Franklin County, KY Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court taxes work two ways: 1% of wages and compensation paid for work done in the county, and an annual license fee on business…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court defines a vendor fair as any event of seven or fewer days where vendors set up booths, and charges the organizer a…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, yard waste means leaves, small branches, and grass clippings from a residence, piled no larger than ten feet by five feet by three feet…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 50.08 prohibits dumping garbage, refuse, rubbish or debris on any premises in the county, with or without the owner's consent. Under §…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, solid waste collectors answer for any leakage or spillage during collection and must report annual activity to the Solid Waste Management…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, bulk waste is disposed of through curbside collection or direct landfill disposal, and white goods are collected by the county or an…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, every dwelling unit and business must put all solid waste in proper containers and keep the containers and the ground around them clean…

The Fiscal Court commits that solid waste collection is available in all unincorporated areas of Franklin County, Kentucky. The county can award a collector an exclusive right to…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, recycling is collected for processing at a materials recovery facility or recycling processor, and electronic recycling goes by drop-off…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, dumpsters must sit no less than ten feet from any property line and be screened on three sides with stone, brick, wood or plant material…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, it is unlawful to construct or erect any structure, addition, rehabilitation or conversion outside Frankfort without a building permit and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, building a structure, addition, rehabilitation, conversion or agricultural building without an electrical permit and inspection is unlawful…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, construction needs a building permit and inspection under the Kentucky Building Code, the Kentucky Residential Code and Chapter 155. A…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a day care center, nursery or kindergarten in a commercial, office, industrial or agricultural district is permitted for up to 35 children…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court defines a yard sale as an event lasting three or fewer days where goods are displayed for sale at a person's dwelling, and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, failure to repair a controllable leak of water due to defective plumbing counts as waste of water and a non-essential Class 3 use under §…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, an animal hospital or veterinary clinic in the CL Rural Limited Commercial District needs a conditional use permit, and the property cannot…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 90.21 bars anyone from importing or possessing two lists of animals, including foxes, prairie dogs, primates, big cats, bears…

Unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky bars poultry of any kind on lots under 0.75 acre, caps non-crowing chickens by a lot-size table topping out at five birds, and reserves…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 90.06 makes it unlawful to harbor or keep any dog with vicious propensity. The county judges the dog by conduct, not breed: a bite or…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 90.02 of the county code requires every dog to be restrained, meaning kept on the owner's premises or under the control of a responsible…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a property nuisance complaint is filed with the County Judge/Executive or the office of Planning and Zoning. A County Enforcement Officer…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, an official who finds excessive weeds or grass gives the owner five days' notice to remedy, sent by first class mail to the address on the…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the County Judge/Executive can proclaim an extraordinary fire hazard when the state Division of Forestry gives notice. While the…

The only smoke detector mandate in the Franklin County Code applies to short-term rentals in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky: each rental must provide an evacuation plan and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a licensed cannabis business may not sit within 1,000 feet of an existing elementary or secondary school or a day care center. The Fiscal…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the zoning use table lists medicinal cannabis cultivators, dispensaries, processors, producers and safety compliance facilities as separate…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, Franklin County Code § 91.20 makes excessive growth of bushes, weeds or grass unlawful on tracts under two acres, platted tracts where…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, outdoor watering restrictions are triggered by a declared water shortage, not set on fixed days. Under § 53.21, watering lawns, parks and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court's solid waste chapter defines compost and caps a residential yard waste pile at ten feet by five feet by three feet. The…

Every short-term rental host in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky must file an annual registration form with the Department of Planning and Building Codes and hold a Franklin…

Unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky does not confine short-term rentals to the host's primary residence. The Fiscal Court's code defines a non-owner occupied short-term rental…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a short-term rental can house no more than two times the number of bedrooms plus four individuals. Stays are capped at 29 consecutive days…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a short-term rental host gets no separate parking number. Section 155.089(27)(h) of the county code requires parking for short term rentals…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a non-owner occupied short-term rental is a conditional use, and § 155.089(27)(i) requires every host to file an annual registration form…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, short-term rentals owe a 6% transient room tax on the rent for each occupancy. Section 33.04(H) makes Airbnb and VRBO style hosts register…

Franklin County, Kentucky levies a transient room tax of 6% of the rent charged for every occupancy at hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, RV parks and similar…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a fence carries a $25 zoning review fee under Franklin County Code § 150.03, listed in the table headed Zoning Review and Permits. The…

Franklin County Code § 155.215(B) bans barbed wire and electric fences in any residential (R) district or special (S) district, if developed, in unincorporated Franklin County…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court caps fence and wall height by zoning district in § 155.215(C): 4 feet in the front yard of every residential and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, no development application is approved without a storm water management plan, and an engineer must sign it. Franklin County Code § 152.06…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, new homes and substantial improvements in a mapped flood hazard area must put the lowest floor, basement and mechanical equipment at least…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, every land-disturbance activity must use erosion protection and sediment control measures designed from the county's Storm Water Procedures…

Franklin County Code §§ 155.295 to 155.317 require a development permit before any development in a special flood hazard area in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky. New homes…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, §§ 91.01 and 91.02 forbid owners, tenants and occupants of residential or commercial property from maintaining or permitting a nuisance…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, no one can establish, operate or maintain an adult entertainment establishment without an adult establishment license. The public entrance…

Chapter 114 of the Franklin County Code, adopted by the Fiscal Court in 1981, covers pawnbrokers in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky through recordkeeping. Each pawnbroker must…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, automobile and small engine repair is prohibited as a home occupation. Section 155.111(F)(1) lists it with barber shops, kennels and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, solid waste has to be stored so it does not give harborage to rodents and vermin and does not create a fire hazard. The rule sits in the…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a major home occupation gets one non-illuminated sign of no more than two square feet, and it cannot be free-standing. A minor home…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, home occupations are minor, approved administratively, or major, which need a conditional use permit from the Board of Zoning Adjustments…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a home or dwelling unit that regularly cares for four or more children counts as a day care center. In the RR, RA, RB, RC, RS and RD…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a minor home occupation allows no customers, students or clients on site. A major home occupation, approved by conditional use, is limited…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the Fiscal Court limits interstate-oriented pole signs to three 3,500-foot interchange zones along Interstate 64. Each sign needs a permit…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, any premises that can erect permanent signs can erect election signs for a period not to exceed 60 days before any primary or general…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 90.05 makes it an offense for a dog owner to fail to prevent excessive, continuous or untimely barking, howling or yelping that is…

In the AG Agricultural District in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the printed minimums are a 50 foot front yard, 25 foot side yard, 25 foot rear yard and 30 foot street side…

In the RA Rural Residential A District in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, the table in § 155.137(D) prints a maximum height of 35 ft. The RR, RB, RC and AG districts also…

In the RB Rural Residential B District in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 155.138(D) prints Maximum lot coverage 25%. Other districts differ: RR prints 10%, RA 20%, RC 30%…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 91.03 bars anyone in charge of commercial or residential property from letting a partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, discarded or…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, no vehicle with more than two axles that requires a commercial driver's license can be parked or stored outside an enclosed building in any…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, every zoning district except residential districts must provide one off-street loading area for each building, or for each 25,000 square…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, no major recreational equipment or trailer of any kind can be parked or stored on the grass of a residential property smaller than one-half…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, § 155.335(A) requires clearly defined driveways with printed limits: a maximum width at the street right-of-way of 24 feet for single and…

Unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky has an AG Agricultural District built to emphasize agricultural production and preserve rural character. Under § 155.135(G), land used solely…

Franklin County Code § 155.217 lets unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky owners build customary accessory uses in any district if directly related to the principal use. Height and…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, billboards can be lit only by external lights aimed at the sign, and each fixture must carry a deflector. The Fiscal Court allows…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, exterior lighting at a parking facility must be designed, erected and maintained so that light or glare is not directly cast upon adjacent…

Franklin County's smoke-free chapter is aimed at buildings open to the public in unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky. Its outdoor reach is a ban on smoking or vaping within a…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a residential solar array carries a $200 building permit fee under § 150.02 and a separate $100 electrical inspection fee under § 150.05…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, an in-ground swimming pool pays a building permit fee of $0.15 psf with a $125 minimum under § 150.02, and an above ground pool pays a $25…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, a permanently installed above ground pool 30 inches or deeper needs a safety barrier built at the same time as the pool: a wall or fence at…