The urban service area boundary data layer is an integral part of the planning data in the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government Geographic Information System. This information is used by the Division of Planning in case review, enforcement, and long range planning. GIS data layers are accessed by personnel in most LFUCG divisions for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production.

This dataset is designed to represent and identify the urban service area in Lexington-Fayette County. The urban service area is the part of the county where urban services (city garbage collection, street lights, street sweeping) are provided and a higher density for development is allowed. The boundary is defined by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Ordinance. The boundary was originally approved in 1958 and has been occasionally modified. Any expansion to the boundary is considered during Division of Planning's comprehensive plan review process, but the recommendation from Planning must receive Urban County Council approval for alteration. After UCG Council approval is received the ordinance is forwarded to the GIS Office for inclusion in the dataset.

The data is in ESRI feature class format, but can be exported to any number of supported formats, including shapefile and dxf. The native projection for the data is Kentucky State Plane North (NAD83), but may have been reprojected for use in other applications. Please check metadata to determine current projection.