PUBLIC NOTICE:
312 Market Inc. d/b/a 312 Market Inc. hereby declares its intention(s) to apply for a tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product license no later than March 2, 2026. The licensed premises will be located at 2140 E Highway 312, Corbin, Kentucky, 40701. The owner and president is Kevin Bays, 125 Harold Reams Rd, London, KY 40741. Any person, association, corporation, or body politic may protest the granting of the license by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601, within thirty (30) days of the date of legal publication
PUBLIC NOTICE:
SBF Ventures, LLC, 200 Allison Blvd., Corbin, KY 40701 hereby declares it’s intention(s) to apply for a Quota Retail Drink & NQ4 Retail Malt Beverage Drink license(s) no later than March 20, 2026. The business to be licensed will be located at 4672 5th Street Rd., Corbin, KY 40701 doing business as Kenny’s … The Other Rogers. The owner is Kenny Rogers, 42 Stamper Street, Corbin, Kentucky 40701. Any person, association, corporation, or body politic may protest this granting of the license(s) by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 500 Mero St 2NE33, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601 within thirty days of the date of the legal publication
NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE
Permit #918-8016
In accordance with the provisions of KRS:350, notice is hereby given that Ferroglobe USA ARLR, LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap PKWY, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701, has filled for a Phase I and II Bond Release on Permit #918-8016, which was last issued on 12/29/2025. The application covers an area of approximately 12.42 acres of which 12.42 acres were disturbed. The area is located approximately located 1 mile north of Pleasant View in Whitley County
The permit is approximately 0 miles east of US 25W junction with Cane Creek Road and located approximately 0.1 miles northeast of the junction of Cane Creek and Clear Fork.
The total bond now in effect for this permit is a surety bond in the amount of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand dollars ($214,000) of which approximately 85% of the original bond amount of $214,000 is included in this application for release.
Reclamation work performed includes: Backfilling, re-grading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding and mulching in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, completed in the fall of 2024
Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, KY 40601, by April 3, 2026
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for April 6, 2026, at (9:00 am) the Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965-1229. The hearing will be cancelled if no request for a hearing or informal conference is received by April 3, 2026.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORBIN, KENTUCKY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3-89 THAT AMONG THINGS ESTABLISHED ANIMAL CONTROL AND ANIMAL CARE IN THE CITY OF CORBIN, KENTUCKY AND PROVIDED PENALTIES, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE AND SET FORTH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CORBIN, KENTUCKY, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3-89 is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions
As used in this ordinance, the following terms are defined below:
ANIMAL: Every non-human species of animal, both domestic and wild.
ANIMAL-AT-LARGE: Any animal not under the restraint of a person capable of controlling the animal and/or off the premises of the owner.
ANIMAL SHELTER: A facility operated by an individual or entity contracting with the City as an independent contractor for the purpose of impounding animals under the authority of this ordinance or state law for care, confinement, return to owner, adoption, or euthanasia.
AUCTION: Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold, or traded, except for those facilities otherwise defined in this ordinance. This section does not apply to individual sales of animals by owners.
CITY: City of Corbin, Kentucky.
GUARD DOG: Any dog that will detect and warn its handler that an intruder is present in/or near an area that is being secured.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER: A person or entity designated by the City as an independent contractor to impound animals under the authority of this ordinance or state law for care, confinement, return to owner, adoption or euthanasia.
OWNER: Any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity owning, keeping, or harboring one or more animals. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days or more.
PERFORMING ANIMAL EXHIBITION: Any spectacle, display, act, or event, other than circuses, in which performing animals are used.
PET or COMPANION ANIMAL: Any animal kept for pleasure rather than utility; an animal of a species that has been bred and raised to live in or about the habitation of humans and is dependent on people for food and shelter.
PUBLIC NUISANCE: Any animal or animals that unreasonably annoy humans, endanger the life or health of other animals or persons, or substantially interfere with the rights of citizens, other than their owners, to enjoyment of life or property. The term “public nuisance animal” shall mean and include, but is not limited to, any animal that
-is repeatedly found at large;
-damages the property of anyone other than its owner;
-molests or intimidates pedestrians or passerby;
-chases vehicles;
-excessively makes disturbing noises, including, but not limited to, continued and repeated howling, barking, whining, or other utterances causing unreasonable annoyance, disturbance, or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored;
-causes fouling of the air by odor and thereby creates unreasonable annoyance or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored;
-causes unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings where the animal is kept or harbored;
-is offensive or dangerous to the public health, or welfare by virtue of the number and/or types of animals maintained;
-attacks other domestic animals; or
-has been found by the commission for animal control, after notice to its owner and a hearing, to be a public nuisance animal by virtue of being a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety.
RESTRAINT: Any animal secured by a leash or lead under the control of a responsible person and obedient to that person’s commands, or within the real property limits of its owner.
VETERINARY HOSPITAL: Any establishment maintained and operated by a licensed veterinarian for surgery, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals.
VICIOUS ANIMAL: Any animal that attacks, bites, or injures human beings or domesticated animals without adequate provocation, or which, because of temperament, conditioning, or training, has a known propensity to attack, bite, or injure human beings or domesticated animals.
WILD ANIMAL: Any living member of the animal kingdom, including those born or raised in captivity, except the following: human beings, domestic dogs (excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes or jackals), domestic cats (excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays), farm animals, rodents, any hybrid animal that is part wild, and captive-bred species of common cane birds.
ZOOLOGICAL PARK: Any facility operated by a person, partnership, corporation, or government agency, other than a pet shop or kennel, displaying or exhibiting one or more species of non-domesticated animals.
ADEQUATE FOOD: The provision of foodstuff that is uncontaminated, wholesome, palatable, and of sufficient quality and nutritive value to maintain the normal condition and weight of the animal. Food shall be provided at suitable intervals or at least once a day, unless restricted by a veterinarian. The diet shall be appropriate for the animal’s species, age and condition. Food shall be served in a receptacle, dish or container that is physically clean and absent of agents injurious to the health of the animal.
ADEQUATE SHADE: For dogs one (1) or more separate outside areas of shade, large enough to contain all dogs at one (1) time and to protect them from the direct rays of the sun. A doghouse shall not constitute adequate shade. For all other animals that, as determined by species, require shade, “adequate shade” means one (1) or more outside areas of shade large enough to protect all the animals present from the direct rays of the sun.
ADEQUATE SHELTER: For dogs an appropriate, durable, enclosed, permanent structure, or a structure manufactured to serve primarily as an outdoor shelter for a dog, with a roof, four (4) sides and a floor constructed in a manner to protect a dog’s feet and legs from injury and with dimensions appropriate for breed and size. The shelter shall provide the dog adequate protection and shelter from heat and cold and from the direct effect of wind, rain and snow. The shelter shall have a sufficient amount of clean organic bedding material. e.g., straw, hay or wood shavings, to keep the dog warm and dry. For all other animals, “adequate shelter” means an appropriate structure that provides the animal adequate protection and shelter, as determined by the animal’s species, from heat and cold and from the direct effect of wind, rain and snow.
ADEQUATE WATER: Constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, drinkable water, unless restricted by a veterinarian, which is provided in a sanitary manner.
VETERINARY CARE: An appropriate level of professional medical care and treatment by a licensed veterinarian to maintain the proper health and condition of an animal as determined by its species, breed and age.
SECTION 2. SECTION 8 OF ORDINANCE NO. 3-89 IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 8. Animal Care.
(a) No owner shall fail to provide his animals with sufficient wholesome and nutritious food, water in sufficient quantities, proper air, shelter space and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and humane care and treatment.
(b) (a) No person shall beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause, instigate, or permit any dogfight, cockfight, bullfight, or other combat between animals and humans.
(c) (b) No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal.
(d) (c) Only a licensed veterinarian shall crop a dog’s ears or dock a dog’s tail.
(e) (d) Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such injury or death to the animal’s owner; in the event the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the appropriate law enforcement agency or to the local humane society.
(f) (e) No person shall expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable to be eaten by any animal, provided that it shall be unlawful for a person to expose on his own property common rat poison mixed only with vegetable substance.
(f) It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person within the City of Corbin to unnecessarily or cruelly beat, torture, abuse or otherwise mistreat any horse or other animal, whether his own or that of another, or to subject such an animal to any condition that is likely to result in harm to the animal.
(2) For the owner or harborer of an animal to fail to provide the animal with adequate food, water, shelter, shade or veterinary care.
(3) For any animal’s housing area or enclosure to be excessively muddy or contain standing water, due to a lack of groundcover, or be otherwise unsanitary. Any animal’s area or enclosure shall be free of objects or contaminants which are likely to cause injury or be detrimental to the health of the animal, including, but not limited to, rusty or jagged metal objects, broken glass, or harmful chemical solvents or agents.
(4) For any person to permit the accumulation of animal excrement on property he or she owns, rents, or leases so as to cause unsightly litter or fouling of the air by odor, thereby creating an unreasonable annoyance or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored.
(5) For the owner or harborer of a dog to use a collar or harness made of wire, flat chain, chain with sharp edges, or chain with rusty or non-uniform links. If attached to a tether, the collar or harness shall be properly fitting and not primarily metal or choke-type. The tether attached to a collar or harness shall be of a weight and material appropriate for the breed and size of the animal; cannot weigh more than five (5) pounds total weight; be no less than twelve (12) feet in length; and have swivels at both ends. A person shall not wrap a tether directly around a dog’s neck. An area where a dog is tethered shall be free of objects which could become tangled in the tether. The tether shall be secured to a fixed immobile point that allows freedom of movement while withstanding the force necessary to restrain the dog.
SECTION 3. SECTION 15 of Ordinance No. 3-89 is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 15. Penalties.
Unless otherwise provided for herein, any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 and/or confinement in the county jail for not more than twelve (12) months. If a violation continues, each day’s violation shall be deemed a separate violation. Whitley, Knox, and Laurel District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear these matters. If any person is found guilty of violating Section 8, his license to own, keep, harbor, or have custody of animals shall be deemed automatically revoked and no new license may be issued.
SECTION 4. All other ordinances or portions thereof of the City of Corbin, Kentucky, that are in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5. If any part of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, such part shall be deemed severable and the
invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. All ordinances relating to animal control and animal care shall remain in effect unless explicitly
amended herein.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be effective after due passage and publication.
FIRST READING: 12/15/2025 SECOND READING: 02/04/2026
APPROVED: SUZIE RAZMUS, MAYOR
ATTEST: TORI BROCK, CITY CLERK
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