Section
ARTICLE I. HOUSING AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS
71.001 Housing and Unsafe Building Code adopted
71.002 Condemnation of unfit buildings by building inspector; other powers and duties
ARTICLE II. UNFAIR HOUSING
71.100 Unfair housing practices; exceptions
71.101 Exemptions from housing provisions
71.102 Unlawful discrimination in insurance against hazards to a housing accommodation
71.103 Unlawful financial practices
ARTICLE III. BLIGHTED, DETERIORATED OR VACANT PROPERTIES
71.200 Findings
71.201 Definitions
71.202 Vacant Property Review Commission
71.203 Membership
71.204 Terms of members
71.205 Officers
71.206 Quorum
71.207 Meetings
71.208 Rules of procedure
71.209 Power and duties
71.210 Appeal of determination or valuation
71.211 Conduct of hearing
71.212 Eminent domain proceedings
71.213 Acquisition by employees prohibited; disclosure required
ARTICLE I. HOUSING AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS
The Suggested Housing and Unsafe Building Code, 1966 edition, Model Ordinance No. 101-A, copies of which are made a part of the public records of the city and are filed in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, are hereby adopted by reference.
(1976 Code, § 5-2)
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Cross reference:
Public records, see Ch. 27
(A) The Building Inspector is hereby designated the public officer and building official, to exercise all powers specified in the Housing and Unsafe Building Code adopted by the city, and as the administrative official to exercise all the powers now or hereafter granted to the city with respect to unsafe or unfit buildings by any applicable state law.
(B) In exercising the powers granted by the Housing and Unsafe Building Code, or any other state law or city ordinance relating to unsafe or unfit structures, and the demolition thereof, the Building Inspector shall follow the procedure set forth in such code, including the giving and publishing of notices, the holding and conduct of hearings, and the issuance of complaints, orders, and demolition instructions and complaints, or in such other state laws or city ordinances now or hereafter applicable and specifying other or different procedures.
(C) The lien for the costs of repairs, alterations and improvements, or of vacating, closing, removing, or demolishing buildings which are unfit for human habitation and so declared under § 10(3) of the Housing and Unsafe Building Code, in addition to being placed upon the city’s tax books against such property, shall also be set forth in a “notice of lien” filed in the office of the County Clerk. Failure to file such notice shall not, however, effect the validity or enforceability of the lien placed upon the city’s tax books.
(1976 Code, § 5-3)
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Cross reference:
Nuisances, see Ch. 50
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*Cross reference:
Joint Bourbon County Commission on Human Rights, see Ch. 22, Art. IV
Civil rights; Discrimination, see Ch. 26, Art. I, II
(A) It shall be unlawful practice for a real estate broker, real estate salesman, or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these:
(1) To refuse to sell, exchange, rent or lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(2) To discriminate against an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(3) To refuse to receive or transmit a bona fide offer to purchase, rent or lease real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(4) To refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental or lease of real property to an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(5) To represent to an individual that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when, in fact, is so available, or to refuse to permit an individual to inspect real property because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(6) To print, circulate, post or mail, or cause to be printed, circulated, posted or mailed an advertisement or sign, or to use a form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or to make a record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental, or lease of real property, which indicates directly or indirectly a limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, religion, national origin, or disability or an intent to make such a limitation, specification, or discrimination;
(7) To offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a listing of real property for sale, rental, or lease with the understanding that an individual may be discriminated against in the sale, rental, or lease of that real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability; or
(8) Otherwise to deny or withhold real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability.
(B) Nothing in this section shall apply to:
(1) The YMCA, YWCA, and similar type single sex dormitory rental properties, including, but not limited to, those dormitories operated by institutions of higher education;
(2) A landlord who refused to rent to an unmarried couple of opposite sex;
(3) A landlord who chooses to rent only to men or only to women; provided that the landlord engages in the rental to not more than ten (10) persons or of no more than ten (10) self-contained units in an owner-occupied housing accommodation; or
(4) Rooms or rental units where tenants would be required to share common bath or kitchen facilities.
(1976 Code, § 9-43(a))
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Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see KRS 344.020, KRS 344.060
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