840 – 930 | Pets, Zoning, Regulations

840.2 MAINTENANCE OF DOGS

SECTION ONE: It shall be unlawful for any person(s) to keep and/or maintain more than four dogs on his property at one time.

SECTION TWO: It shall be unlawful for any person(s) to raise dogs for sale within the city limits of said City of Moorland.

SECTION THREE: It is further ordained that anyone who violates the provision of Section One and Two of this ordinance shall be punished for such violation by a fine of not less than twenty-five (S25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense. Each citation shall constitute a separate violation.

840.3 DOGS AND CATS (AMENDS 840.1)

SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 840.1, Section Three shall be amended as follows:

Dogs and Cats not in compliance with Sections One and Two of Ordinance No. 840.1 may be seized by the dog warden, marshal or his deputies and taken physically to the dog pound in Jeffer­son County, Kentucky. The owner of the dog or cat in violation shall be notified by the County dog pound and shall be cited in violation of Section One and Two of this ordinance by the City of Moorland.

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920.1 ZONING CHANGE

         SECTION ONE:  We, the Board of Moorland, a sixth class city, do hereby ordain a change in zoning of lots 1 through 6 of Moorland Subdivision, Section 2, as recorded in the Jefferson County Court Clerk’s Office in Plat Book 13, page 95, and Lots 1 and 2 and Lots 101 through 105, Section 1 of Moorland Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 12, page 4, in the Jefferson County Court Clerk’s Office, from Single Family Residential classification, as provided in Ordinance 1960-1, to Apartment or Multiple Family Buildings subject to the following terms and conditions:

1)   Only One (1) apartment building shall be erected on Lots 1 and 2 in Section 1 referred to above; there two lots shall comprise a single unit of land.

2)   No multiple dwelling unit shall be erected unless it be of brick veneer construction, and contain not less than thirteen hundred square feet (1300) of floor space on any given floor;

3)   All building and drainage plans shall be subject to the approval of the Trustees of Moorland, and the Trustees shall have the further right to determine the location of the apartment building on each particular lot;

4)   All buildings shall conform to local and state building codes;

5)   If state law so requires, access roads shall be provided by owners or developers to property;

6)   The owners or developer shall so grade said lots after construction of buildings thereon so that all flow of surface water shall be diverted to drainage ditches presently established;

7)   The owner or developer shall obtain approval from the State Board of Health for septic tanks, making such percolation tests as are required by the State Board of Health.

930.1 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

SECTION ONE: All lots above described shall be used for resi­dence purposes only.

SECTION TWO: The ground floor area of one-story house shall be a minimum of 1000 square feet and the ground floor area of each one and one-half story house shall be a minimum of 850 square feet. Open porches and attached garages are not to be included in com­puting the floor area.

SECTION THREE: The plans and specifications for each house and garage or carport, and the type of exterior material, and the driveway entrance to the street shall be approved in writing be­fore the work is begun by the [party of the first part] [Building Inspector], or by any­one that the [party of the first part] [Building Inspector] authorizes in writing.

SECTION FOUR: Lawn grades and house elevations and location of house are to be approved in the same manner as the plans and specifications under Section Three. Building setback lines on the recorded plat shall be observed as a minimum.

SECTION FIVE: Any fencing shall be of a hedge or ornamental open type, and shall not extend nearer to the front line of the lot than the front wall of the residence. The plans and specifi­cations for any fences, additions, repairs and improvements are to be approved before work is begun the same as a house or garage under Section Three.

SECTION SIX: No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be carried on upon any lot above described nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.

SECTION SEVEN: No trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage or other outbuilding erected on any lot described above at any time shall be used as a residence, temporarily or permanently. No struc­ture shall be moved onto any lot unless it shall conform to the re­strictions herein.

SECTION EIGHT: No chickens, ducks, geese or other fowl, and no swine, cattle, goats, horses or other like animals shall be kept on any lot. No animals are to be raised for com­mercial purposes on said property.

         SECTION NINE: Right is reserved to cut the grass and the weeds on unimproved lots.

SECTION TEN: No more than one sign shall be permitted on any unimproved lots and the same shall not be larger than two (2) feet, except the present owner shall have the right to erect larger signs when advertising such property.

SECTION ELEVEN: A perpetual easement is reserved on each lot above described, as shown on plat of said subdivision, for the pur­poses marked on said plat.

SECTION TWELVE: All restrictive covenants set forth above shall have a continuing use with the land until January 1, 1980 and thereafter until such time as the owners of a majority of said lots may in writing, duly recorded, change, alter, amend or cancel said restrictions.

SECTION THIRTEEN: Any residence lot owner may enforce the re­strictions and covenants aforesaid by appropriate legal procedure. Invalidation of any one or more of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.

[SECTION FOURTEEN:  If at any time there is no one authorized to make approvals under Section Three, Four, and Five of these restrictions, or at any time upon the request of the party of the first part, the owners of the lots in said subdivision shall elect a committee of not less than three of said lot owners to perform said function.]

[SECTION FIFTEEN:

(1) Beginning on January 1, 1956. and annually thereafter, the owner or owners of each lot in said subdivision shall pay an annual maintenance charge of $9.00 per annum to be used to pay for the control, operation and maintenance of the streets and drainage facilities of said subdivision, and for the upkeep and maintenance of any street light that may be installed in said subdivision. This maintenance charge shall be deposited in a separate account in some state or Federal bank and any surplus in any year shall not be refunded, but held for said purposes. The maintenance charge shall continue until such time as the functions herein provided for shall be taken over by some governmental department or agency, at which time they shall cease.

(2) The owner or owners of each lot shall be personally obli­gated, by the acceptance of the deed attached to each such lot to pay such annual maintenance charge on said lot when due, and

(3) Said maintenance charges shall be paid to and collected by Homes, Inc. until the committee hereinafter provided for is formed, and thereafter said maintenance charges shall constitute three Trustees, who shall be elected by the owners of the lots in said subdivision from among their number, and in such elections there shall be one vote for each lot to be cast by the owner or owners of said lot. Trustees shall be elected for a term of four years, and shall hold office until their successors are elected. The lot owners may adopt bylaws for the management of the business of the Trustees. Vacancies may be filled by the remaining Trustees. Trustees, during their term must be owner or one of owners of a lot in said subdi­vision.

(4) Funds from maintenance charges to the extent necessary may be expended by the said Homes, Inc., or said Trustees, as the case may be, for said purposes or any one or more of them, in their uncontrolled discretion or as hereinafter provided, and without any liability to any lot owner or owner. or others for any expenditure or failure to expend, or the result thereof, except to account for the funds received. Expenditures to the extent of funds available shall be made for any of said purposes at the written request of a majority of the lot owners.

(5) Homes, Inc., may perform said functions only during such times as it continues to own any lot or lots in said subdivision. It may at its option at any prior time direct said lot owners to elect said committee and takeover said functions. In event the lot owners fail to elect such committee within two weeks after notice, then Homes, Inc. may appoint such committee to perform said functions until such lot owners elect such committee, which appointed committee may be one person.]