Adopted edition
KRC 2019 (3rd Edition, IRC 2018 base)
Effective
State · KY
Kentucky building codes at a glance.
Statewide KRC 2019 (3rd Edition based on IRC 2018). Single climate zone (4A — Mixed-Humid) simplifies envelope-energy compliance.
KY Kentucky
IECC zones 4A · ASCE 7 design wind 90–115 mph
Adoption model
Statewide
Permits issued: State
Coverage status
Indexed
Parcel layer + adopted-edition library + amendment overlay all live.
Climate zones (IECC)
4A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Design wind speed
90–115 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Category II, 3-second gust at 33 ft. Fastener spec follows.
Special zones
- HVHZ (not applicable)
- WUI (not applicable)
- FEMA SFHA overlays (present)
Compliance track
What's required to build here.
Kentucky Residential Code 2018 3rd Edition is the statewide floor. Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction enforces.
Statute reference: kfa.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
County directory
All 120 counties in Kentucky.
Each county page shows the adopted edition, county-level amendments, and permit-office contact.
- Adair County
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Ballard County
- Barren County
- Bath County
- Bell County
- Boone County
- Bourbon County
- Boyd County
- Boyle County
- Bracken County
- Breathitt County
- Breckinridge County
- Bullitt County
- Butler County
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Campbell County
- Carlisle County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Casey County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Crittenden County
- Cumberland County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Elliott County
- Estill County
- Fayette County
- Fleming County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Gallatin County
- Garrard County
- Grant County
- Graves County
- Grayson County
- Green County
- Greenup County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Harlan County
- Harrison County
- Hart County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Hopkins County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jessamine County
- Johnson County
- Kenton County
- Knott County
- Knox County
- LaRue County
- Laurel County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Leslie County
- Letcher County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Livingston County
- Logan County
- Lyon County
- Madison County
- Magoffin County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- Mason County
- McCracken County
- McCreary County
- McLean County
- Meade County
- Menifee County
- Mercer County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Nelson County
- Nicholas County
- Ohio County
- Oldham County
- Owen County
- Owsley County
- Pendleton County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Powell County
- Pulaski County
- Robertson County
- Rockcastle County
- Rowan County
- Russell County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Simpson County
- Spencer County
- Taylor County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Trimble County
- Union County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Whitley County
- Wolfe County
- Woodford County
City directory
30 cities indexed in Kentucky.
City pages list local amendments, the parent county, and the local permit office.
- Ashland
- Bardstown
- Bowling Green
- Covington
- Danville
- Elizabethtown
- Erlanger
- Florence
- Fort Thomas
- Frankfort
- Georgetown
- Henderson
- Hopkinsville
- Independence
- Lexington
- London
- Louisville Metro
- Madisonville
- Mayfield
- Murray
- Newport
- Nicholasville
- Owensboro
- Paducah
- Pikeville
- Radcliff
- Richmond
- Shelbyville
- Somerset
- Winchester
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