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183.861 Establishment of Airport Zoning Commission -- Jurisdiction over land use issues.

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183.861 Establishment of Airport Zoning Commission -- Jurisdiction over land use issues. (1) There is hereby created and established within the cabinet, a commission to be known as the &quot;Kentucky Airport Zoning Commission&quot; which, notwithstanding the <br>provisions of KRS Chapters 100 and 147, shall be empowered to issue orders, rules, <br>and regulations pertaining to use of land within and around the facilities identified <br>in subsection (2) of this section as will promote the public interest and protect and <br>encourage the proper use of the airports and their facilities. (2) The commission shall have jurisdiction over land use issues around the following facilities: <br>(a) All military airports in the Commonwealth; <br>(b) All public-use airports, heliports, and seaplanes bases in the Commonwealth; and (c) All state-licensed, private-use airports which have a paved runway in excess of two thousand nine hundred (2,900) feet. Effective: July 13, 2004 <br>History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 179, sec. 52, effective March 25, 1960.