet of a driveway or mailbox, 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or inside a cul-de-sac curve, and requires…

Boone County Code § 114.07 requires every short-term rental in the unincorporated county to have working smoke detectors installed to the adopted building and fire code, verified at…

Boone County lets residents burn vegetation and construction debris in the unincorporated county only after posting warning signs and notifying the Fire Department, and the…

Boone County's water utility can trigger mandatory odd-even outdoor watering days when supply runs short. Under County Code § 52.10, the Judge/Executive declares Level 1 through Level…

Boone County caps grass and weeds at eight inches on any non-agricultural lot in a populated part of the unincorporated county. Boone County Code § 93.01 makes taller, unsightly…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, a dog or other animal that "makes noise in an excessive, continuous or untimely manner" meets the Code's definition of a public nuisance under…

Boone County, Kentucky charges a specific permit fee for a deck or storage shed under § 150.34(C): $30 for up to 200 square feet, plus $5 for each additional 100 square feet, collected…

Boone County requires that all solid waste collections, other than bulky rubbish, happen at least once a week in the unincorporated county. The rule sits in the county's solid waste…

Boone County limits when trash carts can sit at the curb: containers go out no more than 12 hours before pickup and must come back in within 12 hours after. Containers themselves are…

Boone County's solid waste code defines bulky rubbish separately from ordinary household waste and excuses it from the standard once-a-week collection guarantee. Handling of bulky…

Boone County bans yard waste, along with tires, lead-acid batteries and oil, from the household trash stream. Grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings cannot go out in a solid waste…

Dumping discarded items on someone else's property or a public right-of-way is a standalone misdemeanor in unincorporated Boone County, separate from keeping junk on your own lot…

Boone County requires a sexually oriented business license and a separate employee license before anyone may operate or work at an adult bookstore, cabaret, arcade, motion picture…

Boone County doesn't license towing companies, but County Code § 71.15 sets the rules a towing service must follow when a Sheriff's officer orders a non-consent tow from a public road…

Boone County requires anyone buying, selling or trading second-hand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, cutlery, or gold, silver and platinum items to keep a daily register…

Boone County Code Sections 97.16 through 97.21 let the Fiscal Court order repair of unsafe or deteriorated sidewalks, and if the responsible owner or party in interest doesn't fix it…

Anyone who wants to access a county road's right-of-way or do work there, utilities, driveways, excavation, must get a permit from the Public Works Director under Boone County Code…

Boone County Code Section 97.01 makes it unlawful to deposit mud, soil or debris on any county road or its right-of-way, the strip that includes roadside sidewalks, without written…

Boone County, Kentucky's Code Official can declare a structure unsafe or unfit for human habitation under § 150.61 when it is dangerous, unsanitary, or a fire hazard, then must issue a…

Boone County closes its parks each night at posted hours, and staying on park property afterward without permission is a violation under County Code Section 96.02. The rule applies…

Boone County bans selling, possessing or consuming alcohol in county parks under Code Section 96.07 unless a licensed vendor holds a special event permit approved by the County…

Boone County bans skateboards, along with bicycles, rollerblades and rollerskates, from the surfaced sports courts at its county parks under Code Section 96.04(B), reserving those…

Boone County, Kentucky requires a permit from the County Building Inspector's Office before starting construction on any commercial, industrial or residential building or structure…

Unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky requires an annual electrical permit, $25 per year, from the Boone County Building Department before any wiring installation, addition…

Boone County's Code Enforcement Officer handles nuisance complaints, like overgrown lots, for the unincorporated county under Chapter 93. Once the officer finds a violation, Boone…

A farm operating lawfully before nearby development moved in cannot be declared a nuisance just because the neighborhood around it changed, under Boone County Code § 93.21. Neighbors…

Boone County imposes a 3% transient room tax on every hotel, motel, campground, RV park, short-term rental and other transient lodging booked within Boone, Campbell and Kenton…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, anyone building or developing land inside a mapped special flood hazard area must first get a floodplain development permit from the…

Boone County, Kentucky's Code § 151.31 sets the county's freeboard standard: new or substantially improved residential and nonresidential structures in a mapped flood hazard area must…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, stormwater, roof runoff, and groundwater drainage may not be routed into the sanitary sewer system operated by the county's wastewater…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, soil erosion on subdivision grading work and on individual-lot building permits is enforced by the County Fiscal Court together with the…

Boone County, Kentucky lets a political sign stay on private property within the 200-foot campaign free zone around a polling place on Election Day, but only if it is no larger than…

Boone County, Kentucky prohibits every cannabis business from operating anywhere in the unincorporated county under § 119.02, adopted in June 2024. There is no zoning district, buffer…

No one may advertise or rent a short-term rental in unincorporated Boone County without first registering and obtaining a permit from the Occupational License Office, which costs $300…

Boone County, Kentucky prohibits selling or giving away any merchandise, including food, on the public right-of-way under § 130.01. A food truck cannot legally set up along a county…

Boone County's solid waste code treats discarded needles, syringes, scalpels and glass vials as infectious waste that cannot go out as ordinary trash. Anyone generating sharps must…