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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. 13-13. - Special fees.
(a)   The urban county council hereby finds that the following occupations are of such a nature as to require special regulation and supervision; therefore, the following minimum license fees are imposed on every person engaged in the business, occupation, calling or profession, or using, holding or exhibiting articles named in this section, who shall pay in advance to the urban county government for each calendar year, or fraction thereof, the license fee or fees herein set forth, which payment shall be a credit on the license fee as otherwise provided in this article; however, where minimum fees are set forth in the following table for a period of one (1) year or less, the same shall be considered the minimum fee due for the period as set forth in such table and shall be paid in advance of engaging in such activity.
(b)   In the event a licensee is engaged in more than one (1) business entity, the highest minimum license fee shall apply. Under the column headed "date due" in the following table the words "before showing" or "before activity" shall, in the case of "before showing," mean that the license fee per showing is due prior to the date of each showing and in the case of "before activity" or "yearly" shall mean that the license fee is due prior to each specified period of engaging in activity.
Subject to fee
Minimum fee
Date due
Subject to fee
Minimum fee
Date due
(1)
Adult entertainment establishment
$600.00 per year
Yearly
(2)
Adult entertainment establishment employee
100.00 per year
Yearly
(3)
Alarm business license
250.00 per year
Yearly
(4)
Amusement
50.00 per showing
or
Before showing
200.00 per year
Yearly
(5)
Bazaar
1 to 9 individuals,
100.00 per 1 week showing or 300.00 per year
Before activity
10 to 19 individuals,
200.00 per 1 week showing or 500.00 per year
Before activity
20 or more individuals,
300.00 per 1 week showingor 750.00 per year
Before activity
(6)
Bowling alleys
15.00 per lane
Yearly
(7)
Carnival, regardless of local sponsorship
50.00 per day
Before showing
(8)
Circus, unless sponsored as below
200.00 per showing
Before showing
(9)
Circus, sponsored by a bona fide civic, patriotic, religious or educational organization
50.00 per day
Before showing
(10)
Collection agencies
25.00 per year
Yearly
(11)
Detective agencies
250.00 per year
Yearly
(12)
Emergency and transportation ambulance services
30.00 per year per vehicle
Yearly
(13)
Escort agency
600.00 per year
Yearly
(14)
Escort
100.00 per year
Yearly
(15)
Horse-drawn vehicle business
50.00 per year per vehicle
Yearly
(16)
Itinerant merchant
100.00 per month
or
Before activity
150.00 per 3 months
or
Before activity
200.00 per 6 months
or
Before activity
250.00 per year
Yearly
(17)
Junk dealers
250.00 per year
Yearly
(18)
Meat packer or processor
400.00 per year
Yearly
(19)
Medicinal cannabis business
Cultivator
500.00 per year
Yearly
Dispensary
500.00 per year
Yearly
Processor
500.00 per year
Yearly
Producer
500.00 per year
Yearly
Safety Compliance Facility
500.00 per year
Yearly
(20)
Milk distributor
400.00 per year
Yearly
(21)
Model/talent business
100.00 per month
or
Before activity
150.00 per 3 months
or
Before activity
200.00 per 6 months
or
Before activity
250.00 per year
Yearly
(22)
Pawnbroker
250.00 per year
Yearly
(23)
Peddler
10.00 per day per person
or
Before activity
250.00 per year per person
Yearly
(24)
Pool and billiard tables
25.00 per table
Yearly
(25)
Precious metals dealers
250.00 per year
Yearly
(26)
Private impound tow truck service
200.00 per year
Yearly
(27)
Scrap metal dealer
500.00 per year
Yearly
(28)
Shooting gallery
50.00 per year
Yearly
(29)
Short-term rentals
200.00 per year for the first rental, then $100.00 for each remaining rental
Yearly
(30)
Skating rink
100.00 per year
Yearly
(31)
Teenage canteen
200.00 per year
Yearly
(32)
Temporary mall merchants
100.00 per year
Yearly
(33)
Theater
300.00 per year per theater
Yearly
 
(Ord. No. 78-72, § 1, 4-27-72; Ord. No. 183-79, § 1, 7-26-79; Ord. No. 36-81, § 1, 2-19-81; Ord. No. 52-83, § 2, 4-7-83; Ord. No. 70-83, § 2, 5-5-83; Ord. No. 76-83, § 1, 5-19-83; Ord. No. 143-83, § 2, 8-25-83; Ord. No. 17-85, § 2, 2-7-85; Ord. No. 18-86, § 2, 2-20-86; Ord. No. 147-90, § 1, 7-5-90; Ord. No. 207-91, § 2, 10-8-91; Ord. No. 233-91, § 1, 11-14-91; Ord. No. 64-96, § 2, 5-2-96; Ord. No. 56-97, § 5, 4-3-97; Ord. No. 205-97, § 14, 10-16-97; Ord. No. 212-98, § 1, 7-14-98; Ord. No. 260-99, § 5, 9-23-99; Ord. No. 337-2000, § 1, 11-9-00; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 6, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 79-2012, § 1, 6-21-12; Ord. No. 157-2012, §§ 1, 2, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 080-2023, § 1, 7-11-23; Ord. No. 062-2024, § 1, 6-27-24)