Boone County, KY Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

61(B) defines a structure as unsafe or unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use when it is damaged, decayed, unstable, dilapidated, unsecured, or otherwise structurally deficient to a dangerous degree, when it lacks operational sanitary systems, or when it is a fire hazard, a determination made in consultation with the fire marshal. 62 requires a written notice of violation giving the owner seven days to complete corrective action, arrange demolition, contest the notice and request a hearing, or propose an alternate remedy or timeline. 63 sends contested cases to a three-member Hearing Board, chaired by a County Administrator-appointed Hearing Officer joined by one member drawn from the Building Code Appeals Board and one from the Parking and 911 Dwelling Unit Appeals Board, which decides by a preponderance of sworn evidence whether the structure is unsafe and whether it must be corrected, secured, or demolished.

64 requires posting a placard reading that the structure is unsafe and its use for habitation is prohibited and unlawful. 65 gives the owner another seven days to comply with the Board's order before the Code Official issues a citation, with each day a separate offense; after 30 days without compliance or a timely District Court appeal, the county may perform or contract the repair or demolition itself, place a lien on the property for all fines, fees and costs, and sell any salvage materials from a demolition it carries out. This process was adopted under Ordinance 2022-25 on October 25, 2022, and applies only to unincorporated Boone County.