2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 381 - TITLE TO PROPERTY AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE, OWNERSHIP, AND ALIENATION 381.780 Removal of open toilets in city of first or second class -- City's lien on property for cost of removal.
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381.780 Removal of open toilets in city of first or second class -- City's lien
on property for cost of removal.
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The maintenance of an outdoor toilet not connected to a septic tank or sewer
system, hereinafter called an open toilet, within the boundaries of a city of the
first or second class is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Any open toilet which presently exists shall be removed by the owner of the
property upon which such toilet is located within two (2) years from June 18,
1970. Thereafter, when an open toilet is discovered, the director of sanitation
or other responsible officer designated by the city legislative body shall give
written notice to the property owner to remove the open toilet and fill the toilet
pit within ten (10) days after the date of the notice. The notice shall be mailed
to the last known address of the property owner, as it appears on the current
tax assessment roll. Upon failure of the owner of the property to comply with
the terms of the notice, the director of sanitation or other responsible officer
designated by the city legislative body is authorized to send employees upon
the property to remove the open toilet and fill the toilet pit.
The city shall have a lien against the property for the reasonable cost of labor
and materials used in removing the open toilet and filling the toilet pit. The
affidavit of the director of sanitation or other responsible officer designated by
the city shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount of the lien and the
regularity of the proceedings pursuant to this section, and shall be recorded in
the office of the county clerk in the county where the city is located. The lien
shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear
interest at six percent (6%) per annum thereafter until paid.
History: Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 1.
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