Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

The annual improvement assessment for each project shall be levied by the governing body when the levy for general urban-county taxes is made; and such improvement assessment levy shall be due at the same time, or times, when the general urban-county government taxes are due, and…

Each annual improvement assessment, with any penalty or interest incident to the nonpayment thereof, shall constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel of benefited property against which it is assessed. The lien shall attach to each lot or parcel of benefited property as the same is…

The proceeds received by the urban-county government from each and every annual improvement assessment levy made in connection with each separate improvement project, as authorized by KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825, shall be segregated from and kept always separate and apart from all oth…

All sums received and deposited in the sinking fund shall be held inviolate and applied by the urban-county government solely for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds issued for the financing of the identified improvement project. The amount collected, and …

If the urban-county government shall adopt the Third Ordinance, herein referred to, and shall publicly solicit the submission of bids or proposals for the purchasing of its "improvement assessment bonds" for the project identified therein, and shall fail to receive a bid upon ter…

insufficient. If, by reason of miscalculation or the happening of unforeseen events or conditions, the proceeds of the bonds authorized by the Third Ordinance should prove to be insufficient to provide for the completion of the project and the payment in full of all costs thereof…

The amount of the annual assessment collected and the debt service reserve and any interest earned therefrom shall remain in the sinking fund. When the amount in the sinking fund is sufficient to retire bonds at maturity, assessments shall cease. In the event of a surplus after a…

to 67A.820. If an urban-county government has taken any steps under KRS 67A.710 to 67A.820 to provide for, construct or finance any improvements allowed to be undertaken by the provisions of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.820, and for any reason the project cannot be completed according to t…

(1) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is a policy of the Commonwealth to retain agriculture and rural landscapes in urban counties. (2) The General Assembly further finds and declares that the preservation of agriculture and rural landscapes contributes to th…

As used in KRS 67A.840 to 67A.850 and KRS 91A.390, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Conservation easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple, which restricts or prevents the development or improvement of the land in the fashion provided in the in…

taxes for purchase of development rights -- Contents of proposal to be voted upon. (1) An urban-county government is authorized to place before the public, via referendum according to the procedure established in KRS 67A.847, the question of whether to fund a purchase of developm…

(1) Within one hundred eighty (180) days following the passage of a purchase of development rights proposal by referendum as provided for in KRS 67A.843, 67A.847, and 67A.849, an urban-county government shall establish a purchase of development rights program which, in addition t…

Combined proposal with public parks purchase and maintenance program. The procedure for a referendum authorized by KRS 67A.843 shall be as follows: (1) A purchase of development rights program proposal authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A.845 may be submitted to the voters of an urb…

sources. (1) At any time not earlier than five (5) years following the passage of a purchase of development rights proposal in a referendum authorized by KRS 67A.843 and 67A.847, a referendum may be held on the question of whether to increase, decrease, or eliminate the funding s…

Urban-county government may exercise ad valorem property taxing powers pursuant to the Kentucky Constitution, Section 157, to the limits authorized therein for the class of city to which the largest city in the county belonged on the day prior to the date the urban- county govern…

(1) The chief executive officer of the urban-county government shall notify each property owner by certified mail, of the urban-county government intention to extend urban services which may result in a tax increase to the property owner. (2) The notice by the chief executive off…

As used in KRS 67A.872 to 67A.894, the following words or terms shall have the respective meanings indicated, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: (1) "Assessed value basis" means the plan for the levying of improvement benefit assessments upon benefite…

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and determines as a fact that in urbanized areas of the Commonwealth, where industrialization and commercialization have progressed at a high rate, attended by rapid residential development, there is a particular public n…

Urban-county governments created pursuant to this chapter are authorized to provide for, construct and finance wastewater collection projects according to the financing plan set forth in KRS 67A.871 to 67A.894. The authority hereby conferred upon urban-county governments is not i…

In undertaking the planning, design, institution, authorization and financing of wastewater collection projects under KRS 67A.871 to 67A.894, urban-county governments shall be vested with exclusive authority to plan, design, initiate, finance and carry out construction of such pr…

Ordinance of initiation. (1) Any urban-county government which determines that the public health, safety, and general welfare requires construction of a wastewater collection project and which proposes to undertake, authorize, construct, and finance a wastewater collection projec…

The urban-county government shall cause notice of the public hearing ordered to be held by the ordinance of initiation to be afforded to all owners of property proposed to be benefited by the project and to be assessed for the costs thereof. The notice shall be published pursuant…

(1) The properties to be benefited by construction of a wastewater collection project shall consist of all real properties which are thereby afforded a means of draining wastewater from such properties, whether such real properties consist of unimproved land or contain improvemen…

A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the ordinance of initiation. Any person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 67A.875(7) shall preside and conduct the hearing. The presiding officer shall cause reasonable notes or minutes of the proceedings to …

determination. At a subsequent regular meeting of the urban-county council of the government, the written report of the public hearing shall be publicly received and considered by the urban-county council. At the meeting, or any subsequent, properly convened, regular, adjourned o…

(1) Any owner of property to be benefited by the wastewater collection project may, within thirty (30) days after passage and publication of the ordinance of determination: (a) File an action in the Circuit Court of the county in which the urban-county government is situated seek…

If the ordinance of determination authorizes the undertaking of the project and the financing thereof according to the plan of financing enacted by the ordinance of initiation, and if owners of benefited properties do not institute action as permitted by KRS 67A.880, or if such a…

funding -- Refunds by urban-county government. (1) Proposals for the construction of the project shall be solicited upon the basis of submission of sealed, competitive bids after advertisement by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424, following adoption of the ordinance of dete…

(1) Following compliance with the foregoing provisions of KRS 67A.871 to 67A.882, the urban-county council of the government may adopt an ordinance known as the ordinance of bond authorization. The ordinance of bond authorization shall make provision, for the following: (a) Deter…

When any bonds are delivered and the proceeds are received by the government, they shall be deposited in a bank or trust company or combined bank and trust company, and to the extent the deposit may exceed insurance provided by federal deposit insurance corporation, the same shal…

Each of the bonds shall bear on its face the statement that it has been issued under the provisions of KRS 67A.871 to 67A.894 and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the government within the meaning of the Constitution of Kentucky. The bonds and the receipt of interes…

The sum necessary to be raised annually for the sinking fund and consequent amortization of the outstanding bonds, whether all authorized bonds have been issued or not (together with the sum of any amounts required annually to pay trustees' fees, paying agents' fees, cost of admi…

assessments. The annual improvement benefit assessment for the project shall be levied by the government against benefited properties, except such properties for which lump-sum payment of the improvement benefit assessment has been made pursuant to KRS 67A.882(3), when the levy f…

Each annual improvement assessment, with any penalty or interest incident to the nonpayment thereof, shall constitute a lien upon the lot or parcel of benefited property against which it is assessed. The lien shall attach to each lot or parcel of benefited property as the same is…

The proceeds received by the government from each annual improvement assessment levy made in connection with the project, as authorized by KRS 67A.871 to 67A.894, shall be segregated from and kept always separate and apart from all other receipts of the government from all other …

All sums received and deposited in the sinking fund shall be held inviolate and applied by the government, or the trustee in respect of the bonds solely for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds issued for the financing of the identified project. The amount …

If, by reason of miscalculation or the happening of unforeseen events or conditions, the total proceeds of the lump-sum payments and bonds authorized by the ordinance of bond authorization should prove to be insufficient to provide for the completion of the project and the paymen…

In the interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the general public and for the protection of the public health, the government is authorized and empowered, by ordinance, to mandatorily require the owners of all benefited properties to cause any improvements capable of the …

If an urban-county government has taken any steps under KRS 67A.871 to 67A.893 to provide for, construct or finance any project, and for any reason the project cannot be completed according to the provisions of KRS 67A.871 to 67A.893, the government shall return all improvement b…

(1) It is hereby found and declared that there now exists in urban counties in this Commonwealth a lack of parking space for automobiles in main business and professional areas including but not limited to those areas commonly referred to as "downtown". It is further found that p…

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Authority" means a local parking authority as created by KRS 67A.914. (2) "Commissioner" means a person appointed to serve on the governing body of a local parking authority. (3) "District" means an area designat…

The local legislative body of any county governed under urban-county statutes may, by resolution, create and establish an agency to be known by the name of the largest city in such county and the name of the county itself, separated by the word "and" and the words "parking author…

(1) Upon adoption of the resolution creating a parking authority as set out in KRS 67A.914, the mayor shall within three (3) days appoint, with the approval of a majority of the legislative body, five (5) residents of the urban-county area as commissioners of the local parking au…

The board of commissioners shall: (1) Study the need for new parking facilities within the urban-county and report the results of such study to the legislative body. (2) Study the need for parking space to be provided without charge to certain classes of users within one or more …

(1) Each parking authority created under the authority of KRS 67A.914 shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, and shall have the following powers in addition to the others granted: (a) To sue and be sued; to have a seal; to make and execute contracts and other inst…

urban-county government -- Approval or disapproval -- Interpretation. (1) No budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate of the authority shall be effective before the authority submits that budget, budget amendment, fee, or rate to the governing body of the urban-county government as…

(1) A parking authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time under this chapter. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue bonds on which the principal and i…

In order to accomplish its purposes the authority, through its board, may request the legislative body of the urban-county government in which it is located to levy an ad valorem tax on all property within the parking district which is assessed for local taxation, at a rate, whic…

In order to accomplish its purposes the authority, through its board, may request the legislative body of the urban-county government in which it is located to levy an occupational license tax on all businesses, commercial establishments, and professional offices within the local…

If the authority determines upon application of a business, individual, or property owner doing business, having offices, or owning property within the local parking district, that such business or individual does not benefit from the operation of the authority then an exemption …