Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

purchases. KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260 shall not apply to city governments, urban-county governments, consolidated local governments, or air boards identified in and operating under the provisions of KRS 183.142(1) for the purchase of: (1) Products or services when there i…

(1) The legislative body of each consolidated local government, and of any city of any class, may provide by ordinance, for reasonable differences in the rate of ad valorem taxation within different areas of the same taxing district on that class of property which includes the su…

employees except elected officers paid on per diem basis. (1) The legislative bodies of the cities of this Commonwealth are hereby severally authorized by ordinances applying to occupations generally to impose occupational taxes upon all state employees and officers, whether appo…

county containing consolidated local government. (1) Any city with a population equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) but less than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, located in a county containing a consolidated local governme…

A city, unified local government, urban-county government, or consolidated local government of this Commonwealth may expend public funds to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment.

As used in KRS 82.105 to 82.180, the following words and terms have the following respective meanings unless it shall clearly appear from the context that another meaning is intended: (1) "City" means a city of any class; (2) "Governing body" means the legislative body of a city;…

(1) A city may acquire by purchase, exercise of the power of eminent domain, option or lease, and may accept by way of grant, gift, devise or otherwise, a fee simple unencumbered title to, or any lesser interest in, lands which are suitable for and acceptable to a governmental ag…

A city may in the discretion of its governing body enter into contracts of inducement with governmental agencies, and pursuant thereto may make a conveyance or lease of, or grant an option to acquire or lease, such lands, with or without site improvements, utility services, build…

A city may exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon it in KRS 82.105 to 82.180 as incidents to the exercise of its urban renewal and/or urban redevelopment functions authorized and contemplated in and by KRS Chapter 99, or otherwise. In the event a city has elected or may…

Municipal inducements are hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination of the General Assembly to be lawful public purposes and public uses for which cities may exercise all powers authorized by the provisions of KRS 82.105 to 82.180, or otherwise provided by law.

In order to provide all or any part of municipal inducements a city, acting in the discretion of its governing body, may issue revenue bonds as set forth in KRS 82.140 to 82.165.

The revenue bonds and interest thereon shall be payable solely from a special fund or account of the city, and from such revenues as may be pledged to be set aside therein from permissible sources, as authorized and provided in KRS 82.140 to 82.165, and shall not constitute indeb…

protect revenues. Prior to the issuance of the bonds, provision shall be made by ordinance for the creation of a separate and special fund or account of the city, identified as constituting the source of payment of principal and interest, and by covenant to be continued so long a…

(1) The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided for the payment. The bonds of any issue may be in one (1) or more series and any one (1) or more series may enjoy equal or subordinate status with respect to the pledge of funds fro…

(1) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the lands or property to be used as the site of the governmental project or projects for which such bonds shall have been issued, the cost of such improvements thereto as may have been…

In the discretion of the city any bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 82.140 to 82.165 may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the city and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the Commo…

(1) All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of KRS 82.140 to 82.165, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in KRS 82.140 to 82.165. The proceedings or the trust indenture shall…

The exercise of the powers granted by KRS 82.105 to 82.180 will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the promotion of employment and the alleviation of unemp…

Bonds issued by a city under the provisions of KRS 82.105 to 82.180 are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking asso…

Whenever any property authorized to be acquired under KRS 82.105 to 82.120 cannot be acquired by purchase upon terms which a city, or an agency thereof designated to act for it, deems to be reasonable, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated, absent, unknown, or unable to …

instances -- Presumption of dedication -- Railroad exemption -- Automatic acceptance -- Penalty. (1) If any person desires to offer for dedication by recorded plat any public way or easement within the jurisdictional limits of the city or a consolidated local government, he or sh…

(1) If a legislative body of a city determines that a public way located within the city should be closed in whole or in part, and that all property owners in or abutting the public way or portion thereof agree to the closing of the public way, the legislative body may proceed to…

As used in KRS 82.605 to 82.640 unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local government" means a city of any class, a consolidated local government, or an urban-county government; (2) "Hearing board" means a body established by ordinance and empowered to conduct hearings pur…

Any local government may enact parking ordinances and impose penalties for the violation of such ordinances. Such penalties may be enforced as criminal penalties or a local government may, by ordinance, elect to enforce parking ordinances as civil violations pursuant to the proce…

(1) If any motor vehicle is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of a parking ordinance passed by the local government, the vehicle may be cited for the appropriate parking violation. The citing officer shall note the vehicle's registration number and any other informat…

(1) Any person who receives notice of a parking violation shall respond to such notice as provided in this section within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, by either paying the fine set forth in the notice or requesting a hearing pursuant to KRS 82.620. (2) If the owner o…

(1) Any person cited for a parking violation under KRS 82.610 may contest the determination that a violation occurred by requesting in writing a hearing before the hearing board. Such hearing shall be held no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of receipt of the request, …

validity of impoundment -- Appeal. (1) Any local government may impound a motor vehicle parked, stopped or standing upon a street or public way within its jurisdiction in violation of an ordinance or statute prohibiting parking, stopping or standing in the location, manner or at …

vehicle. (1) If within ten (10) business days of impoundment a motor vehicle impounded by a local government has not been claimed, or a hearing has not been requested pursuant to KRS 82.625, notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owner, if known, and lienholde…

(1) The local government shall possess a lien on a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to KRS 82.625 for all fines, penalties, and towing, handling and storage charges and fees imposed thereon. Such lien shall be superior to and have priority over all other liens thereon. (2) Nothin…

KRS 82.600 to 82.635 may be cited as the "Local Government Parking Citation Enforcement Act."

As used in KRS 82.660 and 82.670, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Major structural change" means structural alterations and structural repairs made within any twelve (12) month period costing in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the physical value of the structure, as …

establishment of district. (1) A city legislative body, except for urban-county governments, may by ordinance create one (1) or more overlay districts pursuant to this section to provide additional regulations for design standards and development within any area of the city deter…

district. (1) A city establishing an overlay district under KRS 82.660, shall, in the ordinance that creates the overlay district, delegate the responsibility for the administration of overlay district regulations to a department or agency of the city, or to a nonprofit corporati…