Campbell County, KY Ordinances (2026)

Cutting, excavating, or altering a street, sidewalk, or utility line in unincorporated Campbell County requires a $200 permit from the County Judge/Executive under Code of Ordinances §…

Campbell County requires every dwelling, including rental housing, to meet the International Property Maintenance Code, 2012 Edition, so units stay safe, sanitary and fit for…

Campbell County Code of Ordinances Chapter 34 bans possession of lighted smoking materials, cigarettes, cigars, pipes and other tobacco products, in county-owned, operated or leased…

In unincorporated Campbell County, licensed alcohol-selling premises must close between 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Any open container of beer, malt beverage, spirits, or wine found on the…

Campbell County imposes a 3% transient room tax on every hotel, motel, inn, campground, RV park or similar stay, layered with a 1% special tax and a 1% additional tax under Campbell…

Campbell County bans hunting, capturing, harming or even touching any bird or wild animal inside its parks under Code of Ordinances § 94.15(A)(4), one of the county's few standalone…

Pet shops in Campbell County cannot display, sell, deliver, barter, or give away any live dog, puppy, cat or kitten. Stores may only host shelters or rescues showcasing animals for…

Campbell County doesn't issue its own wildlife rehabilitation permit. Instead, its dangerous-animal ban carves out state or federally licensed rescue societies and holders of state or…

Campbell County has no breed-specific dog ordinance; instead § 90.03 targets any animal declared vicious based on its conduct. A registered vicious animal must live in a secure…

Campbell County allows animal hospitals and veterinary clinics as a permitted use in three separate zoning districts: the A-1 Agriculture Zone under § 154.076(A)(8), the HC Highway…

Home-based pet grooming is a permitted general home-based business in Campbell County under § 154.046(C)(3)(i), allowed with a zoning permit so long as it excludes kennels and pet…

Campbell County prohibits owning, harboring, selling, or keeping a dangerous animal as a pet except in strict compliance with its dangerous-animal subchapter. The definition sweeps in…

Campbell County Animal Services runs a mandatory microchipping program for every dog and cat it places into adoption. The county shelter also offers chip services to the public for…

Campbell County Code § 90.30 bans pet shops from selling, bartering or giving away live cats or kittens, and bans anyone from offering cats for sale on streets, medians, parking lots…

Campbell County's animal code treats chickens and other fowl as livestock and requires that livestock be kept under control rather than running at large. The county doesn't cap flock…

Campbell County Code § 90.10 requires every dog and cat adopted from Campbell County Animal Services, including animals reclaimed by their own owners, to be surgically altered before…

Campbell County Code § 90.02 makes it unlawful for an owner or keeper to let a dog, licensed or not, leave its home premises unless accompanied and controlled by the owner or a…

New construction and substantial improvements in Campbell County's special flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor, including basement, mechanical equipment, and ductwork…

Any excavation or soil-moving project in unincorporated Campbell County must plan and apply erosion and sedimentation controls under § 154.042(C): minimizing exposed land, using…

Campbell County requires a development permit before any construction, fill, grading, or other development activity begins in a special flood hazard area (SFHA). The Floodplain…

New construction or grading in any Campbell County zone that requires site plan review must show the site's full storm sewer and drainage system, sized and quantified, before the…

Campbell County Code § 72.07 lets the Judge/Executive declare a three-level snow emergency after consulting the County Police, Road Department and Office of Emergency Management. Once…

Campbell County zoning bars storing any inoperable motor vehicle outdoors on a lot in any zone unless it sits inside a completely enclosed building. Parking on a lot is capped at the…

In unincorporated Campbell County's single-family zones, front-yard parking areas cannot exceed 400 square feet, about two vehicles, without Planning and Zoning Commission sign-off…

Campbell County limits outdoor storage of trailers, mobile homes, RVs, campers, and boats to the rear yard of the lot, requires inoperable vehicles to sit inside a fully enclosed…

Campbell County Code § 72.02 lets the Judge/Executive, with Fiscal Court approval, post no-parking signs on county roads, and bars parking wherever those signs stand. It also bars…

Commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings in unincorporated Campbell County must provide dedicated off-street loading docks sized at least 12 by 60 feet, scaled to building…

Campbell County bans leaving materials outside or next to its public drop-off recycling containers and bans putting non-recyclable materials into or around them. Violators face the…

Campbell County Code § 96.04 makes it unlawful to discard, store, place, leave or deposit any dilapidated or discarded item, from furniture to vehicle parts, on someone else's property…

Campbell County requires every dwelling and business in the unincorporated county to store solid waste in leakproof, fly-tight containers holding no more than 35 gallons and weighing…

Campbell County does not ban yard waste, it discourages it. Section 50.014 lists grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings and similar debris, defined as yard wastes in § 50.001, among…

Campbell County solid waste pickup runs on contract, not a flat mandate: § 50.026 makes subscribing to county-arranged collection non-compulsory, while § 50.029 spells out what…

Bulky rubbish, non-putrescible waste too large or heavy for a solid waste truck to load safely, is defined separately in § 50.001 and specifically exempted from the county's standard…

Campbell County guarantees at least one solid waste pickup a week: § 50.028 requires that all solid waste collections, other than bulky rubbish, be collected at least once weekly, and…

Commercial and industrial properties in unincorporated Campbell County must store solid waste in containers approved by the Solid Waste Management Director and the Fiscal Court, under…

Campbell County Code § 90.04(A) bars harboring or keeping any animal whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, howling or yelping annoys or disturbs anyone in the vicinity who can hear…

Outdoor dining spots in Campbell County's NC and Rural Commercial zones can run amplified music or entertainment only on Friday and Saturday, from noon to 10:00 p.m. Non-amplified…

Campbell County's performance standards cap continuous noise from any land use at 55 decibels daytime and 50 at night in residential zones, 60/55 in commercial and industrial parks…

Campbell County requires a business privilege license before anyone can operate a sexually oriented business or service oriented escort bureau, or work as its manager, entertainer or…

Campbell County requires every pawn shop, jewelry store, exchange, or other used-property dealer to hold a Business or Occupational License before buying or selling used goods or…

Home-based auto detailing is allowed in Campbell County as a general home-based business under § 154.046(C)(3)(b), which requires a zoning permit but expressly excludes body-shop work…

Campbell County Code of Ordinances § 117.04(E)(4) makes it unlawful anywhere in the county, except inside Newport, to run a massage business unless every massage is performed by a…

Campbell County layers three transient room taxes, 3% plus a 1% special levy plus a 1% additional levy, for a combined 5% charge on every short-term stay booked at a hotel, campground…

Campbell County enforces the Kentucky Building Code and Kentucky Residential Code through its Department of Planning and Zoning, requiring a building permit before any structure is…

In unincorporated Campbell County, no building or structure may be erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered without a permit from the zoning office. Applications require a…

Anyone installing, altering, or repairing electrical wiring in Campbell County must hold a license from the Northern Kentucky Electric Authority and pull a permit before work starts…

Campbell County prohibits open burning by default, letting the local fire chief authorize it only in writing, with free permits for farming, pest control, and bonfires and paid permits…

Campbell County's A-1 Agriculture Zone allows one accessory dwelling unit per farm lot under § 154.076(C)(19), capped at 1,000 square feet on a minimum five-acre parcel, but the same…

In unincorporated Campbell County, a shed or other accessory structure cannot sit in the required front or side yard; it may extend into the rear yard only if it keeps a rear-lot-line…

Residents who spot a zoning violation in unincorporated Campbell County file a written complaint with the Zoning Administrator under § 154.280, stating the causes and basis of the…

Combination fence-and-retaining-wall structures are allowed in unincorporated Campbell County, but the retaining wall itself may only rise to the higher finished grade, with any fence…

At every street intersection in unincorporated Campbell County, fences, hedges, and other obstructions over 36 inches are barred from the sight triangle formed by measuring 50 feet…

Barbed wire and sharp-pointed fencing must start at least 60 inches above the ground in every Campbell County zone except the A-1 agricultural and R-RE residential-estate zones, where…

Restaurants in Campbell County's unincorporated NC Neighborhood Commercial and Rural Commercial zones may add up to ten seats of outdoor dining by right, but any larger patio requires…

Anyone reserving a section of A.J. Jolly Park or Pendery Sports Park for a group event, tournament or gathering in Campbell County needs a temporary use permit under Code of Ordinances…

Campbell County splits home-based businesses into light, general, and other tiers under § 154.046: light activities need no zoning permit, general activities need one plus extra…

Campbell County does not set a separate sign size for home businesses. Section 154.046(A)(5) instead sends home-based business signage to the general sign chapter, §§ 154.186-154.192…

Section 154.046(A)(6) caps home-based business traffic and parking at what a normal residential neighborhood would see, while general home businesses must add one off-street parking…

Campbell County treats a home daycare as a 'general home-based business' under § 154.046(C), which requires a zoning permit and caps at-home childcare at ten children at any one time…

Private in-ground and above-ground pools in Campbell County must be enclosed by a fence or wall between four and seven feet tall with a self-closing, self-locking gate or door, built…

Every swimming pool built in unincorporated Campbell County needs a zoning permit before work starts: $50 per pool for an above-ground pool, or $50 plus a building permit for an…

In Campbell County's R-1A single-family zone, § 154.078(D) sets a 50-foot minimum front yard, a 25-foot rear yard, and side yards totaling 25 feet with at least 10 feet on one side, on…

Campbell County's R-1A Residential One-A zone caps single-family homes at 35 feet under § 154.078(D)(6), on lots of at least one acre with 100-foot width. The same 35-foot ceiling…

Campbell County bans flashing or intermittent-light signs countywide, but carves out changeable electronic message boards and digital display screens under § 154.186(M): they're…

Campbell County Code § 54.03 lets the Judge/Executive declare four tiers of water-supply conservation when the Northern Kentucky Water District (NKWSD) certifies a shortage. At Level…

Campbell County bars letting weeds go uncut in any zone once they become a public-health menace or drag down neighboring property values, and bans open storage of rubbish, junk, or…

Stripping, excavating, filling, or removing trees and other vegetation in unincorporated Campbell County requires a permit from the County Planning and Zoning Commission's office under…

Campbell County's fiscal court banned every category of cannabis business defined under Kentucky's medical cannabis statute from operating anywhere in the county. Adopted June 5, 2024…

Campbell County adopted the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code by § 155.01, giving the Planning and Zoning Department authority to order repair, condemnation or demolition of…

Anyone going door-to-door in unincorporated Campbell County must register with the County Police Department first, giving their name, address, employer, and the dates they plan to…

Every unincorporated zoning district in Campbell County, from the A-1 Agriculture Zone to the R-1A Residential Zone, repeats the same performance standard against light trespass: §…

Campbell County zones its unincorporated farmland A-1 Agriculture under § 154.076, where agricultural uses, greenhouses, roadside produce stands, and stables are permitted by right on…

Campbell County closes Morscher Ball Park to the public every night at 10:00 p.m. and keeps it closed until 8:00 a.m. No one may use or be on or about the ball park or adjoining areas…