Property Maintenance in Kentucky (2026)
20 rules on the books across Kentucky, 12 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Property Blight
Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.
Boone County
Heavy RestrictionsBoone County, Kentucky's Code Official can declare a structure unsafe or unfit for human habitation under § 150.61 when…
Read full rule →Bowling Green
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Sec. 27-4.02 of the Code of Ordinances defines an 'unsafe / problem structure'…
Read full rule →Campbell County
Significant RestrictionsCampbell County adopted the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code by § 155.01, giving the Planning and Zoning…
Read full rule →Daviess County
Significant RestrictionsDaviess County's Property Maintenance Code declares dilapidated, decaying or abandoned buildings a public nuisance…
Read full rule →Jessamine County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, the Board of Adjustments can order the owner of an unfit structure to…
Read full rule →Lexington
Significant RestrictionsWhen a Lexington structure is so dilapidated it's 'dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human…
Read full rule →Louisville
Significant RestrictionsLouisville Metro's Code Official condemns structures found unsafe, unfit for occupancy, or unlawful, orders them…
Read full rule →Mccracken County
Significant RestrictionsMcCracken County's Code Enforcement Officer can inspect, order repaired, or demolish a structure declared an unsafe…
Read full rule →Oldham County
Significant RestrictionsThe Fiscal Court can order an owner to repair or demolish a dangerous, dilapidated structure in unincorporated Oldham…
Read full rule →Owensboro
Significant RestrictionsOwensboro's property maintenance code, § 5-137, lists dilapidated, fire-damaged or collapse-prone structures as a…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, §§ 91.01 and 91.02 forbid owners, tenants and occupants of residential or…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Some RestrictionsKenton County requires lenders and owners to register vacant or abandoned properties heading into foreclosure with…
Read full rule →Vacant Lot Maintenance
Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.
Lexington
Significant RestrictionsLexington-Fayette treats a neglected vacant or unimproved lot as 'blighted or deteriorated' property under Sec. 12-81…
Read full rule →Bowling Green
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Sec. 27-4.07 of the Code of Ordinances singles out large undeveloped parcels…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro caps weeds and plant growth at 10 inches on every property, vacant or occupied, under Chapter 156 of…
Read full rule →Mccracken County
Some RestrictionsMcCracken County's property maintenance code, § 110.02, expressly covers vacant lots along with buildings and other…
Read full rule →Oldham County
Some RestrictionsEvery property owner, lessee, or occupant in unincorporated Oldham County, including on a vacant or unimproved lot, has…
Read full rule →Owensboro
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Owensboro, undeveloped lots over two acres must stay mowed below ten inches within fifty feet of any…
Read full rule →Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.
Bowling Green
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Sec. 27-5.04 of the Code of Ordinances requires every owner or occupant to keep…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington-Fayette property owners must clear snow off the sidewalk within four hours after daylight once snowfall…
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