Environmental Rules in Kentucky (2026)

Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet administers the Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for…

Daviess County's Chapter 51 stormwater ordinance bans dumping pollutants, yard waste, and debris into storm drains and…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, Chapter 156 sets stormwater performance standards for construction…

Owensboro's Stormwater Ordinance bans dumping waste, debris or pollutants into ditches, catch basins or any part of the…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, stormwater, roof runoff, and groundwater drainage may not be routed into the…

Bowling Green runs its stormwater program under KRS 91A.510-530 through a Public Works stormwater utility funded by a…

New construction or grading in any Campbell County zone that requires site plan review must show the site's full storm…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, no development application is approved without a storm water management…

Any driveway or entrance connecting to a Kenton County road must meet the drainage standards in Code § 95.11: an…

High-risk industrial and commercial facilities in Lexington-Fayette must file a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan…

MSD holds exclusive jurisdiction over public storm drainage in Jefferson County, requires a permit before anyone alters…

Every new development in unincorporated McCracken County must provide properly sized stormwater conveyance and, where…

Unincorporated Oldham County requires a reviewed stormwater management plan and permanent BMPs for any development…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, soil erosion on subdivision grading work and on individual-lot building…

Any site construction project or land disturbance in Bowling Green needs a stormwater permit from the City's Utility…

Any excavation or soil-moving project in unincorporated Campbell County must plan and apply erosion and sedimentation…

Daviess County bars construction on any lot until an excavation, cut or fill permit is obtained, and requires erosion…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, every land-disturbance activity must use erosion protection and sediment…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, land cleared by development must be revegetated within 14 days from…

Kenton County will not issue a right-of-way grading or excavation permit under Code § 95.06(C) if the work "will create…

Anyone clearing, grading, excavating or filling 5,000 square feet or more of land in Lexington-Fayette, or any acreage…

Louisville Metro requires a Metropolitan Sewer District site disturbance permit before any clearing, grading, or…

Development plans in unincorporated McCracken County must address erosion and sediment before a subdivision plat or…

Unincorporated Oldham County requires a stormwater quality management permit and perimeter sediment control before any…

Owensboro Municipal Code Sec. 26-355 bars owners, contractors and developers from building on a city lot before getting…

Kentucky requires state approval before any construction, fill, or obstruction within the 100-year floodplain or stream…

Franklin County Code §§ 155.295 to 155.317 require a development permit before any development in a special flood…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, development in a special flood hazard area needs a development permit…

Any construction or land-disturbing activity in a mapped special flood hazard area of unincorporated McCracken County…

Any development in a special flood hazard area of Oldham County needs a development permit from the Floodplain…

In the City of Owensboro, any development in a Special Flood Hazard Area needs a development or construction permit…

In unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, anyone building or developing land inside a mapped special flood hazard area…

In the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, no one may grade, fill, build or otherwise develop land inside a FEMA-mapped…

Campbell County requires a development permit before any construction, fill, grading, or other development activity…

Daviess County committed by resolution to enforce land-use and control measures in flood hazard areas so residents can…

Louisville Metro requires a floodplain permit from MSD before any development in the local regulatory floodplain, with…

In the City of Owensboro, marinas, boat rentals, docks, piers and wharves are conditional uses in the Floodway District…

Docking in Waterfront Park's harbor or at the City Wharf requires a permit from the Waterfront Development Corporation…

Louisville Metro bans idling of heavy or medium trucks doing loading or unloading work within 100 feet of homes or…

New and substantially improved residential structures in unincorporated McCracken County's special flood hazard areas…

In the City of Owensboro, new or substantially improved residential construction in a Special Flood Hazard Area must…

Boone County, Kentucky's Code § 151.31 sets the county's freeboard standard: new or substantially improved residential…

New or substantially improved homes in Bowling Green's mapped special flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor…

New construction and substantial improvements in Campbell County's special flood hazard areas must have the lowest…

In unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, new homes and substantial improvements in a mapped flood hazard area must…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, § 155.41 requires the lowest floor of a new or substantially improved…

Louisville Metro requires new and substantially improved buildings in the floodplain to have their lowest floor…

In unincorporated Oldham County, Kentucky, new construction and substantial improvements in special flood hazard areas…