Property Maintenance in Kentucky (2026)

9 rules on the books across Kentucky, 6 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, Kentucky's Code Official can declare a structure unsafe or unfit for human habitation under § 150.61 when…

Campbell County adopted the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code by § 155.01, giving the Planning and Zoning…

Daviess County's Property Maintenance Code declares dilapidated, decaying or abandoned buildings a public nuisance…

When a Lexington structure is so dilapidated it's 'dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human…

Louisville Metro's Code Official condemns structures found unsafe, unfit for occupancy, or unlawful, orders them…

Kenton County requires lenders and owners to register vacant or abandoned properties heading into foreclosure with…

Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.

Lexington-Fayette treats a neglected vacant or unimproved lot as 'blighted or deteriorated' property under Sec. 12-81…

Louisville Metro caps weeds and plant growth at 10 inches on every property, vacant or occupied, under Chapter 156 of…

Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.

Lexington-Fayette property owners must clear snow off the sidewalk within four hours after daylight once snowfall…