Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 0414-23

• File #: 0414-23
• Version: 1
• Name: Approval of February 7, 2023 Committee Summary
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/13/2023
• In control: Urban County Council
• On agenda: 4/27/2023
• Final action: 4/27/2023
• Enactment date: 4/27/2023
• Enactment #: O-044-2023
• Title: An Ordinance amending Chapter 17B of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, relating to street trees, as follows: amending Subsections 17B-1(2), (3), (4), and (6) to amend the definitions of large tree, medium tree, small tree, and tree planting easement; amending Section 17B-2 to designate the Div. of Environmental Services as the authority responsible for issuing tree planting permits and to provide requirements for tree plantings relative to regulatory signs and overhead utilities; amending Section 17B-3 to designate the Div. of Environmental Services as the authority responsible for issuing tree removal permits; amending Section 17B-4 to prohibit the attachment of wire or nails to street trees; amending Section 17B-5 to describe jurisdiction for appeals to the tree board and to the infrastructure hearing board; amending Section 17B-6 relating to the composition, membership term, meetings, and duties of the tree board; amending Section 17B-7 to prov...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2023	1	Urban County Council
4/20/2023	1	Urban County Council	Received First Reading
4/18/2023	1	Urban County Council Work Session	Approved and Referred to Docket	Pass

Title
An Ordinance amending Chapter 17B of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, relating to street trees, as follows: amending Subsections 17B-1(2), (3), (4), and (6) to amend the definitions of large tree, medium tree, small tree, and tree planting easement; amending Section 17B-2 to designate the Div. of Environmental Services as the authority responsible for issuing tree planting permits and to provide requirements for tree plantings relative to regulatory signs and overhead utilities; amending Section 17B-3 to designate the Div. of Environmental Services as the authority responsible for issuing tree removal permits; amending Section 17B-4 to prohibit the attachment of wire or nails to street trees; amending Section 17B-5 to describe jurisdiction for appeals to the tree board and to the infrastructure hearing board; amending Section 17B-6 relating to the composition, membership term, meetings, and duties of the tree board; amending Section 17B-7 to provide that tree topping shall only be permitted by written approval of the urban forester or their designee; amending Section 17B-9 to require replacement trees to meet street tree requirements; repealing Section 17B-11 and amending Section 17B-10 to describe suggested tree species and unacceptable tree species; renumbering Section 17B-12 as Section 17B-11; renumbering Section 17B-13 as Section 17B-12 and amending Section 17B-12 to provide that appeals from citations for violations of Chapter 17B of the Code shall be taken to the Infrastructure Hearing Board, with enforcement procedures to conform to Chapter 2b of the Code; and amending Section 16-76 of the code to designate the infrastructure hearing board as the Code Enforcement Board hearing matters relating to enforcement of Ordinances by the Div. of Environmental Services. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN
COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 17...