Legislation Details

File #: 0762-26    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance Amending Section 16(f)(17)
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 8/28/2026 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 9/17/2026 Final action: 9/17/2026
Enactment date: 9/17/2026 Enactment #: O-092-2026
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 161(f)(17) of the LexingtonFayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to revise the definition of “stormwater control device” by removing the term “drainage way.” [Div. of Water Quality, Sanders]
Attachments: 1. Blue Sheet Memo, 2. 16 1(f)(17) - Change, 3. ORD 762-26 Ordinance Water Quality - Definition Revision - Stormwater Control Device (002) 4914-4258-1709 v.1.pdf, 4. O-092-2026

Title

An Ordinance amending Section 16-1(f)(17) of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to revise the definition of “stormwater control device” by removing the term “drainage way.” [Div. of Water Quality, Sanders] 

Summary

Authorization to approve an Ordinance amending Section 16-1(f)(17) of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to revise the definition of “stormwater control device” by removing the term “drainage way”. No Budgetary impact. (L0762-26)(Sanders/Martin)

Budgetary Implications [select]: No

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Law: Yes  Todd Henning  8/17/26

Risk Management:  No

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:

Section 1 - That Section 16-1(f)(17) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:

(f)(17) Stormwater control device means any detention basin, detention pond, extended detention basin, retention basin, catch basin, or any other structure or equipment designed to control stormwater quantity or improve stormwater quality.

                     Section 2 - That this Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its passage.

                     PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:

 

 

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                                                                                                                              MAYOR

 

 

ATTEST:

 

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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLISHED:

0762-26:JTH:4914-4258-1709, v. 1