Planning & Zoning

Matt Wallingford administers appropriate planning and zoning within the Maysville city limits; including the following permits: 

Zoning

Disclaimer -- Please read before viewing/downloading the Official Land Use Map for the

City of Maysville. Official Land Use Map for the City of Maysville as of 9/30/2005. PDF file can be found at bottom of page. 

• Signs

• Subdivision Plats

• Roadside Sales

• Variances (Board of Adjustments)

• Conditional Uses (Board of Adjustments)

• Certificates of Appropriateness (Board of Architectural Review)

• Zoning map amendments

For information on zoning permits, please contact Matt Wallingford, who is the administrative officer of the Board of Adjustments, and Architectural Review. Dimensional variances, sign variances, and conditional use applications all must go in front of the Board of Adjustments. Certificates of Appropriateness, which must be applied for when doing construction, demolition, alterations, relocation, or changes to the exterior of a building or landmark in a historical district, must go in front of the Board of Architectural Review. Ordinary repairs and maintenance to a building or landmark in a historical district, such as re-painting, do not have to go in front of the Board.

Matt Wallingford is also the Administrative Officer of the Mason County Joint Planning Commission. This commission is an eight-member body, with four members appointed by the Mayor of Maysville and four members appointed by the Mason County Judge Executive. The commission’s responsibilities as provided for in Kentucky Revised Statute chapter 100 are as follows:

• Preparation of the Comprehensive Plan

• Review and revisions to the Comprehensive Plan

• Review and action upon all applications for the subdivision of land

• Review and make recommendations to the appropriate governmental body on all

• Applications for amendments to the land use regulations and official land use map, and

• File certificates of land use restrictions

Please contact the Planning & Zoning Administrator for questions regarding land subdivision, and zoning.

Monthly Meeting Schedule

Mason County Joint Planning Commission: 1st Wednesday of the month
Maysville/Mason County Board of Adjustments: 2nd Monday of the month
Maysville/Washington Board of Architectural Review: 2nd Wednesday of the month

ALL MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED AT THE CITY OF MAYSVILLE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND START PROMPTLY AT 5:30 PM.

Those wanting to be on the agenda must have all applications, plans, plats, and/or materials to the Planning & Zoning Administrator NO less than two weeks before the meeting.