Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Woodburn, Kentucky

Woodburn’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Woodburn city limits, under the Warren County Joint Zoning Ordinance that the Warren County Fiscal Court and the City of Woodburn have adopted together

  • The joint ordinance is adopted by the Warren County Fiscal Court and the City of Woodburn; the official pages found do not give the date Woodburn adopted it.
  • The planning commission page says these regulations apply to all areas within Warren County, which includes Woodburn city.
  • Woodburn-specific zoning districts were not separately opened; the Article 4 text was used as the joint ordinance text.

  “our local zoning ordinance is unique from other local ordinance in regards that it is a joint ordinance adopted by the warren county fiscal court and the incorporated cities of bowling green, oakland, plum springs, smiths grove, and woodburn.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts for land inside Woodburn city limits under the Warren County Joint Zoning Ordinance (Article 4, Zoning Districts)

  • Article 4 sets district standards, including the Agriculture (AG) district and the single-family residential districts (RR, R-E, RS-1A to RS-1D, MHP).
  • Version checked is the April 2021 Article 4 PDF; the planning commission page links the full ordinance, which may be newer.

  “agriculture district (ag) a. dimensional standards for this district are found in the following table.”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Agriculture (AG) district land inside Woodburn city limits under the joint Warren County zoning ordinance

  • Lot area is 5 acres whether the lot uses public sewer or a septic system.
  • Residential development under 2 acres in this district must follow the single family residential standards in sec. 4.4.
  • Version checked is the April 2021 Article 4 PDF; confirm it is the current text.

  minimum lot area, public sewer: >= 5 acres · minimum lot area, septic system: >= 5 acres · minimum lot width at building line: >= 100 feet

  “lot area (minimum) public sewer 5 acres septic system 5 acres lot width (minimum) 100 feet (at building line)”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Agriculture (AG) district land inside Woodburn city limits under the joint Warren County zoning ordinance

  • Accessory structure setback is 5 feet; fence setback is 0 feet, per the AG table.
  • Version checked is the April 2021 Article 4 PDF; confirm it is the current text.

  front yard setback: >= 25 feet · side yard setback: >= 10 feet · rear yard setback: >= 25 feet · accessory structure setback: >= 5 feet

  “setbacks (minimum) front yard 25 feet side yard 10 feet rear yard 25 feet accessory structure 5 feet 1 fence 0 feet”

• Lot coverageDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Agriculture (AG) district land inside Woodburn city limits under the joint Warren County zoning ordinance

  • Maximum lot coverage is 25 percent in the AG district.
  • Version checked is the April 2021 Article 4 PDF; confirm it is the current text.

  maximum lot coverage: <= 25 percent

  “lot coverage 25% (maximum) setbacks (minimum) front yard 25 feet side yard 10 feet rear yard 25 feet”

Rules another office applies inside Woodburn

Woodburn does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivision of land inside Woodburn city limits, under the subdivision regulations of Warren County prepared by the City-County Planning Commission

  • The regulations are issued by the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, not by Woodburn city alone; the page does not state the Woodburn adoption details.
  • Specific subdivision standards were not opened.

  “the city-county planning commission of warren county, kentucky has been empowered to prepare rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land within warren county and the cities of bowling green, plum springs, oakland, smiths grove and woodburn under the authority of section 100.273 of the kentucky revised statutes.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Woodburn or Warren County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits for construction inside Woodburn city limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for building inside Woodburn city limits
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for construction inside Woodburn city limits
• Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Woodburn city limits
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Woodburn 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.