{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.8808","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.8808","heading":"Code enforcement board creation -- Joinder with additional cities or","body":"counties -- Powers -- Classification of violation of ordinance as civil offense.\n(1) The legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, create a code\nenforcement board which shall have the power to issue remedial orders and impose\ncivil fines as a method of enforcing a local government ordinance when a violation\nof the ordinance has been classified as a civil offense in accordance with this\nsection. Any local gov ernment may expand its code enforcement board to include\nadditional cities or counties within its jurisdiction for performing the function for\nwhich the code enforcement board was organized.\n(2) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (3) of thi s section, the legislative\nbody of a local government may utilize a code enforcement board to enforce any\nordinance of the local government, including but not limited to littering, open\ndumping of solid waste, or any zoning or nuisance ordinance. Each ordi nance to be\nenforced by a code enforcement board, by its express terms, shall provide that each\nviolation of the ordinance shall constitute a civil offense. The ordinance shall\nprovide either:\n(a) A specific civil fine or fines that may be imposed for each  violation of the\nordinance; or\n(b) Two (2) separate civil fines as follows:\n1. A maximum civil fine that may be imposed for each offense if the\ncitation is contested under KRS 65.8825(6); and\n2. A specific civil fine of less than the maximum civil fine th at will be\nimposed for each offense if the person who has committed the offense\ndoes not contest the citation.\n(3) With the exceptions of criminal littering under KRS 433.753 and littering of public\nwaters under KRS 433.757, no legislative body of a local government shall classify\nthe violation of an ordinance as a civil offense if the same conduct that is regulated\nby the ordinance would also, under any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes,\nconstitute a criminal offense or a moving motor vehicle offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51308","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:23Z","sha256":"bf99a25927f4f388eb2611a7b5425af9c1a672fabf45ad2c3c93a522ce51c67a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.8805","next":"us-ky/krs-65.8811"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}