KRS 100.346 Continuing Education Requirements                                  (Effective 06/27/2025)

  • Within 1 year prior and 1 year following appointment
    • 3 hours planning related CE
    • 1 hour on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
    • 1 year PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT Hours will NOT apply to the first 4-year obligation
    • 1 year FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT Hours will apply to the first 4-year obligation
  • Every 4 years
    • 7 hours planning related CE
    • 1 hour on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
  • Duplicate training cannot be accepted in the same training term.

  • Within 1 year prior OR within 120 days following employment
    • 7 hours orientation training of planning related CE
    • 1 hour on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
    • 1 year PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT Hours will NOT apply to the first 2-year obligation
    • 120 day FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT Hours will apply to the first 2-year obligation
  • Every 2 years
    • 15 hours planning related CE
    • 1 hour on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility.
  • Duplicate training cannot be accepted in the same training term.

  • Failure to obtain or submit training information:
    • Planning commissioners shall be subject to removal according to the provisions of KRS 100.157,
    • Board of adjustment members shall be subject to removal according to the provisions of KRS 100.217.
  • City Employee:  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 in the capacity of a planning professional, zoning administrator, administrative official, or planning professional’s deputy or assistant.

Shall include but are not limited to:

  • Land Use Planning
  • Zoning
  • Floodplains
  • Transportation
  • Community Facilities
  • Ethics
  • Public Utilities
  • Parliamentary Procedure
  • Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
  • Public Hearing Procedures
  • Administrative Law
  • Economic Development
  • Housing
  • Public Buildings
  • Building Construction
  • Land Subdivision
  • 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.

To help officials to meet their KRS 100.346 Requirements PDS provides:

Available to ALL City Officials/Board & Commission Members

  • The KEY Connection newsletter at the end of each quarter
    • Includes a minimum of four (4) hours of acceptable training in each issue that can be viewed on-line.
    • Includes additional links to training resources.
    • Since 2020 there have been more than 100 hours of CE Links provided in the newsletter.
  • Traditional library on-site at PDS which includes hard copy planning relevant materials available to be checked out.
  • An updated Continuing Education record is sent to each Jurisdiction bi-annually in March and September.

Available to all Planning Commissioners

  • APA (American Planners Association) membership to all paid for by KCPC.
  • Includes Planning magazine with acceptable articles for CE credit.
  • Access and discounts for on-line training
  • Staff reminders at KCPC meetings
  • Links and reminders are included on all Constant Contact emails for notifications and eservice.