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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. 14-15. - Same—Licensed place of business becoming.
(a)   It shall be unlawful to allow or permit any place of business conducted under a license issued in pursuance to any ordinance of the urban county government to be or become a disorderly house, or to permit lewd, indecent or immoral acts to be committed therein, or on the premises adjacent thereto and under the control of the person conducting such business, or to permit on such premises or adjacent premises any lewd, boisterous or obscene conversations, sounds or other noises, or to permit such premises to be used for the purposes of prostitution, assignation or other immoral or illegal purposes or otherwise to become a nuisance.
(b)   Any person who shall violate any provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
(c)   Upon any bona fide sworn charge being made in writing to the urban county council to the effect that the licensee has been guilty of any of the above-mentioned unlawful acts on such premises, such council shall have the right to hold a public hearing upon such charge after not less than three (3) days' written notice to the licensee; and, if upon such public hearing, such council shall find the licensee guilty of a charge or charges, it may revoke the license of such licensee, or may suspend such license and the right to do business thereunder for such time as the council may deem proper. If any person continues to do such business in the urban county after revocation of the license therefor or during the time for which it may be suspended by the council, he shall be deemed guilty of doing business without a license and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
(d)   This section shall apply to all licenses issued under any ordinance of the urban county government now in effect or hereafter passed, except such ordinances as specifically prescribe a different method of revocation of license issued thereunder.