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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 8A NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION BLASTING OPERATIONS
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
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Sec. 22-3. - Administration and maintenance of plan.
(a)   The director shall administer all ordinances and regulations pertaining to the employment and compensation of persons covered by this chapter. The director shall be responsible for the administration of all personnel programs relating thereto.
(b)   This chapter shall be construed in conformity with 29 U.S.C. sections 201—219. The director shall make reasonable and necessary rules and regulations to ensure that 29 U.S.C. sections 201—219 and regulations adopted thereunder are properly applied.
(Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, 11-22-83; Ord. No. 231-93, § 2, 12-9-93; Ord. No. 060-2022 , § 3, 7-5-22)
Charter references(s)—Office of administrative services, § 6.04; unclassified service, § 9.06.
Cross reference(s)—Administration and maintenance of civil service plan, § 21-3; administration and maintenance of plan for employees of division of fire and emergency services and police division, § 23-3.
Sec. 22-4. - Reserved.
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 120-2014, § 3, adopted Sept. 25, 2014, repealed § 22-4, which pertained to classification categories and derived from Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, adopted Nov. 22, 1983.
Sec. 22-5. - Reserved.
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 120-2014, § 3, adopted Sept. 25, 2014, repealed § 22-5, which pertained to positions. For a complete history of former § 22-5 see the Code Comparative Table.
Sec. 22-6. - Employee qualifications.
(a)   In addition to the qualifications for each class established by the respective appointing authority, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section or otherwise provided by law, it shall be understood that to be eligible for appointment to a position provided for in article III, an applicant must:
(1)   Be not less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(2)   Be able to understand the English language and follow instructions, provided that ability to read and/or write shall be required only where it is a bona fide occupational requirement;
(3)   Have, in the case of positions involving the operation of a motor vehicle, a driver's license, or for those positions which require it, a commercial driver's license (CDL); and
(4)   Pass the required medical examination as specified by the director if being appointed to a position requiring a medical examination.
(b)   There shall be no residency requirements for appointment to a position provided for in article III provided that all such appointees shall reside in such proximity to Fayette County as to be able to respond for on-call or emergency duty within a reasonable time.
(c)   (1)   As used in this subsection:
(i)   Child means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(ii)   Sex crime means a criminal conviction for a violation or attempted violation of Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapters 510, 529, 530, 531 and any other applicable chapters or Kentucky Administrative Regulations. Conviction for a violation or an attempted violation of an offense committed outside Kentucky is a sex crime if such offense would have been a crime as defined in Kentucky statutes or regulations.
(iii)   Central criminal records file check means a check of criminal records pursuant to KRS 17.160 or any other applicable Kentucky Revised Statutes or Kentucky Administrative Regulations.
(2)   All applicants for appointment to an unclassified civil service position which would be required to exercise supervisory or disciplinary control over children as a condition of employment shall submit to a central criminal records file check for prior sex crime convictions. Any prospective employee who has a prior sex crime conviction shall not be hired by the urban county government in any capacity which would place the prospective employee in a position of supervisory or disciplinary control over children.
(3)   The director shall be responsible for administering the records check program.
(d)   In addition to the qualifications for each class as set forth in the job descriptions, it shall be understood that to be eligible for initial appointment to the police academy, an applicant must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1)   Be able to read, write and understand the English language and follow instructions.
(2)   Be a person of sobriety and integrity and is and has been an orderly, law abiding citizen.
(3)   Be a citizen of the United States.
(4)   Never have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(5)   Must not have within a period of two (2) years hired himself out, performed any service, or received any compensation from any private source for acting, as a privately paid detective, policeman, guard, peace officer or otherwise as an active participant in any labor dispute, or conducted the business of a private detective agency or of any agency supplying private detectives, private policemen or private guards, or advertised or solicited any such business in connection with any labor dispute.
(6)   Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and shall not have reached their forty-first birthday by the application filing deadline date.
(7)   Have a driver's license, or for those positions which require it, a commercial driver's license (CDL).
(8)   Be a graduate of an accredited high school or have been awarded a governmental educational diploma.
(9)   Not have been, in the twelve (12) months preceding application, suspended for cause, or dismissed or forced to resign from any previous employment for cause. The director shall establish reasonable rules necessary to implement this subsection.
(Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, 11-22-83; Ord. No. 238-85, § 2, 11-12-85; Ord. No. 97-96, § 4, 6-13-96; Ord. No. 93-2009, § 2, 6-11-09; Ord. No. 060-2022 , § 4, 7-5-22)
Charter references(s)—Unclassified civil service, § 9.06.
Cross reference(s)—Central criminal records file check required, § 14-57.1; employee qualifications in the classified civil service system, § 21-6; division of fire and emergency services and police division qualifications, § 23-6.
Sec. 22-7. - Employee duties; job descriptions.
(a)   Subject only to any specific assignments of duties made by law or ordinance, and limitations of law, supervisors shall prescribe and assign the duties for all unclassified civil service positions within their respective executive unit in such manner as they shall deem necessary or advisable for the efficient, orderly and economical administration of the affairs of the urban county government.
(b)   If requested by the respective appointing authority, the director shall prescribe and propound job descriptions which reasonably establish minimum qualifications and standards for eligibility within each class. The statement of qualifications in any job description is intended to be a guide for determining the eligibility of candidates.
(c)   Based on the duties assigned to each position under subsection (a) herein, the job descriptions shall contain examples of the duties persons holding such positions may properly be required to perform. Such examples are descriptive and explanatory but are not restrictive. The listing of particular duties does not preclude the assignment of other tasks.
(Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, 11-22-83; Ord. No. 060-2022 , § 5, 7-5-22)
Charter references(s)—Office of administrative services, § 6.04; unclassified civil service, § 9.06.
Cross reference(s)—Duties and job description of classified civil service employees, § 21-7; duties and job description of employees of division of fire and emergency services and division of police, § 23-7.
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