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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. 14-73. - Right of entry of law enforcement officer to investigate noise disturbance.
Any urban county government law enforcement officer, in addition to any authority vested in him, has the power, upon presentation of proper credentials, to enter and inspect any dwelling, multifamily dwelling, building, structure or premises within the county as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. Needed permission is to be obtained from the occupant or, in the case of unoccupied property, from the owner or his agent. If such permission is refused or is otherwise unobtainable, a search warrant must be obtained upon the showing of probable cause to believe that a violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80 may exist, before such entry or inspection is made.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82)
Sec. 14-74. - Mayor authorized to grant special variances relative to noise disturbances.
(a)   The mayor or his designated representative shall have the authority, consistent with this section, to grant special variances to those persons who can demonstrate that bringing a source of sound or activity into compliance with sections 14-71 and 14-72 would constitute an unwarranted health hazard or an unreasonable economic hardship upon the applicant.
(b)   Any person seeking a special variance pursuant to this section shall file a written application with the mayor or his designated representative. The application will be provided by the mayor or his designated representative. The application shall contain reasons why an unwarranted health hazard or an unreasonable economic hardship would result if the applicant was required to comply with sections 14-71 and 14-72. The mayor or his designated representative additionally may require that the applicant give notice of the application for special variance to persons who frequent the area of the sound or activity and may be adversely affected by the granting of the variance. Any individual who claims to be adversely affected by allowance of the special variance may file a statement with the mayor or his designated representative containing any information to support his claim.
(c)   In determining whether to grant or deny the application, the mayor or his designated representative shall balance the hardship to the applicant, the community and other persons of not granting the special variance against the adverse impact on the health, safety and welfare of persons affected, the adverse impact on property affected and any other adverse impact of granting the special variance. Applicants for special variances and persons contesting special variances may be required to submit any information the mayor or his representative may reasonably require. In granting or denying an application, the mayor or his representative shall place on public file a copy of the decision and the reasons for denying or granting the special variance.
(d)   Special variances shall be granted by notice to the applicant containing all necessary conditions including a time limit on the permitted activity. The special variance shall not become effective until all conditions are agreed to by the applicant. Noncompliance with any conditions of the special variances shall terminate it and subject the person holding it to those provisions of this section regulating the source of sound or activity for which the special variance was granted.
(e)   Application for extension of time limits specified in special variances or for modification of other substantial conditions shall be treated like application for initial special variances.
(f)   The mayor or his designated representative may issue guidelines defining the procedures to be followed in applying for a special variance and the criteria to be considered in deciding whether to grant a special variance.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82; Ord. No. 164-82, § 1, 9-9-82)
Sec. 14-75. - Order of abatement of noise disturbance.
In lieu of issuing a citation as provided for in section 14-76, any urban county government law enforcement officer may issue an order requiring the immediate abatement of any source of sound alleged to be in violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82)
Sec. 14-76. - Citation for violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80.
Except where a person is acting in good faith to comply with an abatement order issued pursuant to section 14-75, violation of any provision of sections 14-70 through 14-80 shall be cause for a citation to be issued by an urban county government law enforcement officer.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82).
Sec. 14-77. - Effect of sections 14-70 through 14-80 on existing law.
No provision of sections 14-70 through 14-80 shall be construed to impair any common law or statutory cause of action, or legal remedy therefrom, of any person for injury or damage arising from any violation of these sections or from other law.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82)
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