Campbell County, KY Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)
Key Facts
- Weed rule
- No fixed height; Zoning Administrator's opinion
- Trigger
- Public-health menace or depressed property values
- Also bans
- Open storage of rubbish, junk, salvage
- Junkyard screening
- Solid fence/wall required (§§154.165-154.172)
- Additional screening
- Planting screen required (§154.052)
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, per day (§154.999)
Summary
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 salvage under § 154.043, with junkyards required to be screened by a solid fence.
No rubbish, salvage materials, junk or miscellaneous refuse shall be openly stored or kept in the open and no weeds shall be allowed to go uncut within any zones when the same may be construed to be a menace to public health and safety by the appropriate health department, or have a depressing influence upon property values in the neighborhood, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator. Salvage and junkyards shall be adequately enclosed with a solid fence or wall, as regulated by §§ 154.165 through 154.172 and an approved permanent plating screen shall be required as regulated in § 154.052.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-50: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. O-09-2026, passed 8-5-26; and Res. R-42-26, passed 7-15-26; and State legislation current through KRS Pamphlet 2025).
Full Breakdown
043 of the Campbell County Code of Ordinances, titled Unsightly or Unsanitary Storage, prohibits two things in the same sentence: openly storing or keeping rubbish, salvage materials, junk, or miscellaneous refuse, and letting weeds go uncut in any zone. The weed rule turns on a judgment call rather than a fixed height: it applies once the growth may be construed as a menace to public health and safety by the appropriate health department, or as having a depressing influence on property values in the neighborhood in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator.
Because the standard is opinion-based rather than a specific inch or foot measurement, the Zoning Administrator, or the health department for the health-and-safety branch, decides case by case whether a given lot's growth crosses the line. 052. 043 sits in the zoning chapter rather than a stand-alone nuisance ordinance, it applies countywide in the unincorporated area, and enforcement runs through the same Zoning Administrator who reviews other chapter 154 zoning violations.
Violations & Fines
Letting weeds go uncut once they meet the health-menace or property-value threshold, or storing rubbish, junk, or salvage in the open, violates Chapter 154 and is punishable under § 154.999 as a class B misdemeanor, with each day of the continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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