{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-67a.730","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 67A.730","heading":"First Ordinance -- Contents -- Hearing.","body":"If an urban -county government desires to authorize, construct, and finance an\nimprovement pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825, its governing body\nshall initiate the proceedings by adopting an ordinance, herein called the \"First\nOrdinance,\" in which announcement shall be made of the proposed improvement in such\nmanner as to identify the benefited properties which properties may be identified by\nnaming the public way or ways upon which they abut, if any, or by geographical location,\nor both. In either case the ordinance shall recite the nature and scope of the improvement,\na preliminary estimate of the costs thereof, as submitted in writing by an engineer, or firm\nof engineers, holding a license from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the amoun t, if\nany, which the urban -county government proposes to appropriate from available funds\ntoward the estimated cost. In all succeeding proceedings, the urban -county government\nshall be bound and limited by the preliminary report of the engineer, or enginee rs, with\nregard to the nature, scope, and extent of the proposed improvement project (unless the\nFirst Ordinance be amended); but shall not be bound by, or limited to, the preliminary\nestimate of costs. The costs shall be determined upon the basis of const ruction bids\npublicly solicited as hereinafter provided, and shall be binding upon the urban -county\ngovernment, and upon the owners of property to be benefited by the proposed\nimprovement project, whether the same turn out to be equal to, below, or above s uch\npreliminary estimate. Architects, engineers, and fiscal agents may be employed without\nadvertising or competition. The First Ordinance shall provide for a public hearing at a\ntime and place specified therein (not less than one (1) week after publicatio n) and shall\ngive notice that at the hearing any owner of property to be benefited may appear and be\nheard as to:\n(1) Whether the proposed project should be undertaken or abandoned, and\n(2) Whether the nature and scope of the project shall be altered. The  First Ordinance\nshall be published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. The First Ordinance may\ndesignate a person, who may be the mayor, a member of the governing body, or any\nofficial of the urban -county government, to preside at and conduct such public\nhearing. In the absence of a designation in the ordinance, the mayor, or a person\ndesignated by the mayor shall preside. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the public\nhearing shall not be deemed irregular or improper if it is in fact presided over and\nconducted at the designated time, and place by any elected officer or member of the\ngoverning body. Any owner of property intended to be benefited by the proposed\nimprovement project may be heard at such public hearing, in person or by a\nrepresentative.","path":["KRS Chapter 67A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23926","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:28Z","sha256":"3fa2d84a79b02a82b3fa6744eb7ce1bcbe5d323f536821a4e58d473d3dfacf75","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-67a.725","next":"us-ky/krs-67a.735"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}