The purpose of this Zoning Ordinance is to implement the adopted Comprehensive Plan and other adopted Community Plans of Lexington-Fayette Urban County; to promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare; to facilitate orderly and harmonious development in the visual and historic character of Lexington-Fayette Urban County; to regulate the density of population and intensity of land use in order to provide for adequate light and air; to provide for vehicle parking and loading space; to improve the appearance of vehicular use areas and property abutting public rights-of-way; to require buffering between non-compatible land uses and to protect, preserve and promote the aesthetic appeal, character, and value of the surrounding neighborhoods; to promote public health and safety through the reduction of noise pollution, air pollution, visual pollution, air temperature, and artificial light glare; to further fair housing choice and the purposes behind the Federal Fair Housing Act; to facilitate fire and police protection; to prevent the overcrowding of land, blight, danger, and congestion in the circulation of people and commodities; to prevent the loss of life, health, or property from fire, flood, or other dangers; to protect airports, highways, and other transportation facilities, public facilities, including schools and public grounds, historic districts, central business districts, natural resources, and other specific areas of Lexington-Fayette Urban County which need special protection.
(Code 1983, § 1-3; Ord. No. 263-83 , § 1, 12-15-1983; Ord. No. 115-97 , § 1, 6-27-1997; Ord. No. 68-2015 , § 1(1-3), 6-18-2015; Ord. No. 166-2017 , § 1(1-3), 11-16-2017)