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File #: 1069-24    Version: 1 Name: Summary: Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee, August 20, 2024
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 10/17/2024 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 11/14/2024 Final action: 11/14/2024
Enactment date: 11/14/2024 Enactment #: O-120-2024
Title: An Ordinance creating Chapter 8A of the Code of Ordinances relating to Notice Requirements for Construction or Demolition Blasting Operations; creating Section 8A-1 of the Code to define terms; creating Section 8A-2 of the Code to require blasters to provide notification to the Director of the Div. of Engineering before commencing blasting operations; creating Section 8A-3 of the Code regarding preemption; creating Section 8A-4 of the Code to set penalties for violation of Chapter 8A of the Code; to amend Section 14-10 of the Code to include employees within the Div. of Engineering as Citation Officers for the enforcement of Chapter 8A of the Code; and directing the Council Clerk, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to provide a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Ky. Dept. for Natural Resources for its approval; with Section 8 of this Ordinance effective upon passage of Council and the remaining provisions effective upon receipt of approval thereof from the Ky. Dept. for Nat...
Attachments: 1. eqpw_2024-08-20, 2. Blasting ordinance (final) 4877-2483-1895 v.4, 3. 1069-24- Blasting Notification Ordinance 4877-2483-1895 v.5.pdf, 4. O-120-2024
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An Ordinance creating Chapter 8A of the Code of Ordinances relating to Notice Requirements for Construction or Demolition Blasting Operations; creating Section 8A-1 of the Code to define terms; creating Section 8A-2 of the Code to require blasters to provide notification to the Director of the Div. of Engineering before commencing blasting operations; creating Section 8A-3 of the Code regarding preemption; creating Section 8A-4 of the Code to set penalties for violation of Chapter 8A of the Code; to amend Section 14-10 of the Code to include employees within the Div. of Engineering as Citation Officers for the enforcement of Chapter 8A of the Code; and directing the Council Clerk, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to provide a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Ky. Dept. for Natural Resources for its approval; with Section 8 of this Ordinance effective upon passage of Council and the remaining provisions effective upon receipt of approval thereof from the Ky. Dept. for Natural Resources pursuant to KRS 351.335. [Council Office, Hall]

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Chapter 8A, Notification Requirements for Construction or Demolition Blasting Operations, of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances be and hereby is created.
Section 2 - That Section 8A-1 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances be and hereby is created to read as follows:
Sec. 8A-1. - Definitions:
As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Blaster" means a person licensed by the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources to fire or detonate explosives in blasting operations;
(2) "Blasting operation" o r " b last in g " means the use of explosives in any construction or demolition work, but shall not include its use in mining/quarrying subject to the requirements of Section 8 of the Code of Ordinances, in the mining/quarrying of c...

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