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CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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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
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
Sec. 15-8. - General regulations for location, height and size of satellite dish antennas.
Satellite dish antennas shall be permitted in all zones and shall be subject to the following provisions regulating location, height and size:
(a)   All roof and pole-mounted satellite dish antennas greater than six (6) feet in diameter shall be of the mesh type only, with not more than eighty-five percent (85%) of the surface being solid, and shall be painted a solid dark color.
(b)   When located in an agricultural zone, satellite dish antennas shall be limited to:
(1)   One (1) per lot, for lots of ten (10) acres or less; for over ten (10) acres, no limit as to the number;
(2)   A maximum diameter of twelve (12) feet;
(3)   A maximum height of four (4) feet above the highest point of the principal building on the lot;
(4)   Shall be for private non-commercial use only and shall be accessory to a principal use on the property;
(5)   Shall not be visible from the road or from adjoining property, and shall be screened with landscaping material.
(c)   When located in any residential zone, satellite dish antennas shall be limited and regulated as follows:
(1)   Satellite dish antennas shall be prohibited in any required front yard;
(2)   For single-family, duplex and townhouse dwellings, one (1) per dwelling unit;
(3)   For multifamily dwellings, one (1) per multifamily building;
(4)   For all other uses permitted in the residential zones not specifically provided for otherwise (e.g., schools, places of religious assembly, nursing homes, etc.), one (1) per building;
(5)   The maximum diameter of any satellite dish antenna shall be twelve (12) feet;
(6)   The maximum height of any portion of the satellite dish antenna shall be four (4) feet above the highest point of the principal building on the lot, regardless of the height of the structure or the maximum height restriction in the zone;
(7)   All satellite dish antennas shall be for private non-commercial use only and shall be accessory to a principal use on the property.
(d)   When located in a business, office, or industrial zone, satellite dish antennas shall have no restriction as to location, height, size or number per lot.
(Code 1983, § 15-8; Ord. No. 89-86 , § 23, 5-29-1986; Ord. No. 42-95 , § 1, 2-23-1995; Ord. No. 307-2002 , § 1, 12-5-2002; Ord. No. 166-2017 , § 7(15-8), 11-16-2017)
Editor's note(s)—See the editor's note to § 15-7.