(A) Except as provided in KRS 65.8840(4), it shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any premises within the city to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon through the accumulation of:
(1) Junked or wrecked automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials, excluding inoperative farm equipment;
(2) One or more mobile or manufactured homes as defined in KRS 227.550 that are junked, wrecked, or nonoperative and which are not inhabited;
(3) Rubbish; or
(4) The excessive growth of weeds or grass.
(KRS 65.8840(3))
(B) Whenever a nuisance situation is discovered, the authorized city official shall give five days’ written notice to remedy the nuisance situation. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the owner of property, as it appears on the current tax assessment roll. Upon the failure of the owner of the property to comply, the authorized city official is authorized to send employees upon the property to remedy the situation.
(C) Unless imminent danger exists on the subject premises that necessitates immediate action, the city shall send, within 14 days of a final determination after hearing or waiver of hearing by the owner, a copy of the determination to any lien holder of record of the subject premises by first-class mail with proof of mailing. The lien holder of record may, within 45 days from receipt of that notice, correct the violations cited or elect to pay all civil fines assessed for the violation and all charges and fees incurred by the city in connection with the enforcement of KRS 65.8840, including abatement costs, as permitted by division (D) of this section.
(KRS 65.8840(8))
(D) (1) The city shall have a lien against the property for all civil fines assessed for the violation and for all charges and fees incurred by the city in connection with the enforcement of KRS 65.8840, including abatement costs. The affidavit of the authorized city official shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of the lien and the regularity of the proceedings pursuant to KRS 65.8840, and shall be recorded in the office of the County Clerk. The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest at the rate established by the city thereafter until paid. The lien created shall take precedence over all other liens, except state, county, Jessamine County Schools, and city taxes, except as provided in KRS 65.8840(10). The city shall possess the lien for ten years following the date of the final, nonappealable order of a code enforcement board or final judgment of the court. The lien may be enforced by judicial proceeding.
(KRS 65.8840(9))
(2) The lien provided in division (D)(1) of this section shall not take precedence or priority over a previously recorded lien if:
(a) The city failed to provide the lien holder a copy of the determination in accordance with division (C) of this section; or
(b) The lien holder received a copy of the determination as required by division (C) of this section, and the lien holder corrected the violations or paid all civil fines assessed for the violation and all charges and fees incurred by the city in connection with the enforcement of KRS 65.8840, including abatement costs.
(KRS 65.8840(10))
(3) In addition to this remedy or any other remedy authorized by law, the owner of a premises upon which a lien has been attached pursuant to this section shall be personally liable for the amount of the lien, including all civil fines assessed for the violation and all charges, fees, and abatement costs incurred by the city in connection with the enforcement of the KRS 65.8840. The city may bring a civil action against the owner and shall have the same remedies as provided for the recovery of a debt owed. The failure of the city to comply with division (C) of this section, and the failure of a lien to take precedence over previously filed liens as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, shall not limit or restrict any remedies that the city has against the owner of the premises.
(KRS 65.8840(11))
Penalty, see § 93.99