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Lexington-Fayette County, KY Overview
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Zoning Code
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 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
Chapter 14 - OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1
Sec. 14-1. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-2. - Advertising—Deceptive.
Sec. 14-3. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-3.1. - Definitions.
Sec. 14-3.2. - [Graffiti.]
Sec. 14-3.3. - [Same—Paint.]
Sec. 14-3.4. - [Penalties.]
Secs. 14-4, 14-4.1. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-5. - Begging or soliciting alms or money prohibited; exception.
Sec. 14-6. - Same—"Tag day."
Sec. 14-7. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-8. - Disorderly conduct.
Sec. 14-9. - Same—Disturbing gatherings; disturbances not otherwise penalized.
Sec. 14-10. - Citation officers.
Sec. 14-11. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-11.1. - Coin-operated equipment—Tampering with or damaging.
Sec. 14-12. - Disguises.
Sec. 14-13. - Adult entertainment establishments—Defined.
Sec. 14-13.1. - Same—Additional requirements.
Sec. 14-13.2. - Same—license.
Sec. 14-13.3. - Employee license.
Sec. 14-13.4. - Existing establishments.
Sec. 14-13.5. - Escort agencies—Licensing.
Sec. 14-13.6. - Same—Operation of business.
Sec. 14-13.7. - Same—Applicants.
Sec. 14-14. - Disorderly house—Bawdy house; prostitution.
Sec. 14-14.1. - Same—Patronizing.
Sec. 14-15. - Same—Licensed place of business becoming.
Sec. 14-16. - Operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants or drugs prohibited; presumptions concerning intoxication.
Sec. 14-17. - Public intoxication.
Sec. 14-18. - Habitual drunkards.
Sec. 14-19. - Firearms, discharging within the urban county; penalty.
Sec. 14-19.1. - Right of division of police to use pistol range.
Sec. 14-19.2. - Safety rules for use of pistol range.
Sec. 14-19.3. - Penalty for violation of section 14-19.1 or 14-19.2.
Sec. 14-19.4. - Concealed deadly weapons.
Sec. 14-20. - Fortune-telling.
Sec. 14-21. - Fraud; defrauding operators of vehicles for hire.
Sec. 14-22. - Gambling machines or devices.
Sec. 14-22.1. - Hotels—Registration records.
Sec. 14-23. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-23.1. - Indecency, obscenity, lewdness—Sale or exhibition of explicit sexual material to minors.
Sec. 14-24. - Report required by hospitals, physicians, surgeons and doctors of medicine, to the division of police of persons treated for injuries or disorders.
Sec. 14-25. - Injury to property—Fences, trees, etc.
Sec. 14-26. - Same—Of utility companies or railways.
Sec. 14-27. - Same—Public.
Sec. 14-28. - Same—Alarm systems; cancelling alarms.
Sec. 14-29. - Same—Lampposts, street lights, etc.
Sec. 14-30. - Same—Signal lamps, barriers, tools; carrying away lumber.
Sec. 14-31. - Same—Billboards.
Sec. 14-32. - Library, damaging books.
Sec. 14-33. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-34. - Same—On private property.
Sec. 14-35. - Same—About public institutions, trespass.
Sec. 14-36. - Merchandise, endless chain contracts.
Sec. 14-37. - Curfew for minors.
Sec. 14-38. - Teenage canteens.
Sec. 14-39. - Minors obtaining alcoholic beverages.
Sec. 14-40. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-41. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-42. - Permitting minors in house of ill fame.
Sec. 14-43. - Death stars or shurikens.
Sec. 14-44. - Missiles—Shooting or throwing generally.
Sec. 14-45. - Same—Stones.
Sec. 14-46. - Same—Air rifles, air pistols, BB guns, or similar guns, slingshots or steel-tipped arrows, discharging within the urban county; penalty.
Sec. 14-47. - Officers—Interfering with police.
Sec. 14-48. - Same—Failing to assist police.
Sec. 14-49. - Same—Impersonating police officer or fire fighter.
Sec. 14-50. - Parks—Throwing rubbish therein.
Sec. 14-51. - Same—Causing rubbish to be thrown therein.
Sec. 14-52. - Same—Political speeches therein.
Sec. 14-52.1. - Electioneering and exit polling.
Sec. 14-53. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-54. - Radio receiving wave length in establishments selling alcoholic beverages.
Sec. 14-55. - Smoking in sleeping rooms.
Sec. 14-55.1. - Smoking on buses.
Sec. 14-56. - Telephones, depositing slugs in coin box.
Sec. 14-57. - Trespass, on school grounds.
Sec. 14-57.1. - Central criminal records file check required.
Sec. 14-58. - Sexual offenders.
Sec. 14-59. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-60. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-60.5. - Unattended children in vehicles.
Sec. 14-61. - Electric fence, structure or barrier prohibited; penalty.
Sec. 14-62. - Parks.
Sec. 14-62.1. - Regulation of activities in Triangle Park.
Sec. 14-63. - Volatile substances; definitions.
Secs. 14-64—14-66. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-67. - Unlawful use of volatile substance.
Sec. 14-68. - Permitted use of volatile substances.
Sec. 14-69. - Penalty for violation of section 14-67.
Sec. 14-70. - Definitions applicable to sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Sec. 14-71. - Noise disturbances—Generally.
Sec. 14-72. - Same—Specific acts.
Sec. 14-73. - Right of entry of law enforcement officer to investigate noise disturbance.
Sec. 14-74. - Mayor authorized to grant special variances relative to noise disturbances.
Sec. 14-75. - Order of abatement of noise disturbance.
Sec. 14-76. - Citation for violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Sec. 14-77. - Effect of sections 14-70 through 14-80 on existing law.
Sec. 14-78. - Exceptions to provisions of sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Sec. 14-79. - Enforcement of other laws not affected by sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Sec. 14-80. - Penalty for violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Sec. 14-81. - Distribution of materials to public free of charge; designation of funding.
Sec. 14-82. - Moped license.
Sec. 14-83. - Stone wall preservation ordinance.
Sec. 14-84. - Reserved.
Sec. 14-85. - Definitions.
Sec. 14-86. - Applicability.
Sec. 14-87. - Private impound tow truck service license requirements; identification of tow trucks.
Sec. 14-87.1. - Signage.
Sec. 14-88. - Release of vehicle to owner or custodian prior to towing.
Sec. 14-89. - Police to be notified of removal of vehicle.
Sec. 14-89.1 - Compliance with state code.
Sec. 14-90. - Redemption of vehicles; receipt required; maximum towing charge and impoundment fees.
Sec. 14-91. - Requirements for storage yard.
Sec. 14-92. - Private impound tow truck service operator's log.
Sec. 14-93. - Miscellaneous prohibited acts by private impound tow truck service or operator.
Sec. 14-94. - Registration and license requirements.
Sec. 14-94.1. - Suspension and revocation.
Sec. 14-94.2. - Hearing for denial, suspension or revocation; appeal.
Sec. 14-95. - Violations.
Sec. 14-96. - Lexington Area Party Plan.
Sec. 14-97. - Regulation of smoking indoors—Definitions.
Sec. 14-98. - Same—Prohibition; exceptions.
Sec. 14-99. - Same—Responsibilities of owners, lessees, principal managers or other persons in control of establishments.
Sec. 14-100. - Same—Owners, lessees, principal managers, etc., to ensure compliance with chapter.
Sec. 14-101. - Same—Enforcement.
Sec. 14-102. - Same—Violations; penalties.
Sec. 14-103. - Same—Smoking near building entrances, etc.
Sec. 14-104. - Same—Discrimination prohibited.
Sec. 14-105. - Littering.
Sec. 14-106. - Unsolicited written materials.
Sec. 14-107. - Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts prohibited—Purpose; findings.
Sec. 14-108. - Same—Definitions.
Sec. 14-109. - Same—Prohibitions.
Sec. 14-110. - Same—Enforcement.
Sec. 14-111. - Same—Complaint procedure.
Sec. 14-112. - Same—Appeals.

 

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Charter reference(s)—Authority to establish facilities for confinement of offenders, § 3.02(10); authority to enforce by fines and penalties all ordinances expedient in maintaining the peace, § 3.02(13); department of law, § 6.05; urban county courts, art. 10; county judge, § 11.01; county clerk, § 11.03; county attorney, § 11.04; sheriff, § 11.05.
Cross reference(s)—General penalty, § 1-8; police authority, § 8-26 et seq.
State law reference(s)—Duty of peace officers to enforce state penal statutes, KRS under titles "Peace Officers" and "Criminal Offenses."