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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
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.
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. 14-69. - Penalty for violation of section 14-67.
(a)   Any person convicted of violating any provision of section 14-67(a) or (c) of this Code shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine, and on a second or subsequent conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
(b)   Any persons convicted of violating any provision of section 14-67(b) of this Code shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine, and on a second or subsequent conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than thirty (30) days nor more than twelve (12) months, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
(Ord. No. 303-79, § 7, 12-13-79; Ord. No. 102-85, § 8, 5-30-85)
Sec. 14-70. - Definitions applicable to sections 14-70 through 14-80.
As used in sections 14-70 through 14-80:
(1)   Construction means any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration or similar action, but excluding demolition for or on public or private rights-of-way, structures, utilities or similar property.
(2)   Demolition means any dismantling or intentional destruction or removal of structures, utilities, public or private right-of-way, surfaces, or similar property.
(3)   Dwelling unit means one (1) room or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by a family as owner, by rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same building, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.
(4)   Dwelling unit boundary means a real or imaginary boundary which separates one (1) dwelling unit from another dwelling unit, including, but not limited to, walls, ceilings and floors in a building containing more than one (1) dwelling unit or in situations involving detached single dwelling unit[s], the real property boundary line of the unit.
(5)   Motor vehicle means every vehicle defined as a motor vehicle in section 18-1(15) of this Code.
(6)   Motorcycle means every vehicle defined as a motorcycle in section 18-1(14) of this Code.
(7)   Noise disturbance means any sound which:
a.   Endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or animals;
b.   Annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or
c.   Endangers or injures personal or real property.
(8)   Person means any individual, association, partnership or corporation, and includes any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality of a state or any political subdivision of a state.
(9)   Powered model vehicle means any self-propelled airborne, waterborne or landborne plane, vessel or vehicle, which is not designated to carry persons, including, but not limited to, any model airplane, boat, car or rocket.
(10)   Public right-of-way means any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk, alley or similar place which is owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82; Ord. No. 192-92, § 6, 10-29-92; Ord. No. 293-2000, § 1, 9-28-00)
Sec. 14-71. - Noise disturbances—Generally.
In addition to the specific prohibitions outlined in section 14-72, no person shall make, continue, or cause to be made, continued or permitted any noise disturbance on or across a public right-of-way or a public place. This section shall not apply to noncommercial public speaking and public assembly activities conducted on any public space or public right-of-way.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82; Ord. No. 293-2000, § 2, 9-28-00)
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