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Council places carbon‑monoxide detector ordinance on Feb. 26 docket after committee recommendation
Summary
The Social Services & Public Safety committee recommended placing an ordinance on the Feb. 26 docket to require CO detection in existing commercial structures and to amend code to require detectors in existing single‑family and two‑family dwellings; council approved placing the item on the docket.
The Lexington‑Fayette Urban County Council moved to place on its Feb. 26 docket an ordinance that would create Section 9‑2.1 requiring carbon‑monoxide detection in existing commercial structures and would amend Section 12‑1(c) to require CO detectors in existing single‑family and two‑family dwellings.
Councilmember Reynolds summarized the Social Services & Public Safety committee’s Jan. 13 meeting, noting the ordinance seeks to close a safety gap for older buildings that are not covered by code requiring CO detection in new construction. The law department requested a nonmaterial correction to remove an unnecessary reference to the International Residential Code; staff said the Kentucky Residential Code establishes the building‑code requirements for single‑family and two‑family dwellings.
Reynolds moved to place the ordinance on the Feb. 26 docket and Councilmember Morton seconded; the motion passed. The ordinance was presented to the council with a proposed effective date of 180 days after passage. Staff said a one‑page information sheet will be distributed to help constituents understand updated code requirements and how to install carbon‑monoxide detectors.
