Court Opinion

ID: 9630970
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:26:02.157839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:31.232037
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion by
Justice SCHRODER.
I agree with the majority opinion on all issues addressed. However, I believe the majority overlooks a problem with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s A-R zone which covers the property in question. The zoning ordinance in question requires a minimum lot size of forty acres for agricultural use. The requirement runs afoul of KRS 100.203(4) and KRS 100.111(2), which set the minimum agricultural parcel at five acres. Under Bellefonte, 864 S.W.2d 315, the state has preempted planning and zoning. As a practical matter, does that mean the A-R zone is entirely void, or voidable over five acres? If Sebastian had argued it was void, and we agreed, there would be no minimum and he could have built on the one acre lots. Perhaps the General Assembly should address the forty acre minimum in KRS 100.111(2).
CUNNINGHAM, J., joins this concurring opinion.