This dataset is designed to represent and identify the urban service area in Lexington-Fayette County approved in 1980. The urban service area is the part of the county where urban services (city garbage collection, street lights, street sweeping) area 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 slowly expanded. Expansion to the boundary is considered during Division of Planning's comprehensive plan review process, but the recommendation 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.