Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

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…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of commissioners in any city organized and governed under the city manager plan. (2) "Code of ordinances" means a reenactment of the body of positive municipal law, read and interpreted as…

chapter -- Status of ordinances not in conflict with chapter. The present organizational structure of each city shall remain in force until changed under this chapter. All ordinances and resolutions presently in force in each city not in conflict with the provisions of KRS 83A.01…

of subsequent census population change or court judgment. Once a city meets the population criteria established in KRS 67.750, 82.095, 92.281, 96.060, 96.189, 97.120, 99.615, 100.137, 100.209, 100.217, 100.253, 241.160, 243.230, 244.290, 244.540, or 281.014, and prior to July 14,…

2014. On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create and maintain a registry of cities that, as of August 1, 2014, were classified as cities of the second class. The Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the registr…

commission, and city manager plans -- Ordinance requirements. (1) Each city organized and governed under the mayor-council plan shall have a mayor and each shall have a legislative body composed of not less than six (6) nor more than twelve (12) members as prescribed by ordinance…

Removal of elected officers. (1) A mayor shall be elected by the voters of each city at a regular election. A candidate for mayor shall be a resident of the city for not less than one (1) year prior to his or her election. His or her term of office shall begin on the first day of…

elections. (1) Election of city officers shall be governed by the provisions of KRS Chapters 116 to 121, except as provided in this chapter. (2) Dates on which primary and regular elections are to be held shall be governed by the provisions of KRS 118.025, except as provided in t…

(1) Except as provided in KRS 83A.047, partisan elections of city officers shall be governed by the following provisions, regardless of the form of government or classification of the city: (a) A candidate for party nomination to city office shall file his or her nomination paper…

county -- Exception -- Certification of vote totals. In a city whose boundaries extend beyond those of a single county, candidates for nomination or election to city office shall be governed by the provisions contained in KRS 83A.045, except that all nomination papers shall be fi…

ordinance. (1) Election of city officers shall be governed by general election laws as provided in KRS Chapters 116 through 121 unless the city legislative body prescribes by ordinance that election of city officers shall be under nonpartisan city election laws as provided in KRS…

(1) Each ordinance shall embrace only one (1) subject and shall have a title that shall clearly state the subject. (2) Each ordinance shall be introduced in writing and shall have an enacting clause styled "Be it ordained by the City of ________:". (3) No ordinance shall be amend…

(1) Every city shall have the power to establish fines, penalties, and forfeitures that may be imposed for violation of its ordinances, and may secure injunctions and abatement orders, when appropriate, to insure compliance with its ordinances. (2) A city may make the violation o…

(1) The legislative body of each city shall by ordinance fix the compensation of every elected city officer not later than the first Monday in May in the year the officer is elected. An elected officer's compensation shall not be changed after his election or during his term of o…

bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation. (1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year…

Statement of reason for removal -- Prohibition against creating or altering elected office. (1) All nonelected city offices shall be created by ordinance which shall specify: (a) Title of office; (b) Powers and duties of office; (c) Oath of office; and (d) Bond, if required. (2) …

Combination with other nonelected city office -- Information on city and officials to Department for Local Government. (1) Each city, except a city of the first class, shall establish the office of city clerk. (2) The office of city clerk may be combined with any other nonelected…

(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of citation officers as needed. Citation officers shall have the qualifications prescribed by ordinance. Citation officers shall not have the powers of peace officers to make arrests or carry deadly weapons, but ma…

(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of safety officers as needed. Safety officers shall have duties as prescribed by ordinance, which may include, but not be limited to: (a) Issuance of citations for violation of motor vehicle offenses as provided fo…

(1) Each city may create the position of city administrative officer which shall be directly responsible to the executive authority of the city. Prior to appointment of a city administrative officer, the city legislative body shall in accordance with KRS 83A.080 set qualification…

Creation, alteration, or abolition of wards -- Nomination and election of legislative body members. (1) The legislative body of a city may by ordinance divide the city into wards by either of the following methods: (a) The city may create the same number of wards as the number of…

(1) Any public question authorized by statute may be submitted to the voters of a city by either a resolution of the city legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this section. The resolution or petition shall set out in full the matter to be considered. The pro…

(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the mayor- council plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the mayor-council plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the mayor-council plan pursuan…

(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the commission plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the commission plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the commission plan pursuant to KRS 8…

commissioners, and city manager -- Conduct of board meetings. (1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the city manager plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the city manager plan by KRS …

(1) Any city may become organized and governed under the mayor-council plan, the commission plan or the city manager plan only by popular vote in accordance with KRS 83A.120. (2) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of changing the organization and government of the city,…

(1) The wharves and landings of cities of the first class shall be under the care and control of the Department of Public Works. (2) The department shall fix and receive reasonable charges for the use of the wharves and landings and shall keep them in order.

(1) A candidate running to fill the unexpired term of any city office shall file his or her nomination papers in accordance with the provisions of KRS 83A.045, 118.365, 118.375, and 83A.047. (2) Vacancies in the office of mayor or city legislative body that are to be filled tempo…

(1) In any city which has under the provisions of KRS 83A.045 or 83A.050 required nonpartisan city elections, no person shall be elected to city office except as provided in this section or as otherwise provided in this chapter relating to nonpartisan elections. (2) No person sha…

(1) The election to fill the regular term of a nonpartisan city office shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in KRS 83A.165 when, in a regular election for nonpartisan city office no candidates nominated to an office as provided in KRS 83A.170 are available due to death, in…

In cities of the home rule class, the official oath of any city officer, whether elected or appointed, may be administered by the mayor of the city for which the officer serves, except that a mayor's official oath shall be administered by such person as otherwise provided by law.

(1) This chapter is intended by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to grant to citizens living within a city of the first class the authority to govern themselves to the full extent required by local government and not in conflict with the Constitution or laws o…

The inhabitants of each city of the first class shall constitute a corporation, with power to govern themselves by any ordinances and resolutions for municipal purposes not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States. In its corporate capacity …

In each city of the first class there shall be a legislative, an executive, and a judicial department. None of these departments shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as permitted by law.

The legislative power of each city of the first class is vested in a legislative body of twelve (12) members, known as the board of aldermen. Members of the board of aldermen shall be elected by the voters of the city at large in such a way that one (1) member shall be a resident…

The board of aldermen shall elect from its members a president, and shall elect from its members a president pro tem when the president is absent. The board of aldermen shall elect a clerk, and may elect a sergeant at arms.

The board of aldermen shall determine the eligibility and election of its members, and punish them for disorderly conduct.

A majority of the members of the board of aldermen shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The board of aldermen shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, and may enforce the attendance of members by rules or ordinances with appropriate fin…

(1) No ordinance shall embrace more than one (1) subject, and that subject shall be expressed in its title. (2) No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting of the board of aldermen at which it is introduced, nor shall it be passed at any succeeding meeting until it has been read …

permissive. The legislative body of a city of the first class shall have the power to exercise all of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, including the power to levy all taxes, not in conflict with the Constitution and so as to provide for the health, education, safety an…

The executive power of the city is vested in the mayor, who shall be the chief executive officer, and in the departments and agencies authorized by the board of aldermen.