ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 03-23
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF
MCKEE, KY, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING
CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MCKEE
DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of McKee are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky empower and authorize the City of McKee to revise, amend, restate, codify, and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the City of McKee has authorized a general compilation, revision, and codification of the ordinances of the City of McKee of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance takes effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MCKEE, KY
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of McKee, KY.”
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
MCKEE, KENTUCKY TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty
11. City Standards
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Mayor-Council
31. City Officials
32. City Council
33. Finance and Revenue
34. Public Records
35. Organizations
36. Taxation
37. Personnel Policies
38. Administrative Policies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Utility Administration
51. Water and Sewer
52. Sewer Use
53. Water Shortages
54. Garbage
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Rules
72. Parking Regulations
73. Recreational Vehicles
74. Traffic Schedules
75. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals
91. Streets and Sidewalks
92. Nuisances
93. Fireworks; Fire Prevention
94. Littering
95. Fair Housing
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Occupational Licensing
111. Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, and Solicitors
112. Pawnbrokers
113. Insurance Companies
114. Places of Entertainment
115. Alcoholic Beverages
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. Offenses Against Municipal Regulations
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations
151. Planning
152. Flood Damage Prevention
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
I. Agreements
II. Annexations
III. Condemnations
IV. Dedications
V. Easements
VI. Franchises
VII. Real Estate Transactions
VIII. Vacations
IX. Street Name Changes
X. Temporary Emergency Declarations
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Kentucky Revised Statutes References to Ordinances References to Resolutions
References to Orders and Miscellaneous
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of 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, plat or dedication 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 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 5. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such 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.
Section 6. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
FIRST READING: 6-19-2023
SECOND READING: 7-17-2023
City of McKee, KY
ATTEST:
/s/ Marla Fields
Marla Fields, City Clerk
APPROVED BY:
/s/ J. Michael Stidham
J. Michael Stidham, Mayor