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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. 5.09. - Chief Administrative Officer.
For the purpose of providing professional assistance and continuity in the administration of the Merged Government, the Council shall select and employ a Chief Administrative Officer. No person shall be selected or employed as the Chief Administrative Officer unless he or she shall possess demonstrable educational and/or professional experience in the art and science of governmental management as required of such office. Said officer may be a non-resident of Kentucky and/or the Urban County, but must become a resident of the area served by the Merged Government within six (6) months and shall maintain such residence during the tenure of his or her office. The Chief Administrative Officer shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Council.
The Chief Administrative Officer may be removed without cause by a three-fifths ( 3/5 ) vote of the entire Council during his first year of service. After one (1) year of service, the Chief Administrative Officer may be removed without cause by a three-fifths ( 3/5 ) vote of the entire Council, provided that he shall be granted six (6) months notice of the council's intention to remove him, or in the alternative he shall be granted six (6) months severance pay. After one (1) year of service a Chief Administrative Officer may be removed at any time for sufficient cause or willful neglect of duty by a three-fifths ( 3/5 ) vote of the Council, provided that the Council supply the Chief Administrative Officer a written statement of the charges against him and afford him an opportunity to appear before a public hearing held by the Council within thirty (30) days of notifying him of the charges. The Chief Administrative Officer may be represented by counsel and present evidence at said hearing and may appeal to the courts any decision of the Council to remove him for cause or willful neglect of duty. In no case shall the Council effect the removal of a Chief Administrative Officer by a reduction in his compensation.
Whenever a vacancy shall exist in the office of Chief Administrative Officer, a committee composed of the Mayor and four (4) Council members appointed by the Vice-Mayor shall solicit and evaluate applicants for said position, and shall recommend to the Council one or more candidates for the position. The Council shall then select and employ a Chief Administrative Officer by a vote of a majority of its entire membership.
Annotation—KRS 67A.025 provides for the hiring, termination and severance pay of the Chief Administrative Officer.