What to Know Before Clearing Land Around Hodgenville
Limestone ground with sinkholes. Larue County lies in a limestone region with some of the
highest sinkhole potential in Kentucky, and the spring at Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville
is named for water that drops into a pit and vanishes underground. Before a machine runs, we walk the
parcel for depressions, open throats and soft spots, keep the tracks off their edges, and never push
brush into one. The quote names any strip left alone.
Daytime burning closes twice a year. Kentucky's fire hazard seasons run 15 February to
30 April and 1 October to 15 December. In them it is illegal to burn within 150 feet of any woodland or
brushland between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and a pile on a wooded fence row sits inside that distance. Our crew
grinds brush where it stands, so no pile waits on the calendar. A county or local burn ban is separate, so
check whether one is in force.
Permits follow what the ground is for. Kentucky's construction stormwater general permit
applies to construction sites that disturb one acre or more, with a notice of intent filed at least seven
days before work starts. A house on cleared ground goes through the Land of Lincoln Planning and Zoning
Commission, on the second floor of the Larue County courthouse, for building and zoning permits and a sewage
site evaluation. Requirements vary by parcel,
scope and jurisdiction, and the governing authority makes the determination.