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An Ordinance creating Section 14-106 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, requiring that the delivery of unsolicited written materials to a premises be placed on the front porch, through a mail slot, securely attached to the front door, between the exterior and interior front door, in a distribution box, or personally with the owner; classifying a violation of this Ordinance as a civil offense; establishing administrative review procedures to contest citations; fixing a maximum civil penalty for violations in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per violation; designating the Administrative Hearing Board as the code enforcement board having authority to determine whether a violation has occurred; and amending Subsection 14-10(f)(4) to designate citation officers; all effective sixty (60) days from passage. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council ("Urban County Council") is concerned about the proliferation of litter and visual blight within the community; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council finds that deliveries of unsolicited written materials are being haphazardly made throughout Fayette County, including by distributing such materials on sidewalks, yards, and driveways, with no means to ensure that such items do not add to the litter problem and/or visual blight; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council finds that these unsolicited written materials have contributed to the litter and visual blight of private premises, public streets, sidewalks, and other public places, and that these materials, haphazardly delivered, are damaging to private property and/or interfere with private property; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council desires to ensure that these unsolicited written materials do not litter the streets, sidewalks, or other public places, or yards or driveways of private premises; do not cause visual blight in our neighborhoo...
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