100.346 Orientation and continuing education training for planning and zoning
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officials and staff.
(a)Each planning commissioner and board of adjustment member of a planning
unit shall, within one
(1)year prior to his or her appointment and one
(1)year
following appointment, attend a minimum of three
(3)hours of orientation
training in one
(1)or more of the subjects listed in subsection
(4)of this
section and at least one
(1)additional hour of training on the impact of
planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and
accessibility.
(b)Each planning professional, zoning administrator, and administrative official,
and each planning professional's deputies and assistants, shall, within one
year prior to being employed, or within one hundred twenty
(120)days of
employment, attend a minimum of seven
(7)hours of orientation training in
one
(1)or more of the subjects listed in subsection
(4)of this section and at
least one
(1)additional hour of training on the impact of planning and zoning
policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
(c)Each of the individuals listed in paragraphs
(a)and
(b)of this subsection shall
certify his or her attendance by a written statement filed with the secretary of
his or her respective planning commission within thirty
(30)days of
completing the orientation training required in paragraphs
(a)and
(b)of this
subsection. Each statement shall identify the date of each program attended,
its subject matter, location, sponsors, and the time spent in each program.
(a)Each planning commissioner and board of adjustment member of a planning
unit shall, within each period of four
(4)consecutive calendar years, starting
at the date of the individual's appointment, attend no less than seven
(7)hours
of continuing education in any of the subjects listed in subsection
(4)of this
section and at least one
(1)additional hour of training on the impact of
planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and
accessibility.
(b)Each planning professional, zoning administrator, and administrative official,
and each planning professional's deputies and assistants, shall, within each
period of two
(2)consecutive calendar years, starting at the date of the
individual's appointment, attend no less than fifteen
(15)hours of continuing
education in any of the subjects listed in subsection
(4)of this section and at
least one
(1)additional hour of training on the impact of planning and zoning
policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
(c)Each of the individuals listed in paragraphs
(a)and
(b)of this subsection shall
certify his or her attendance by a written statement filed with the secretary of
his or her respective planning commission within thirty
(30)days of
completing the continuing education required in paragraphs
(a)and
(b)of this
subsection. Each statement shall identify the date of each program attended,
its subject matter, location, sponsors, and the time spent in each program.
(3)The planning commission or the legislative body of the city, county, urban-county
government, charter county government, or consolidated local government in which
the planning commission has jurisdiction or, in the case of a joint planning unit, has
representation in, shall be responsible for providing training as required by
subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section or for providing funding to each planning
commissioner, board of adjustment member, full-time planning professional,
zoning administrator, administrative official, and planning professional's deputies
or assistants so that each individual may obtain training as required by subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section from other sources.
(4)The subjects for the education required by subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section
shall include but not be limited to any of the following: land use planning; zoning;
floodplains; transportation; community facilities; ethics; public utilities; wireless
telecommunications facilities; parliamentary procedure; public hearing procedure;
administrative law; economic development; housing; public buildings; building
construction; land subdivision; and powers and duties of the board of adjustment.
Other topics reasonably related to the duties of planning officials or planning
professionals may be approved by majority vote of the planning commission prior
to December 31 of the year for which credit is sought.
(5)Each local planning commission shall keep in its official public records originals of
all statements and the written documentation of attendance required in subsection
(6)of this section filed with the secretary of the planning commission pursuant to
subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c) of this section for three
(3)years after the calendar
year in which each statement and appurtenant written documentation is filed.
(6)Each planning commissioner, board of adjustment member, full-time planning
professional, zoning administrator, administrative official, and planning
professional's deputies or assistants shall be responsible for obtaining written
documentation signed by a representative of the sponsor of any continuing
education course for which credit is claimed, acknowledging the fact that the
individual attended the program for which credit is claimed. That documentation
shall be filed with the secretary of the planning commission as attachments to the
statements required by subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c) of this section.
(7)If a planning commissioner or board of adjustment member fails to:
(a)Complete the requisite number of hours of orientation training and continuing
education within the time allotted under subsections
(1)and
(2)of this
section;
(b)File the statement required by subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c) of this section; or
(c)File the documentation required by subsection
(6)of this section;
the planning commissioner shall be subject to removal from office according to the
provisions of KRS 100.157, and the board of adjustment member shall be subject to
removal according to the provisions of KRS 100.217.
(8)No city, county, urban-county government, charter county government,
consolidated local government, planning commission, board of adjustment, or any
entity performing local planning under KRS Chapter 100, shall employ a planning
professional, zoning administrator, administrative official, or a planning
professional's deputy or assistant, who fails to complete the requisite number of
hours of orientation and continuing education required by subsections
(1)and
(2)of
this section in the capacity of a planning professional, zoning administrator,
administrative official, or planning professional's deputy or assistant.