Title
An Ordinance deleting Section 9-21 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government pertaining to a Fire Prevention Board of Appeals; amending Section 9-22(a) of the Code of Ordinances related to fire prevention to create a new Section 1 which defines the applicability of this Subsection; amending Section 9-22(a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances related to fire prevention to renumber the old Section 1 to Section 2 and to include the orders of other members of the department, to provide for a written appeal within 10 business days instead of 30 and to prohibit the Fire Marshal who issued the order from being the Hearing Officer; amending Section 9-22(a)(3) of the Code of Ordinances relating to fire prevention to renumber the existing Section 2 to be a new Section 3 and to include the Fire Chief's designee in this Section; amending Section 9-22(a) of the Code of Ordinances related to fire prevention to renumber the old Section 3 to new Section 4 and to provide for a written decision within 5 business days; amending Section 9-22(b) of the Code of Ordinances related to fire prevention to delete the existing Section and replace it with an appeal of the Fire Chief's order as provided under state law; amending Section 9-22 of the Code of Ordinances relating to fire prevention to delete the existing Section (c) and replace it with a new Section (c) providing that all orders not timely appealed shall become final. [Council Office, Maynard]
Summary
Authorization to delete section 9-21 of the Code of Ordinance in its entirety and amending section 9-22, creating a new section which defines applicability of subsections related to the division of fire prevention. (L0062-15)(Jackson/Bastin)
This is a request to delete section 9-21 of the Code of Ordinance in its entirety and amending section 9-22, creating a new section which defines applicability of subsections related to the division of fire prevention. There is no budgetary impact.
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