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(A) Whenever it is shown that a nuisance is associated with or caused by the conduct of a business or activity licensed by the city and that the existence of the nuisance presents an immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the City Council may suspend the license of the person or persons conducting the business or activity.
(B) The City Clerk shall cause a notice of the suspension to be served personally upon the licensee, or upon any responsible agent of the licensee, at the premises where the licensed business or activity is being conducted. The notice shall clearly inform the licensee of the reason for the suspension, and the conditions that must be met for the suspension to be removed.
(C) Upon application of the licensee, and upon a showing that the nuisance has been satisfactorily abated and that any other reasonable conditions set forth in the notice have been met, the City Council may remove the suspension.
It shall be unlawful to maintain any vacant lot or other premises within the municipality of the city on which the rubbish is allowed to accumulate, weeds or long grass allowed to grow or any water is allowed to collect and lie stagnant, in which mosquitoes breed, or are likely to breed, and any such premises or vacant lot on which such rubbish, weeds, long grass or stagnant water is allowed to remain is hereby declared a nuisance and dangerous to the health of the people in the city.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
The collection of water referred to in § 92.07 shall be held to be those contained in ditches, ponds, pools, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs, except horse troughs in frequent use, eaves troughs, urns, urn cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets or other similar containers.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) The method of treatment of the collection of water specified in § 92.08, so as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, shall be any one or more of the following:
(1) Screening with wire netting of at least 16 meshes to the inch each way or any other material which would prevent the ingress or egress of mosquitoes;
(2) Complete emptying every seven days of the unscreened containers;
(3) Using a larvicide approved by and applied under the direction of the Health Department;
(4) Covering completely every seven days the surface of the water with per off in oil, kerosene or petroleum in sufficient quantities to remain covered at least 12 hours each time;
(5) Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free from vegetable growth and other obstructions and stocking with mosquito-destroying fish, absence of half-grown or larger mosquito larvae to be evidence of compliance with this measure;
(6) Filling or draining to the satisfaction of the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department; and
(7) The removal of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty bottles and similar articles likely to hold water at least once in seven days.
(B) If not removed, it must be so completely destroyed as not to be able to hold water.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
The natural presence of mosquito larvae in standing or running water shall be evidence that mosquitoes are breeding there, and failure to prevent such breeding within the 24 hours or such reasonable period as may be specified, in writing, by the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department shall be deemed a violation of the ordinance and regulation.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
Should a person or persons responsible for conditions giving rise to breeding of mosquitoes fail or refuse to take necessary measures to prevent the same within 24 hours or such reasonable period as may be specified, in writing, by the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department, the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department is hereby authorized to do so, and all necessary costs incurred by the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department shall be a charge against the property owner or other person offending as the case may be.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958)
The Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department shall enforce the provisions of §§ 92.07 through 92.13, and for this purpose may, at all reasonable times, enter in and upon any premises within its jurisdiction and any person or persons charged with any of the duties imposed by §§ 92.07 through 92.13 falling within the time specified by the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department to comply with any order thereof to comply with §§ 92.07 through 92.13 shall be deemed guilty of a violation and each day after the expiration of this time that said persons fails to comply with §§ 92.07 through 92.13 shall be deemed a separate offense of §§ 92.07 through 92.13.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958)
The owner of the premises, and, in his or her absence, the agent or occupant, shall be held under §§ 92.07 through 92.13 to be responsible for the prevention or correction of conditions giving rise to the breeding of mosquitoes; provided any tenant, trespasser or other person causing said condition without the consent of the owner or agent shall be held responsible therefor.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958)
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