67A.070 Ordinance powers -- Conflicts -- Readings -- Effective date -- Publication requirements -- Adoption by reference to recognized codes. - Kentucky Statutes

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67A.070 Ordinance powers -- Conflicts -- Readings -- Effective date -- Publication requirements -- Adoption by reference to recognized codes. (1) Urban-county governments may enact and enforce within their territorial limits such tax, licensing, police, sanitary and other ordinances not in conflict with the
Constitution and general statutes of this state now or hereafter enacted, as they shall
deem requisite for the health, education, safety, welfare and convenience of the
inhabitants of the county and for the effective administration of the urban-county
government. (2) Urban-county government ordinances shall be deemed to conflict with general statutes of this state only:
(a) When the ordinance authorizes that which is expressly prohibited by a general statute; or (b) When there is a comprehensive scheme of legislation on the same subject embodied in a general statute. (3) No ordinance or resolution shall be considered by the urban-county government legislative body until it has been read at two (2) separate meetings; provided,
however, that the requirement for a second reading may be suspended by a two-
thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of the legislative body. Requirements for
reading ordinances or resolutions may be satisfied by public reading of the title and
of a certified synopsis of the contents prepared by an attorney licensed to practice
law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (4) All ordinances and resolutions shall be effective upon passage, unless timely vetoed by the chief executive officer of the urban-county government pursuant to the
provisions of the comprehensive plan of the urban-county government. Any
ordinance or resolution imposing fines, forfeitures, imprisonment, taxes or fees,
other than a bond ordinance or resolution, shall be published in full in the daily
newspaper which has the largest bona fide circulation in the county and is published
in the publication area. The publication requirements for all other ordinances or
resolutions, including bond ordinances or resolutions, shall be satisfied by
publication in full or by publication of the title and of a certified synopsis of the
contents prepared by an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. (5) The provisions of any local, statewide or nationally recognized standard code and codifications of entire bodies of local legislation may be adopted by ordinance
which identifies the subject matter by title, source and date and incorporates the
adopted provisions by reference without setting them out in full, provided a copy
accompanies the adopting ordinance and is made a part of the permanent records of
the urban-county government. Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 3. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 402, sec. 1.