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File #: 0571-25    Version: 1 Name: HB 443 Updates: Engineering & Waste Management
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 6/4/2025 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 6/26/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 16-1(a) of the Code of Ordinances related to definitions to create a definition for dumpster enclosure and dumpster service standards and renumbering the existing definitions in this Section; amending Section 16-4(d) of the Code of Ordinances related to dumpster container service to put requirements on dumpster service truck operators; amending Section 16-4.1(a)(2) related to dumpster screening requirements to delete the word average and add the height shall be eight feet from the surface of concrete pad to the top of the dumpster screening and to delete the remainder of the section; amending Section 16-4.1(a)(4) related to dumpster screening requirements to require bollards be installed per the dumpster service standards; amending Section 16-4.1(b)(1) related to dumpster screening requirements to require inspection of dumpster enclosures by the Div. of Waste Management for conformity to the initial plans and dumpster service standards deviation may result...
Attachments: 1. HB 443 Updates Presentation ENG-WM, 2. Chapter 16 Ordinance Changes - Definitions, 3. solid waste ord changes 4909-3992-9654 v.1 (002), 4. DUMPSTER SERVICE STANDARDS - draft document, 5. 0571-25- Chapter 16 Garbage 4909-3992-9654 v.1.pdf
Title
An Ordinance amending Section 16-1(a) of the Code of Ordinances related to definitions to create a definition for dumpster enclosure and dumpster service standards and renumbering the existing definitions in this Section; amending Section 16-4(d) of the Code of Ordinances related to dumpster container service to put requirements on dumpster service truck operators; amending Section 16-4.1(a)(2) related to dumpster screening requirements to delete the word average and add the height shall be eight feet from the surface of concrete pad to the top of the dumpster screening and to delete the remainder of the section; amending Section 16-4.1(a)(4) related to dumpster screening requirements to require bollards be installed per the dumpster service standards; amending Section 16-4.1(b)(1) related to dumpster screening requirements to require inspection of dumpster enclosures by the Div. of Waste Management for conformity to the initial plans and dumpster service standards deviation may result in denial or revocation of a dumpster permit; amending Section 16-4.1(b)(2) related to dumpster screening requirements to change the twelve month period to six months; amending Section 16-4.1(d) related to dumpster screening requirements to prohibit wooden pallets, mattresses, furniture, tires or grease receptacles to accumulate around the dumpster; amending Section 16-11(b) related to dumpster collection schedules to include construction material and define excessive weight; and amending Section 16-14(c) related to special collections to require a designated site for special collections from an apartment complex, townhouse complex or condominium complex; all effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Hall]

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 16-1(a) of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16-1. - Definitions.
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