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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. 17-153. - Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purpose of this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1)   Sidewalk: That portion of the street right-of-way between the curblines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians and generally separated from the curb or roadway surface by a utility strip or grass plot.
(2)   Driveway (residential): A passageway for vehicle ingress and egress to private property meeting one (1) or more of the following criteria:
(i)   Must extend into an enclosed area such as a garage or carport.
(ii)   Must extend a sufficient distance beyond the front building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such front building line.
(iii)   In the event of a corner lot, where the passageway leads from the street side lot line, such passageway must extend a sufficient distance beyond the street side building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such street side building line.
(iv)   In the event of a lot located in the townhouse residential (R-1T) zoning category as shown on the official zone map atlas on file at the division of planning, the passageway may be constructed so as to allow for parking between the street and the front building line (in the front yard); provided, however, that this provision shall not affect any lot located in the R-1T zone when that lot contains frontage on or abuts any arterial street or major collector street (federal aid primary, secondary, or federal aid urban) as shown on the highway classification map for Fayette County as adopted by the department of transportation by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(3)   Driveway (nonresidential): A passageway for vehicle ingress or egress to private property meeting one (1) or more of the following criteria:
(i)   Must extend into an enclosed area such as a garage or carport.
(ii)   Must extend a sufficient distance beyond the front building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such front building line.
(iii)   In the event of a corner lot, where the passageway leads from the street side lot line, such passageway must extend a sufficient distance beyond the street side building line for a parked vehicle to completely clear such street side building line.
(iv)   Must be for the purpose of passageway to an area of sufficient size between the street right-of-way line and the building line to permit storage and maneuvering of a vehicle in such a manner as not to encroach upon the street right-of-way except at an approved driveway.
(4)   Joint driveway: A passageway for vehicle ingress or egress to two (2) or more parcels of property.
(5)   Apron: That portion of a passageway that lies between the street side of the sidewalk and the curbline or edge of roadway surface.
(6)   Commissioner of public works: Commissioner of sanitation and public works of the urban county.
(Ord. No. 3511, § 1, 3-24-56; Ord. No. 29-82, § 1, 3-25-82)