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EDELEN v. NELSON COUNTY

723 S.W.2d 887 (1987)

Charles EDELEN, Mary Lee Nalley, Jerone S. Wright, Emma Gean Newton, Otis Marie Nalley, Earl Rogers, Agnes D. Rogers, James L. Rogers, Charles R. Janes, Christine Janes, William Cross, and Evelyn Cross, Appellants, v. COUNTY OF NELSON; Nelson County Fiscal Court; Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority; Corrections Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and George W. Wilson, Secretary of the Corrections Cabinet, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Kent Akers, Bardstown, for appellants.

Challen P. McCoy, Bardstown, for appellees County of Nelson and Nelson County Fiscal Court.

Charles D. Wickliffe, Finance and Administration Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, for appellee Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Const. Authority.

Barbara W. Jones, Corrections Cabinet, Officer of Gen. Counsel, Frankfort, for appellees Corrections Cabinet of the Com. of Kentucky and George W. Wilson.

Before CLAYTON, HAYES and WILHOIT, JJ.

WILHOIT, Judge.

The issues presented in this appeal turn on interpretation of KRS 100.361(2). The circuit court determined that the statute did not require public hearings on a proposed jail site and that a county is immune from local zoning regulations. We affirm.

The appellants are residents of the Maple Hill area of Bardstown in Nelson County, Kentucky. After Nelson County acquired property in the Maple Hill area as a proposed site for a new county jail...

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