Code Violation Reporting in Franklin County, KY (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky.
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How to Report
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 then visits the site and, on finding a nuisance, serves written notice giving the owner ten days to abate it.
Reporting a Nuisance in Franklin County, Kentucky
Light RestrictionsFranklin County Code § 91.05
This subchapter shall be enforced upon a complaint being filed with the County Judge/Executive or the office of Planning and Zoning. The County Enforcement Officer shall visit the site of the alleged violation, upon investigation, determine if the owner, lessee or occupant of any residential or commercial property is maintaining or keeping a nuisance thereon or maintaining his or her premises i...
Response Times
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 tax assessment roll. If the owner does not comply, the official can immediately start court proceedings.
Franklin County, Kentucky Weed Notice Deadline
Some RestrictionsFranklin County Code § 91.21
Whenever such a situation is discovered, any official named herein shall be given five days’ notice to the owner, occupant or person having control or management of said land to remedy such situation. Said notice shall be by first class mail to the last known address of the owner of said property, as it appears on the current tax assessment roll. The notice shall state that the owner shall comp...
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