CITY OF LAKESIDE PARK, KENTUCKY
ORDINANCE NO. 04-2026
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKESIDE PARK, KENTUCKY AMENDING
CHAPTER 52, ARTICLE I OF THE LAKESIDE PARK, KENTUCKY CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO ADD LITTERING, AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeside Park, Kentucky and its residents have been inundated with unsolicited litter; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to impose an anti-littering ordinance and provide for the penalties thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKESIDE PARK, KENTUCKY, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 52.005 CRIMINAL LITTERING
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) LITTERING – The offense of littering as defined by KRS 512.070
(2) A person is guilty of criminal littering when he:
(a)Drops or permits to drop on a highway or street any destructive or injurious material and does not immediately remove it; or
(b)Knowingly places or throws litter on any public or private property, including but not limited to unsolicited advertising flyers without permission; or
(c)Knowingly places or throws litter on any public or private water without permission; or
(d)Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous pointed or edged substances on or adjacent to water to which the public has access for swimming or wading or on or within fifty feet of a public highway; or
(e)Discharges sewage, minerals, oil products or litter into public waters or lakes within the city.
(f)The unauthorized placement of any placards, signs posters or similar items attached to telephone poles, light poles, street signs, trees and fences.
Section 52.999 PENALTY
(D) A violation of 52.005 of this chapter shall be a Class A misdemeanor for which any person convicted thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be sentenced to pay a criminal fine not to exceed the maximum amount of $500, as set forth in KRS 534.040(2)(a), or a term of imprisonment not to exceed the maximum period of 12 months, as set forth in KRS 532.090(1), or both for a first offence; and to pay a criminal fine of not less than $250 but not to exceed $500 for a second or greater offence, and a term of imprisonment of not less than two days, but not to exceed the maximum period of 12 months, as set forth in KRS 532.090(1). Any corporation convicted of a violation of 52.005 of this chapter shall be fined not more than $10,000, as set forth in KRS 534.050(|)(b), for a first offence, and to pay a fine of at least $3,000, but not more than $10,000, for a second or greater offence.
FIRST READING: April 13, 2026
SECOND READING: May11, 2026
AYES: 4
NAYS: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
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