PARKING ON STREETS
Sec. 18-1. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(15) Motor vehicle: Every vehicle which is self-propelled.
(35) Vehicle: Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including boats, personal watercraft, and trailers or similar devices used to transport such property, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Sec. 18-119. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) On a sidewalk.
(4) Within an intersection.
(5) On a crosswalk.
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway.
(8) In any park area in any street, or in any parkway dividing two (2) streets.
(9) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance (when properly signposted).
(10) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(11) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(12) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
(13) At any place where official signs or marking prohibit stopping, standing and parking or parking.
(14) At any place where the curb is painted yellow.
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
Sec. 18-129. Parking of vehicles in any residential section.
(1) (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle exceeding seven (7) feet in overall width (excluding mirrors) or twenty (20) feet in overall length or seven and one-half (7½) feet in overall height, upon any street or highway in any residence district for longer than two (2) hours except when loading or unloading.
(b) As used in this section, the terms “loading” and “unloading” shall include, in addition to active loading and unloading of a vehicle, any time not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours that a recreational vehicle is being leveled for the purpose of preparing its heating or cooling system for use.
(c) However, any person may secure from the urban county government office designated by the mayor a visitor’s permit which, when affixed to the driver’s side of the front windshield, shall permit an out-of-county visitor’s recreational vehicle exceeding the size limitations of this subsection to park upon a street or highway in a residence district for a specified twenty-four-hour period.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within the front yard, side yard, or back yard of any residential structure except upon an approved residential driveway as defined in article V of chapter 17. For purposes of this subsection, it shall also be unlawful for a person owning, possessing, managing or controlling residential property to allow the parking of vehicles within the front yard, side yard or back yard of such premises except upon an approved residential driveway as defined in article V of chapter 17.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle upon a sidewalk. As used in this subsection, the term “sidewalk” shall mean that portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians, including any strip of ground between curb and paved sidewalk.
(4) Any safety officer, parking control officer or peace officer is authorized to issue citations for violations of this section.
(Ord. No. 87-85, § 2, 5-2-85; Ord. No. 209-86, § 1, 10-2-86; Ord. No. 89-98, § 1, 4-16-98; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 12, 12-13-05; Ord. No. 82-2011, § 1, 6-23-11)
Sec. 18-122. Twenty-four-hour parking.
(1) The parking of any vehicle on any street for more than twenty-four (24) hours is hereby prohibited. Any vehicle parked for more than twenty-four (24) hours is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(2) Any safety officer, parking control officer or peace officer is authorized to attach notice to such vehicle demanding that the owner or user of such vehicle abate such public nuisance within twenty-four (24) hours after such notice has been attached to the vehicle.
(3) If the vehicle has not been moved for twenty-four (24) hours after the notice to abate has been attached to the vehicle, the public nuisance may be abated by impounding the vehicle.
(Ord. No. 15-83, § 1, 2-10-83; Ord. No. 96-2004, § 1, 5-13-04; Ord. No. 6-2005, § 1, 1-13-05; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 11, 12-13-05)
STREET TREE MAINTENANCE
Sec. 17B-8. Tree maintenance, public rights-of-way or designated tree planting easement.
Owners of street trees shall provide reasonable care and maintenance to trees within the urban county government right-of-way or tree planting easement, including as appropriate, watering, pruning, insect control and removal of dead or diseased limbs, and removal of any vine or other invasive plant or growth that masks potential defects of the tree.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or lot to permit any tree, including street trees, to grow in a manner which interferes with a normal sidewalk located on such lot or within an urban county government right-of-way adjoining such lot, or street traffic, or to grow so as to pose a threat to safety or public rights-of-way due to obstruction of view, obstruction of passage, or in any other manner.
The minimum clearance of any overhanging portion thereof shall be seven (7) feet over sidewalks and twelve (12) feet over all streets except truck routes which shall have a clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
(Ord. No. 70-94, § 1, 5-5-94; Ord. No. 30-2005, § 1, 2-10-05; Ord. No. 194-2010, § 2, 11-18-10)
NOISE DISTURBANCES
Sec. 14-71. Noise disturbances—Generally.
In addition to the specific prohibitions outlined in section 14-72, no person shall make, continue, or cause to be made, continued or permitted any noise disturbance on or across a public right-of-way or a public place. This section shall not apply to noncommercial public speaking and public assembly activities conducted on any public space or public right-of-way.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82; Ord. No. 293-2000, § 2, 9-28-00)
Sec. 14-72. Same—Specific acts.
The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of sections 14-70 through 14-80:
(1) Maintaining any machinery or equipment, whose operation involves rotating or reciprocating parts or equipment in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(2) Operating or permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or demolition work between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing local time, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary, except for emergency work of public service utilities or by special variance as provided for in section 14-74. This paragraph shall not apply to the use of domestic power tools subject to subsection (3) of this section.
(3) Operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, lawnmower or other similar device used outdoors that creates a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary other than powered snow removal equipment, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing local time, or on Saturday or Sunday before the hour of 9:00 a.m., prevailing local time.
(4) Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing local time, in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(5) Collecting refuse or operating refuse collection vehicles between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., prevailing local time, in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(6) a. Using, operating or permitting the operation of any loudspeaker, public address system, mobile sound vehicle or similar device amplifying sound therefrom on a public right-of-way or public space for any commercial purpose.
- Using, operating or permitting for any noncommercial purpose any loudspeaker, public address system, mobile sound vehicle or similar device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing local time, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(7) Operating or permitting the operation of powered model vehicles so as to create a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary or in a public place between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing local time.
(8) Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument or similar device in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(9) Repairing, rebuilding, modifying, testing or operating any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor bicycle or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary.
(10) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within the urban county any animal, including, but not limited to, domestic pets, that repeatedly or frequently emits any sound, including but not limited to barking, yelping, howling, meowing, or squawking, or that otherwise creates a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary, in such a manner so as to annoy or disturb a reasonable person of normal sensitivities.
(11) Consistent with the other provisions of sections 14-70 through 14-80 of the Code, and in addition thereto, no person shall use or operate any radio, stereo, tape player, record player, compact disc player or any similar device for the producing, reproducing or amplification of sound in or on any vehicle located within or on the public streets or rights-of-way or within or on any other public property, including, but not limited to parks, or public parking lots operated by the urban county government or the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority/LexPark, in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance that is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity more than ten (10) feet from such vehicle. Words and phrases need not be discernible for said sound to be “audible”, and said sound shall include bass reverberation.
(Ord. No. 115-82, § 1, 7-1-82; Ord. No. 23-83, § 1, 2-24-83; Ord. No. 216-90, § 1, 10-18-90; Ord. No. 5-91, §§ 1—3, 1-24-91; Ord. No. 293-2000, § 3, 9-28-00; Ord. No. 162-2012, §§ 1, 2, 12-6-12)
Sec. 4-12.2. – Nuisances created by animals.
a)It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of an animal to permit:
(1)Any animal to attack, chase or snap at pedestrians or passersby;
(2)The accumulation of animal excrement so as to cause unsightly litter or fouling of the air by odor and thereby create an unreasonable annoyance or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored; or
(3)Unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings where the animal is kept or harbored.
(b)Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a first offense; not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second offense in a twelve-month period; not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a third offense in a twelve-month period; and not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a fourth and each subsequent offense in a twelve-month period. Each day’s continuance of any such violation shall be a separate offense.
(c)Any animal which is the subject of any violation of this section may be impounded as set forth in section 4-21.
(Ord. No. 31-93, § 1, 3-11-93; Ord. No. 108-2009, § 2, 6-25-09)
Sec. 4-12. – Noisy animals, keeping.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, pasture or harbor within any area of the urban county except those zoned agricultural any bull, cow or other animal that bellows or otherwise makes such noise as to disturb the peace and quiet of the people in the neighborhood where the same is kept.
(b) Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each offense.
Sec. 14-72.-Barking dogs
(10) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within the urban county any animal, including, but not limited to, domestic pets, that repeatedly or frequently emits any sound, including but not limited to barking, yelping, howling, meowing, or squawking, or that otherwise creates a noise disturbance across a dwelling unit boundary, in such a manner so as to annoy or disturb a reasonable person of normal sensitivities.