Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Greensburg, Kentucky

Greensburg’s own rules

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  Construction inside Greensburg city limits

  • Adopts the Kentucky Building Code, Kentucky plumbing code and Kentucky standards of safety, with amendments
  • Application extends to all single-family dwellings in the city constructed or remodeled

  “the kentucky building code, as contained in chapter 7, title 815 of the kentucky administrative regulations, (as adopted in § 150.002 below); the kentucky plumbing code, as contained in chapter 20, title 815 of the kentucky administrative regulations;”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Greensburg city limits, Green County, Kentucky

  • Code adopts the zoning ordinance by reference; the ordinance text is kept in the city clerk/treasurer's office and was not retrieved
  • Planning is handled by the joint Greensburg-Green County Planning Commission (KRS Chapter 100) per Chapter 152 of the same code

  zoning ordinance date: 1998-10-12 (and any subsequent amendments)

  “the city hereby adopts by reference as if fully set forth herein the zoning ordinance for the city of greensburg dated october 12, 1998”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Building permits inside Greensburg city limits

  • Fee schedule is by estimated project cost; code is the 2015 codification and may have been amended since

  permit fee for $5,000 estimated cost: 25 USD

  “the cost for securing building permits, inspections and other similar fees shall be determined by the following schedule: (a) general building permits for residential and commercial:”

Still unanswered

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• Building permit — Building permits inside Greensburg city limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders inside Greensburg city limits
• Inspections — Inspections inside Greensburg city limits
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy inside Greensburg city limits
• Zoning districts — Inside Greensburg city limits

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.