Campbell County, KY Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing zone
- A-1 Agriculture Zone, § 154.076
- Minimum lot, by-right ag use
- One acre
- Roadside stand setback
- 50 feet from any street
- Confined animal feedlot minimum
- 10 acres, 400-ft residential buffer
- Manure storage setback
- 100 ft street, 50 ft lot line
- Conditional-use review body
- Board of Adjustments, § 154.049
Summary
Campbell County zones its unincorporated farmland A-1 Agriculture under § 154.076, where agricultural uses, greenhouses, roadside produce stands, and stables are permitted by right on one-acre-minimum lots. Intensive operations like commercial confined animal feedlots need Board of Adjustments approval plus a 400-foot buffer from residential lots, shielding by-right farming from nearby land-use conflict without a separate right-to-farm statute.
(A) Uses permitted. The following uses shall be permitted: (1) Agricultural uses. (2) Single-family dwellings (detached)... (C) Conditional uses... (11) Commercial confined animal feed operations provided that any lot or tract of land in such use shall be not less than ten acres and that any building or enclosure in which animals are kept shall be distant at least 400 feet from any lot in any residence zone, or any lot occupied by a dwelling other than a farm dwelling, or by any school, church, or any institution for human care... (F) Other development controls... (3) Storage of manure shall not be permitted within 100 feet of a public or private street, or within 50 feet of a side or rear lot line.
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
076, is Campbell County's primary agricultural zoning district for the unincorporated area. 076(A) permits agricultural uses, single-family dwellings, mobile homes, greenhouses and nurseries, stables and riding academies, taxidermy services, animal hospitals, agritourism uses, and on-site butcher or meat-processing operations tied to farming, all without a conditional use hearing. Roadside stands selling only what is 'raised, produced, and processed on the premises' are allowed as long as they sit at least 50 feet from any street. 076(C)(11) requires any commercial confined animal feed operation to sit on at least ten acres, with any building or enclosure housing animals set back at least 400 feet from a residential lot, a farm dwelling, a school, a church, or any institution for human care.
076(F)(3) further requires manure storage to stay at least 100 feet from a public or private street and 50 feet from a side or rear lot line. 076(D) set a one-acre minimum lot, 100-foot lot width, and 35-foot maximum building height for by-right farm structures. Together, the by-right permitted-use list and the buffer requirements for intensive operations function as the county's local agricultural zoning framework: farming is the default expected use of A-1 land, while acreage and setback thresholds target the operations most likely to conflict with neighboring residential or institutional uses.
Violations & Fines
Operating a confined animal feed operation, sawmill, kennel, or other A-1 conditional use without Board of Adjustments approval under § 154.049 violates Chapter 154. As with all zoning violations in the chapter, § 154.999 makes the offense a class B misdemeanor, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense, enforced by the county's Planning and Zoning Commission.
Frequently Asked Questions
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