(1) Any nuisance abatement plan executed by a nuisance business and the City shall certify the business owner's agreement to take all necessary and appropriate measures to reduce, eliminate or prevent future recurrence of each nuisance behavior and each serious violent behavior giving rise to a determination that the business is a nuisance business. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Taking steps to prevent the specific nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior, personally or through an agent such as a private security company;
(b) Hiring sufficient licensed and insured security personnel to patrol the business premises and the sidewalks abutting the business;
(c) Documenting proactive efforts with the Police Department regarding nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior activities;
(d) Participating in regular meetings with community-based organizations at which specific efforts to address nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior are discussed;
(e) Installing and maintaining improved lighting at each point of entry to and exit from the business and in designated common areas;
(f) Installing and maintaining surveillance cameras that are at all times: (.1) active and operational at each point of entry to and exit from the business, in designated common areas and in interior spaces where business operations are conducted, on the street abutting the business, and any other locations where prior nuisance behavior has been reported; (.2) disclosed to the public through posted notice on the premises; (.3) illuminated in such a manner so as to enable persons entering and exiting the business to be visible and identified on recorded footage; and (.4) maintaining recorded footage for not less than 6 months after the recording occurs; 1251.1
(g) Installing metal detectors to screen persons visiting the business;
(h) Maintaining an internal log or incident reporting system documenting the owner's response to specific incidents of illegal activity inside the business or on the sidewalks abutting the business;
(i) Displaying signage identifying prohibited behavior at the property;
(j) Making specific efforts to address litter and other cleanliness issues;
(k) Installing soundproofing insulation or taking other steps to control noise;
(l) Changing the hours of operation in a manner designed to reduce the likelihood of nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior;
(m) Changing business operations or products sold in a manner designed to reduce the likelihood of nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior;
(n) Providing written acknowledgement that any drug paraphernalia sales that served as a basis for the business’s designation as a nuisance business were in violation of applicable zoning requirements; 1251.2
(o) Removing any drug paraphernalia offered for sale or display in violation of applicable zoning requirements from the business’s premises; 1251.3
(q) Any other measures deemed likely to abate or prevent the recurrence of the nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior.
Notes
| 1251 | Caption and Section amended, Bill No. 230271 (approved July 5, 2023). |
| 1251.1 | Amended, Bill No. 230569 (approved December 13, 2023). |
| 1251.2 | Added, Bill No. 230569 (approved December 13, 2023). |
| 1251.3 | Added, Bill No. 230569 (approved December 13, 2023). |
| 1251.4 | Added, Bill No. 230569 (approved December 13, 2023). |