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Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances
CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT
SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
LEXINGTON-FAYETTE - URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CHARTER
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION1
Chapter 2A - AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT1
Chapter 2B - CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING BOARDS
Chapter 3 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
Chapter 4 - ANIMALS AND FOWL1
Chapter 5 - BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS1
Chapter 5A - CIVIL DEFENSE: CIVIL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 6 - EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONS1
Chapter 7 - FINANCE AND TAXATION1
Chapter 8 - MINING AND/OR QUARRYING1
Chapter 9 - FIRE PREVENTION1
Chapter 9A - FIREWORKS
Chapter 10 - FOOD AND DRUGS1
Chapter 11 - HEALTH AND SANITATION1
Chapter 12 - HOUSING1
Chapter 13 - LICENSES AND REGULATIONS1
Chapter 13A - MINIMUM WAGE
Chapter 14 - OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS1
Chapter 15 - PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS1
Chapter 16 - SEWAGE, GARBAGE, REFUSE AND WEEDS1
Chapter 16A - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS1
Chapter 17 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS1
Chapter 17A - SUBDIVISIONS1
Chapter 17B - STREET TREES1
Chapter 17C - PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Chapter 17D - DOCKLESS VEHICLES
Chapter 18 - TRAFFIC1
Chapter 18B - SNOW EMERGENCIES1
Chapter 18C - EMERGENCY AMBULANCE, TRANSPORTATION AMBULANCE LICENSING, REGULATIONS1
Chapter 19 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Chapter 20 - ZONING1
Chapter 21 - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM1
Chapter 22 - UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE1
Chapter 23 - DIVISIONS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND POLICE1
Chapter 24 - DETENTION CENTER1
Chapter 25 - ETHICS ACT
Chapter 26 - RURAL LAND MANAGEMENT
APPENDIX A RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL1
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE - ORDINANCES
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Zoning Code
Sec. 17-2.1. - Addressing.
(a)   Street number. All addresses must contain a street number. No street number may contain more than four (4) digits or less than two (2) digits. Only whole numbers may be used in addresses. There shall be no non-sequencing of street numbers contained in addresses on either side of street. Street number ranges shall be based on the Lyman Uniform Street Numbering System. The properties on Main Street, its extensions, and all thoroughfares parallel therewith shall be numbered east and west from Limestone and the properties on Limestone, its extensions, and all thoroughfares parallel therewith shall be numbered north and south from Main Street and shall be so numbered that the even numbers shall be on the south and east sides of the street and the uneven numbers shall be on the north and west sides of the street.
(b)   Street direction. The directional terms of "north," "south," "east" and "west" shall only be used for addresses along streets crossing Main Street or Limestone as they extend to the Fayette County line. Such directional terms shall only be used as a prefix to the name of the street.
(c)   Street name. All addresses must contain a street name. Such names may contain a maximum of twenty (20) letters, however, such names shall not contain fewer than two (2) letters. The following are prohibited in street names:
(1)   Punctuation;
(2)   Numerical digits or numerical names;
(3)   Leading single letter phrases or articles;
(4)   Initiating a street name with a directional term;
(5)   Confusing, obscene or irregularly spelled words;
(6)   Duplicate or closely approximate names of existing streets;
(7)   Abbreviations, except for the following which may be abbreviated: (a) Fort shall be abbreviated as "FT"; (b) Mount shall be abbreviated as "MT"; and (c) Saint shall be abbreviated as "ST"; and
(8)   Use of the words "service", "street", "drive", "avenue", or "court."
(d)   Street type. An address may contain the following street type, abbreviated as stated:
Alley
ALY
Pass
PASS
Avenue
AVE
Path
PATH
Bayou
BYU
Pike
PIKE
Bluff
BLF
Place
PL
Bottom
BTM
Plaza
PLZ
Boulevard
BLVD
Point
PT
Canyon
CYN
Rest
RST
Causeway
CSWY
Road
RD
Circle
CIR
Row
ROW
Court
CT
Service
Road
SRD
Cove
CV
Spur
SPUR
Drive
DR
Square
SQ
Flat
FLT
Street
ST
Fork
FRK
Terrace
TER
Gateway
GTWY
Trace
TRCE
Lane
LN
Trail
TRL
Loop
LOOP
Viaduct
VIA
Oval
OVAL
Walk
WALK
Park
PARK
Way
WAY
Parkway
PKWY
 
(1)   The term "SRD" is reserved for service road designation and shall only be assigned to streets by the urban county government.
(2)   An address shall not contain a duplication of the type of street within its name (e.g., James Street Street). Street names shall never include a "type" (e.g. Avenue of Winners Street).
(3)   Streets having the same name, yet designated as different types of streets, are acceptable only when the streets are contiguous and have unique number sequences.
(4)   Structures must have an entrance easement to the street on which their address is assigned.
(5)   Name and number sequence continuation across intersecting roadways shall also result in continuation of the type of street.
(6)   Incomplete yet separate streets shall maintain duplicate names until it is determined that their connection is not applicable. If no connections have been proposed within five (5) years, then the addressing committee will reassess the disconnected streets. Once the roadways are assessed as being unable to connect to on another, the addresses shall be changed to assign unique addresses for all affected segments.
(e)   Unit. Structures with multiple units shall have each major doorway labeled with a range of numbers or other approved designations when said doorways lead to groups of leasable/salable portions of a building. Unit designations shall be required for addresses of multi-divided structures. Such designations shall be used to distinguish individual suites, units, rooms, or apartments within the same building or structure. No more than five (5) characters may be used in such unit designations. Such designations shall contain only letters or numbers. If abbreviations are used, they must follow the United States Postal Service's Standards for Secondary Address Unit Designators.
(Ord. No. 3-96, § 2, 1-11-96; Ord. No. 73-96, § 1, 5-16-96; Ord. No. 374-2006, § 3, 12-12-06; Ord. No. 8-2010, §§ 2—5, 1-14-10; Ord. No. 92-2017 , § 2, 5-25-17)