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An Ordinance amending and reenacting the following sections of Chapter 12 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances pertaining to housing and property maintenance standards: Section 12-1 related to the Property Maintenance Code to adopt and incorporate the 2021 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code with certain deletions, revisions, and additions including matters related to its scope and administration, definitions, general requirements, light, ventilation and occupancy limitations, plumbing facilities and fixture requirements, mechanical and electrical requirements, Fire safety requirements, other codes, penalties, violations and the Violations library; Section 12-2(c) related to nuisances to create certain exemptions and special provisions related to the excessive growth of weeds, grass and other vegetation; Section 12-3 related to abatement of nuisance to reassign certain duties from the Commissioner of Planning, Preservation, and Development to the Commissioner of Housing Advocacy and Community Development; and Section 17-162(a) related to sidewalk replacement financial assistance to reduce the annual income threshold in the definition of "qualified property owner"; all effective on January 1, 2023. [Council Office, Maynard]
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 12-1 of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, is hereby amended and reenacted, so that when amended and reenacted the same shall read as follows:
Chapter 12 - HOUSING
ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
Sec. 12-1. - Property maintenance code.
(a) Adopted; filed. The International Code Council, Inc., International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition (hereinafter referred to as "this code"), with the revisions and deletions shown in paragraph (b) and herein, is hereby approved and adopted as the existing structures code of the Urban County ...
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