Kenton County, KY Ordinances (2026)

Kenton County requires anyone buying used or pawned goods to hold a business regulatory license under the county's occupational license ordinance. Dealers must record every seller's ID…

Kenton County requires a business privilege license before anyone may operate a sexually oriented business or service oriented escort bureau in the county. The License Inspector issues…

Kenton County does not license massage parlors: § 113.15(E)(4) of the county code flatly prohibits any massage parlor, or any massage business run by someone who is not a…

Unincorporated Kenton County requires a zoning permit before installing a fence, with a flat $25 fee set by the Fiscal Court's § 150.32 building and zoning fee schedule. This general…

Kenton County requires every dwelling, farm, business, and industrial site to store solid waste so it stays free of insect and rodent infestation and doesn't create a fire hazard. The…

Solid waste collection is mandatory for every generator in unincorporated Kenton County, residential, agricultural, commercial, institutional, and industrial alike. Regular waste must…

Kenton County bans open dumping of solid waste, including bulky waste, on any land or water in the unincorporated county under Code of Ordinances § 50.066. A violation is a misdemeanor…

Kenton County requires tree limbs, lumber, and brush to be tied into bundles no larger than 48 inches long and 18 inches in diameter, capped at 75 pounds, unless they go in a storage…

Any residential, agricultural, commercial, institutional, or industrial use in unincorporated Kenton County generating more than two cubic yards of solid waste a week must switch from…

Kenton County limits how long trash cans can sit at the curb: residents may set containers out no more than 12 hours before collection and must pull them back within 12 hours after…

Kenton County does not run or mandate a curbside recycling program in the unincorporated county. Instead, its code protects the right to recycle: no person or use can be restricted…

Kenton County requires anyone who installs, alters, or repairs electrical wiring, devices, or equipment for hire to hold an electrical contractor's or electrician's license from the…

Kenton County has adopted the Kentucky Building Code and Kentucky Residential Code in full, extending mandatory permits and inspections to every single-family dwelling built or…

Anyone who wants access to a county road or plans to perform work on its right-of-way, from a new driveway to a utility line, must get an encroachment permit from the Kenton County…

When Kenton County finds a sidewalk unsafe under Code § 95.26, a designated county officer can order the owner or parties in interest, under § 95.30, to make specific repairs within a…

Kenton County requires lenders and owners to register vacant or abandoned properties heading into foreclosure with Planning and Development Services, pay a $150 fee, and keep the…

Kenton County levies a combined 5% transient room tax on hotels, motels, campgrounds and short-term rental accommodations under three stacked ordinances codified at Chapter 34…

Kenton County bans camping and storing personal property or camping paraphernalia on county-owned public property under Chapter 98. Violators get written notice before a cleanup, and…

Kenton County bans all open fires countywide the moment the County Judge/Executive proclaims an extraordinary fire hazard on notice from the state Division of Forestry. Separately…

Kenton County's Fiscal Court has prohibited every cannabis business from operating anywhere within the county under § 116.02, adopted July 9, 2024. The ban applies countywide and uses…

Kenton County bars parking within 38 feet of a street-intersection center line, seven feet of a mailbox near a driveway, or 15 feet of a fire hydrant on any county-controlled roadway…

Kenton County outright bans leaving a motor truck, semitrailer, or truck tractor parked at any time on any county roadway or public right-of-way. Delivery and service trucks actively…

Kenton County bans leaving a recreational vehicle or trailer, including travel trailers, camping trailers, and motor homes, parked at any time on any county roadway or public…

When the County Judge/Executive declares a snow emergency in Kenton County and accumulation reaches two inches or more, no vehicle may be parked on any public road right-of-way…

Kenton County Code § 91.02 bans keeping a dilapidated or inoperable motor vehicle on private property for more than seven consecutive days, or dumping one on someone else's property…

Kenton County's animal code regulates dangerous dogs by behavior, not breed. Section 90.01 expressly states an animal is not deemed vicious solely because of its breed, and the…

Kenton County law requires anyone who keeps livestock to provide adequate shelter under Chapter 90, and makes it unlawful to let livestock run at large in the unincorporated county…

Kenton County Code § 90.16 bans owning, harboring, keeping or selling any wild or exotic animal, foreign or native, as a pet unless it has been approved for sale or retention by the…

Kenton County does not require owners countywide to spay or neuter their pets. The mandatory spay/neuter duty in § 90.11(C) applies only to dogs and cats adopted from the county Animal…

Kenton County Code § 90.15(A) makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog or other animal run at large in the unincorporated county. Section 90.01 defines restraint as fencing, a…

Unincorporated Kenton County requires a zoning permit before building a storage shed, deck, detached garage, or similar accessory structure, with a flat $25 fee set by the Fiscal…

Unincorporated Kenton County requires a permit before installing a swimming pool. An above-ground pool needs a $25 zoning permit under the county's fee schedule, while a permanent…

Any driveway or entrance connecting to a Kenton County road must meet the drainage standards in Code § 95.11: an entrance pipe no smaller than 15 inches in diameter and 20 feet long…

Kenton County will not issue a right-of-way grading or excavation permit under Code § 95.06(C) if the work "will create erosion or stability problems." The standard is written into the…

Kenton County's park system, which includes Banklick Woods, Doe Run Lake, Licking River Park, Pioneer Park, Richardson Road Park, Mills Road Park, the county golf courses and George…

Kenton County Code § 94.22(D) expressly prohibits rollerblades, roller skates and skateboards on the playing surface of every tennis, basketball and volleyball court in the county park…

Reserving a Kenton County shelter house, athletic field or court for exclusive use requires a permit under County Code § 94.23. The Fiscal Court-approved fee schedule, set yearly by…

Kenton County treats a dog or other animal that makes noise in an excessive, continuous or untimely manner for more than 15 minutes without provocation as a public nuisance under §…