Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Kentucky (2026)

Boone County Code Sections 97.16 through 97.21 let the Fiscal Court order repair of unsafe or deteriorated sidewalks…

Every owner, occupant or manager of a building or lot in Bowling Green must keep the sidewalk in front of the property…

Daviess County notifies abutting property owners when a public sidewalk outside Owensboro and Whitesville needs repair…

When Kenton County finds a sidewalk unsafe under Code § 95.26, a designated county officer can order the owner or…

Lexington-Fayette puts sidewalk repair on the shoulders of the property owner whose land abuts the defect: holes…

McCracken County Code § 110.12(B) puts the duty on the owner or occupant of a building or lot to keep the sidewalk next…

Boone County Code Section 97.01 makes it unlawful to deposit mud, soil or debris on any county road or its…

Lexington-Fayette's Code of Ordinances flatly bars building structures, fences or walls in the public right-of-way and…

Louisville Metro bans erecting or maintaining any fence, wall, structure, post, or object on a sidewalk, street, alley…

McCracken County Code § 110.12(A) bans placing rubbish, debris, furniture, signs, boulders, fences, junk vehicles, or…

Bowling Green's Property Code bans placing rubbish, furniture, fences, inoperative vehicles, signs, boulders or any…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, no railroad company can obstruct a public highway or street by letting…

In the City of Owensboro, no person may congregate on, place property on, or direct improvements that encroach onto a…

Anyone who wants to access a county road's right-of-way or do work there, utilities, driveways, excavation, must get a…

In unincorporated Jessamine County, Kentucky, no crossing, cutting or excavation affecting the county road system and…

Anyone who wants access to a county road or plans to perform work on its right-of-way, from a new driveway to a utility…

Anyone building or modifying a driveway, road, alley or other vehicle access into an Oldham County right-of-way, or…

In the City of Owensboro, anyone who wants to place a structure, sign, or other encroachment in a public right-of-way…

Any private cut, excavation or placement of facilities in a Bowling Green right-of-way needs a right-of-way work permit…

Cutting, excavating, or altering a street, sidewalk, or utility line in unincorporated Campbell County requires a $200…

Anyone staging construction materials on a Lexington-Fayette sidewalk or street must first get a right-of-way blockage…

Awnings, balconies and canopies may only project over a Louisville Metro public sidewalk with the Director of Works'…