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An Ordinance amending and restating Ordinance No. 42-2020, as amended and restated by Ordinance No. 54-2020 and Ordinance No. 80-2020, which pertains to the suspension of certain Ordinances to allow for expanded restaurant, bar, and retail business uses; to extend the deadline through May 2, 2021; to temporarily suspend the Zoning Ordinance's requirement for a conditional use permit for tents or temporary structures; to include requirements for the use of heating devices within tents or temporary structures; and to include additional clarifications, effective upon passage of Council. [Mayor's Office, Scott]
Summary
Authorization to amend and restate Ordinance No. 42-2020, as amended and restated by Ordinance No. 54-2020 and Ordinance No. 80-2020, which pertains to the suspension of certain Ordinances to allow for expanded restaurant, bar, and retail businesses uses; to extend the deadline through May 2, 2021; to temporarily suspend zoning Ordinance's requirement for conditional use permit for tents or temporary structures; to include requirements for the use of heating devices within tents or temporary structure; and to include additional clarifications. (L0988-20) (Scott)
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WHEREAS, the President of the United States and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky have both declared states of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Linda Gorton declared, in Executive Order 2020-01, that a state of emergency exists in Lexington-Fayette County; and
WHEREAS, more than seventy-two thousand (72,000) cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with more than eight thousand seven hundred (8,700) in Lexington-Fayette County alone (as of Octob...
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