Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

(1) The acquisition, development, maintenance and operation of parks, playgrounds and recreation centers, which may include but is not limited to zoos and museums, is a proper municipal purpose for all cities and counties. The legislative body of any city or the fiscal court of a…

The legislative body of any city or the fiscal court of any county may establish a park, playground and recreation system and may vest the power to provide, maintain and conduct parks, playgrounds and recreation centers in a park board, board of education, playground and recreati…

If the legislative body of any city or fiscal court of any county determines that the power to provide, conduct and maintain parks, playgrounds and recreation centers shall be exercised by a playground and recreation board, or a parks, playground and recreation board, the legisla…

Effect of compact -- Effect on joint department upon establishment of consolidated local government. (1) If two (2) or more political subdivisions determine to jointly establish, maintain, and conduct a park and recreation system or systems, which may include but shall not be lim…

Any authority in which is vested the power to provide, conduct and maintain parks, playgrounds, and recreation centers under KRS 97.030 or 97.035, may accept any grant or devise of real estate or any bequest or gift of money or any donation, the principal or income of which is to…

Whenever the legislative body of any city or the fiscal court of any county or one (1) of them in conjunction with a school district establishes a supervised park, playground and recreation system as provided in KRS 97.010 to KRS 97.040, or jointly, as provided in KRS 97.035, the…

For the purpose of establishing or acquiring parks, playgrounds and recreation centers, and appurtenances thereto, a playground and recreation board or a board, as provided in KRS 97.030 or 97.035, shall have the same authority to issue revenue bonds granted to cities by KRS 97.1…

The city may, by ordinance, prescribe admission, fees, rentals, concessions and other charges for the use of any such area or its facilities, or may delegate such power to the commission.

-- Governing board -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090. (1) For the purpose of acquiring, building, operating, and maintaining parks and green space, two (2) or more counties may form a regional park authority. (2) (a) The regional park authority may be established by a vot…

Definition. (1) In addition to any other method authorized by statute, a city of any class may, under the provisions of KRS 97.100 to 97.240, establish, acquire, maintain and operate municipal recreational projects and all necessary club houses, bathhouses, locker rooms, shower r…

Any city establishing or acquiring and desiring to maintain and operate a recreational project or projects under the provisions of KRS 97.100 to 97.240 shall by ordinance provide for the appointment of a city recreational commission to operate and control the project or projects.…

Vacancies -- Rules and regulations -- Revenues -- Fees -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090. (1) In cities of the first class and in cities with populations equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, the city recrea…

All property which a city acquires for the establishment and maintenance of a recreational project under KRS 97.100 to 97.240 shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other public property used for public purposes. All fees charged or collected for the admission to or …

Any city that establishes a recreational project may purchase solely from the funds provided under the authority of KRS 97.100 to 97.240, or may acquire by gift, devise, bequest or grant, lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements or other interests in land necessary…

For the purpose of defraying the cost of establishing, erecting, and acquiring any recreational project and necessary appurtenances, any city may borrow money and issue bonds. The bonds may be issued bearing interest at a rate or rates or method of determining rates, payable at l…

The bonds issued pursuant to KRS 97.150 shall be negotiable and shall not be subject to taxation. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before delivery of the bonds, the signatures or countersignatures shall neve…

All money received from any bonds issued pursuant to KRS 97.150 shall be applied solely to the establishment, erection and acquisition of the recreational project and necessary appurtenances, except that the money may be used to advance the payment of interest on bonds during the…

There shall be a statutory mortgage lien upon the recreational project and necessary appurtenances acquired through the issuance of bonds, in favor of the holders of the bonds and the holders of the coupons. The project and appurtenances shall remain subject to the lien until the…

If there is a default in the payment of the principal or interest of any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to administer the project on behalf of the city, with power to charge and collect rates for the services rendered and for the use of or admi…

At or before the issuance of bonds the legislative body of the city shall, by ordinance, set aside and pledge the revenue of the project into a special fund to be used and applied in payment of the cost of the project and its maintenance, operation and depreciation. The ordinance…

The funds accumulating to the depreciation account shall be expended in balancing depreciation or in making new constructions or additions to the project. Any such accumulations may be invested as the commission designates, and the income from the investments shall be carried int…

(1) The city may issue new bonds for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of any outstanding bonds, subject to the procedure described in KRS 97.100 to 97.240. The new bonds shall be secured to the same extent and shall have the same source of payment as the bonds that …

Any city acquiring a recreational project may at any time provide for the addition to and improvement of the project by an additional issue of bonds, subject to the procedure required for the issuance of original bonds, or the city may, at the time of issuing bonds for the acquis…

No proceedings shall be required for the acquisition, establishment or management of any recreational project or the issuance of bonds under KRS 97.100 to 97.230 except the proceedings prescribed in those sections.

Employees -- Director of parks and recreation. (1) The department of public parks and recreation of any city of the first class shall exercise all of the powers and perform all of the functions and duties of any former board of park commissioners of the city, except as otherwise …

The term "park property" includes all parks, squares and areas of land owned or used by said city for park purposes, and all buildings, structures, improvements, seats, benches, fountains, walks, drives, roads, trees, plants, herbage, flowers, and other things thereon, and inclos…

streets -- Contracts for use of aviation fields -- Control of public ways acquired for park purposes. (1) The title to all property with all improvements and equipment acquired for park, airport or aviation field purposes, subject to any existing leases thereof, shall be held by …

(1) The employees of any former board of park commissioners in any city of the first class, except the special park police, shall be employed by and continued in the service of the department of public parks and recreation. The employees, except as herein provided, are subject to…

Officers and members of the division of police of the department of public safety of said city shall have the power to make arrests in any parks or any park property or upon any parkways or park boulevards under the control of any city of the first class, within the boundaries of…

Whenever property shall be needed by any city of the first class for any park, playground, or community center purpose contemplated in KRS 97.250 to 97.257, either within or beyond the boundaries of such city, in the county in which such city is located, the director of parks and…

The term "park property" as used in KRS 97.425 to 97.485 shall be liberally construed, and includes all parks, squares, and areas of land within the management of the city; all buildings, structures, improvements, seats, benches, fountains, trees, plants, herbage, flowers, and ot…

(1) Any city that has the care, management and custody of the parks and grounds used for park purposes, the boulevards and parkways belonging to the city or in the control of the city, and all property acquired for park purposes or public squares by the city may: (a) Acquire and …

Removal. There shall be established in each city electing to operate under KRS 97.425 to 97.485 a board to be known as the "Board of Park Commissioners." The board shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7) members as determined by the legislative body of the…

- Rules -- Promotion of park facilities. The board of park commissioners shall be an advisory board only, it being the intention of KRS 97.425 to 97.485 to vest all powers relating to parks, playgrounds, and recreation in the city, subject to the provisions of KRS 97.020. The boa…

The legislative body of the city may from time to time provide by ordinance for special park police.

Nothing in KRS 97.425 to 97.485 shall be construed to conflict with the provisions of KRS 97.020.

fountains. The legislative body of any city may, by ordinance, acquire, establish and maintain public cemeteries, parks, squares, avenues, promenades, and fountains, either within or without the city; repeal ordinances heretofore or hereafter enacted creating such public cemeteri…

Whenever, in the opinion of the legislative body of any city, land or other property located either within or without the boundaries of the city and within the county in which the city is located is needed for cemetery or park purposes and the legislative body is not able to cont…

Appointment of park board -- Terms of office. (1) Cities of any class, counties, charter counties, and urban-county governments may acquire, by purchase or donation, property for the purpose of maintaining public parks or playgrounds within the jurisdictional limits. (2) The city…

Each person appointed to the board shall appear before the city clerk and make and subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability perform all the duties as member of the board; that he will not in any manner, directly or indirectly, be con…

As soon as it is convenient, the members of the board shall meet and choose a president and a secretary from among its members, each to serve for a term of one (1) year, and annually thereafter a president and secretary shall be chosen. The duties of such officers shall be the us…

The board shall have the care, management and control of all parks and playgrounds within the limits of the city, shall lay out and improve them with walks, drives, roads and trees, provide appliances and equipment for playgrounds, and provide for the proper lighting of the parks…

Exception. (1) For the purpose of purchasing and maintaining public parks within the jurisdictional limits, cities of any class, counties, charter counties, and urban-county governments may levy taxes not exceeding five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of all taxa…

(1) The park board shall keep a set of books showing the receipts and expenditures of the board. The books shall at all times be subject to examination by the mayor or any committee of the legislative body authorized to make such examination, either by themselves or by a certifie…

Procedure -- Submission to vote. (1) Cities of the home rule class may levy an annual tax of not more than ten (10) mills on the assessed valuation of the city, for the purpose of providing a fund for the maintenance or employment of a band or orchestra. (2) Before such tax may b…

At any time not earlier than three (3) years thereafter, a similar petition may be presented to the legislative body asking that the following proposition be submitted: "Shall the power to levy a tax for the maintenance or employment of a band or orchestra be repealed?" The submi…

class. (1) Any city of the first class that has constructed a war memorial under the provisions of Chapter 23 of the Acts of 1922 shall have a memorial commission consisting of seven (7) members. Members shall be not less than twenty-five (25) years of age and shall be bona fide …

(1) A commission in a city of the first class shall annually elect a chairman from its members, to serve for the term of one (1) year. The commission may elect a secretary and treasurer, not a member of the commission, who shall hold the combined office at the pleasure of the com…

The commission shall be a corporation and may: (1) Arrange for and supervise the maintenance of the grounds and structures of the memorial. (2) Exact from any of its officers or employees such surety or indemnity bonds for the appropriate performance of their respective duties as…

The chairman and secretary and treasurer of the commission shall each give bond with approved surety, in a sum fixed by the commission. The bonds shall be payable to the commission, and shall obligate the makers to faithfully perform the duties of their offices and to faithfully …