Kentucky Statutes 65.8805 – Definitions for KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839
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As used in KRS § 65.8801 to KRS § 65.8839, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Local government” means any county, consolidated local government, urban- county government, charter county government, unified local government, or city of any class;
(2) “Code enforcement board” means an administrative body created and acting under the authority of KRS § 65.8801 to KRS § 65.8839;
(3) “Joint code enforcement board” means two (2) or more local governments that have entered into an interlocal agreement in accordance with KRS § 65.210 to KRS § 65.300 to perform and enforce the duties of a code enforcement board as provided in KRS
65.8801 to 65.8839;
(4) “Code enforcement officer” means a city police officer, safety officer, citation officer, county police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, university police officer, airport police officer, or other public law enforcement officer with the authority to issue a citation;
(5) “Ordinance” means an official action of a local government body, which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law and shall include any provision of a code of ordinances adopted by a local government which embodies all or part of an ordinance;
(6) “Imminent danger” means a condition which is likely to cause serious or life- threatening injury or death at any time;
(7) “Abatement costs” means a local government’s necessary and reasonable costs for and associated with clearing, preventing unauthorized entry to, or demolishing all or a portion of a structure or premises, or taking any other action with regard to a structure or premises necessary to remedy a violation and to maintain and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare in accordance with any local government ordinance;
(8) “Final order” means any order:
(a) Issued by the code enforcement board in accordance with KRS § 65.8828(4) or
(6);
(b) Issued by an assigned hearing officer in accordance with KRS § 65.8829(7) and that is not appealed to the code enforcement board as provided in KRS
65.8828(6);
(c) Created because a violator neither paid nor contested the citation within seven
(7) days as provided in KRS § 65.8825(6); or
(d) Created because of a failure of a violator to appear at a hearing the violator requested to contest the citation as provided in KRS § 65.8828(1);
(9) “Owner” means a person, association, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity having a legal or equitable title in real property; and
(10) “Premises” means a lot, plot, or parcel of land, including any structures upon it.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. — Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
177, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
(1) “Local government” means any county, consolidated local government, urban- county government, charter county government, unified local government, or city of any class;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 65.8805
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) “Code enforcement board” means an administrative body created and acting under the authority of KRS § 65.8801 to KRS § 65.8839;
(3) “Joint code enforcement board” means two (2) or more local governments that have entered into an interlocal agreement in accordance with KRS § 65.210 to KRS § 65.300 to perform and enforce the duties of a code enforcement board as provided in KRS
65.8801 to 65.8839;
(4) “Code enforcement officer” means a city police officer, safety officer, citation officer, county police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, university police officer, airport police officer, or other public law enforcement officer with the authority to issue a citation;
(5) “Ordinance” means an official action of a local government body, which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law and shall include any provision of a code of ordinances adopted by a local government which embodies all or part of an ordinance;
(6) “Imminent danger” means a condition which is likely to cause serious or life- threatening injury or death at any time;
(7) “Abatement costs” means a local government’s necessary and reasonable costs for and associated with clearing, preventing unauthorized entry to, or demolishing all or a portion of a structure or premises, or taking any other action with regard to a structure or premises necessary to remedy a violation and to maintain and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare in accordance with any local government ordinance;
(8) “Final order” means any order:
(a) Issued by the code enforcement board in accordance with KRS § 65.8828(4) or
(6);
(b) Issued by an assigned hearing officer in accordance with KRS § 65.8829(7) and that is not appealed to the code enforcement board as provided in KRS
65.8828(6);
(c) Created because a violator neither paid nor contested the citation within seven
(7) days as provided in KRS § 65.8825(6); or
(d) Created because of a failure of a violator to appear at a hearing the violator requested to contest the citation as provided in KRS § 65.8828(1);
(9) “Owner” means a person, association, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity having a legal or equitable title in real property; and
(10) “Premises” means a lot, plot, or parcel of land, including any structures upon it.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. — Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
177, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.