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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. 16-60. - Tap-on or connection fees.
(a)   Prior to every future tap-on or connection to any sewer pipe, main lateral, trunk line, interceptor or other installation or facility of the sanitary sewer system, there shall be paid to the director, division of revenue, a fee or charge, hereby established, which shall be solely for the privilege of connecting to the system and which shall be in addition to the requirement, as prescribed in section 16-38, that connections to the system be made at the sole expense of the connecting property owner. Such tap-on, connection or privilege fee is established and fixed as follows:
(1)   Single-family residences, town homes, and duplexes (per unit) occupying lots:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Of ¼ acre or less (less than 0.24)
$1,600.13
From ¼ to ½ acre (0.25 - 0.50)
2,971.37
From ½ to ¾ acre (0.51 - 0.75)
4,346.40
From ¾ to 1 acre (0.76 and above)
5,946.52
Larger than 1 acre
7,546.63
 
   (2)   Apartments, condominiums, hospitals, and nursing homes:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Efficiency unit (each)
$640.78
One bedroom unit (each)
1,188.12
Two bedroom unit (each)
1,554.32
Three bedroom unit (each)
1,922.38
Minimum for apartment building (each)
3,200.19
 
   (3)   Hotels, motels:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Living unit (each)
$1,188.12
 
   (4)   Trailer parks:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Space (each)
$ 1,600.13
 
   (5)   Service stations (stand alone or as a quick mart location:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Station (each)
$ 9,146.72
 
   (6)   Townhomes/Duplexes:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Living Unit (each)
$ 1,600.13
 
   (7)   Reserved.
   (8)   Commercial/industrial buildings (including hospitals and nursing homes):
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Fee based on usable sq. ft. of floor space
$ 1.831
Minimum fee for LFUCG connection (each)
$ 1,600.13
 
   (9)   Storage areas, warehouses, and distribution centers:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Fee based on usable sq. ft. of floor space
$ 0.381
Minimum fee for LFUCG connection (each)
$ 1,600.13
 
   (10)   Swimming pools:
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Fee based on 100 cu. ft. for erection of swimming pool (each) (LxWxAvenue Depth/100)
$2.746
 
   (11)   Non profit school establishment (UK/Transy):
 
Effective July 1, 2024
Fee based on sq. ft. of floor space for LFUCG connection (each)
$0.914
 
(b)   However, neighborhoods which are served by septic tanks and which are identified for sewer installation in the urban county government's 1976 201 Facilities Plan for Wastewater Treatment Works and were further identified in a capacity reservation resolution as at the previous rate, shall pay the tap-on fee rates in effect prior to July 1, 1986.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 35-86, § 3, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 183-91, § 1, 8-29-91; Ord. No. 23-2001, § 3, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 5, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 23-2001, § 3, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 5, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 34-2008, § 5, 2-21-08; Ord. No. 35-2012, §§ 1—10, 3-22-2012; Ord. No. 22-2015, § 4, 3-17-15 ; Ord. No. 34-2019 , § 4, 6-6-19)
Editor's note(s)—Ord. No. 22-2015 , adopted March 17, 2015, provides that all rate and fees set forth in this section shall be adjusted annually each fiscal year beginning effective July 1, 2017, in accordance with the consumer price index for all urban consumers.
Note(s)—Formerly, § 16-58.