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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. 17-152. - Penalty, lien.
(a)   Any owner, or agent of such owner, or occupant of property who shall fail to make the repairs in defective sidewalks as provided in sections 17-148 and 17-149 within the period of time stated in the notice provided for therein may be fined up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each offense; and each day such work remains undone after such period shall be deemed a separate offense.
(b)   In the alternative, any owner or agent of such owner, or occupant of property who shall fail to make the repairs in defective sidewalks as provided in sections 17-148 and 17-149 within the period of time stated in the notice provided for therein may be assessed a civil penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) per square foot of unrepaired sidewalk panel, up to a maximum civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00), for each thirty-day period such work remains undone after the time stated in the notice elapses.
(c)   The urban county government shall have a lien against property for any unpaid civil penalty (fine) if it has not been appealed within seven (7) days or is otherwise final as further provided in Chapter 2B of the Code of Ordinances. The lien shall operate and be served in the manner provided in Section 2B-9 of the Code.
(d)   The commissioner of law is hereby authorized to make the determination that liens shall not be filed when intervening in existing litigation is not cost effective, or when the lien would not be enforceable as a matter of law.
(e)   The mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a release of the lien provided for in subsection (c) upon payment in full of the civil penalty evidenced by the lien or upon conclusion of any court proceedings resulting in the sale of the property regardless of whether any portion of the civil penalty were paid from the proceeds of the sale. The lien release shall be filed in the county clerk's office.
(f)   The department of law is hereby authorized to assert the urban county government's lien rights in any litigation filed by a third party involving a property against which the government possesses a lien.
(Ord. No. 63-89, § 1, 4-20-89; Ord. No. 221-96, § 2, 11-14-96; Ord. No. 185-99, § 3, 7-8-99; Ord. No. 164-2000, § 2, 6-15-00; Ord. No. 139-2011, § 2, 11-3-11; Ord. No. 56-2017 , § 8, 4-27-17)