Adopted edition
KRC 2019 (3rd Edition, IRC 2018 base)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
KY · City
Lexington, KY.
Lexington, KY — building code: KRC 2019 (3rd Edition, IRC 2018 base).
Design wind speed
90 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
4A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Lexington Building Department
ZIP coverage
37 ZIP codes inside Lexington.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
40502 40503 40504 40505 40506 40507 40508 40509 40510 40511 40512 40513 40514 40515 40516 40517 40522 40523 40524 40526 40533 40536 40544 40546 40555 40574 40575 40576 40577 40578 40579 40580 40581 40582 40583 40588 40591
Working in Lexington?
Pull an address-level code packet for any parcel in Lexington. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Lexington-specific amendments and the Fayette County county and Kentucky state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See the Fayette County county overview, or the Kentucky state directory .
Pull a Lexington code packet.
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