Boone County, KY Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

10 splits erosion enforcement by project type. Soil erosion tied to grading performed under approved subdivision improvement plans in unincorporated Boone County and Union is the responsibility of the County Fiscal Court and the Public Works Department. Soil erosion and drainage-facility inspection tied to excavation or grading on individual lots under an approved building permit, covering unincorporated Boone County, Florence, and Union, falls instead to the County Fiscal Court and the Building Inspection Department. The underlying technical standards come from the 1988 Boone County Subdivision Regulations, adopted by reference and amended since, so the county code itself sets who enforces erosion control rather than the numeric design standards.

281, and collected revenue is distributed quarterly to the department that performed the inspection; those fees exclude public sanitary sewer and water line inspections. 12 begins with oral notice followed by written notification (a citation to the contractor or a letter to the developer) whenever a property owner, applicant, developer, or agent violates an approved plan, permit, or construction specification related to soil erosion, or where required inspections were skipped; construction without proper inspection is itself a violation. A correction deadline is set, and the violator must halt work in the problem area in the meantime.

If corrective action is not taken in time and public health, safety, or welfare could be affected, the county may stop all work, perform the corrective action itself, and invoice the property owner for the cost.