ADOPTING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE NO. 2005-1

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LUDLOW, KENTUCKY REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE

   WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the City of Ludlow are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification and indexing thereof is sufficient to meet the immediate needs of the City; and

   WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Kentucky empower and authorize the Legislative Body of this City to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate the ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

   WHEREAS, the Legislative Body of the City of Ludlow has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Legislative Body of the City of Ludlow that:

   SECTION I

   The general ordinances of the City of Ludlow as herein revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of Ludlow.”

   SECTION II

   The Code as adopted in Section I shall consist of the following titles:

LUDLOW, KENTUCKY

CODE OF ORDINANCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter

   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

         10.   Rules of Construction; General Penalty

   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

         30.   Form of Government

         31.   City Council

         32.   City Officials

         33.   Finance and Revenue; Taxation

         34.   Civil Emergencies

         35.   Public Records

         36.   Departments, Boards and Commissions

         37.   Police Department

         38.   Fire Department

         39.   City Policies

         40.   Code of Ethical Conduct

   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

         50.   Garbage and Refuse

         51.   Electric Regulations

         52.   Water

         53.   Sewers

   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

         70.   General Provisions

         71.   Traffic Code

         72.   Parking Regulations

         73.   Bicycles and Motorcycles

         74.   Traffic Schedules

         75.   Parking Schedules

   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

         90.   Streets and Sidewalks

         91.   Health and Sanitation; Nuisances

         92.   Fireworks; Fire Prevention

         93.   Littering

         94.   Noise Regulations

         95.   Animals

   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

         110.   Business License Tax

         111.   Occupational License Tax

         112.   Alcoholic Beverages

         113.   Amusements

         114.   Garage Sales

         115.   Insurance Companies

         116.   Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants and Solicitors

         117.   Landlord and Tenant Code

         118.   Pawnbrokers

   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

         130.   Offenses Against Property

         131.   Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety

         132.   Weapon Offenses

   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

         150.   Building Regulations; Construction

         151.   Comprehensive Plan

         152.   Property Maintenance Code

         153.   Signs and Billboards

         154.   Subdivision Regulations

         155.   Trailer Coach Parks

         156.   Zoning

   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

      Table

          I.   Contracts and Agreements

         II.   Zoning Map Changes

         III.   Franchise Agreements

         IV.   Street Closings

         V.   Street Name Changes

         VI.   Real Estate Transactions

   PARALLEL REFERENCES

   References to Kentucky Revised Statutes

   References to 1996 Code

   References to Ordinances

   INDEX

   SECTION III

   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of the Code, except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part of the Code; provided that such repeal not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of the Code, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of the ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements or plats, accepting dedications of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

   SECTION IV

   The Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Legislative Body and the Clerk of the City of Ludlow is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code in the Office of the City Clerk.

   SECTION V

The Code shall take effect and be in full force when passed and published, which may be in summary form, and recorded according to law. The Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties, and regulations therein contained, and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded and approved, and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

Passed by the City Council this 3rd day of March , 2005.

                  CITY OF LUDLOW, KENTUCKY

                  A Municipal Corporation of the Fourth Class

                     BY:   Ed F. Schroeder /s/

                        Ed F. Schroeder, Mayor

Attest: Paul Weekley /s/

   Paul Weekley, Clerk/Treasurer