§ 9-4402. Business Owner Notice and Liability. 1249
   (1)   Any person authorized to enforce ordinances may issue a business owner a notice that nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior has taken place inside the business or on the sidewalk or street abutting the business during hours when the business was operating.
   (2)   Notice issued pursuant to subsection 9-4402(1) shall identify the nuisance behavior or serious violent behavior at issue, the date of its occurrence, and the remedies and penalties for a business that is declared a chronic nuisance business or critical nuisance business. Such notice may include recommendations regarding potential remedial measures and provide an opportunity to demonstrate adequate remedial measures to the issuing department. Such notice shall be subject to appeal by the business owner as set forth in Section 9-4405 below.
   (3)   A business owner shall not be liable for an individual incident of nuisance behavior under this Chapter, unless the owner was personally responsible for such behavior, but the owner of a nuisance business shall be subject to the remedies set forth in this Chapter.

 

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   Caption and Section amended, Bill No. 230271 (approved July 5, 2023).