ORDINANCE NO. _________, SERIES 2017
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES (LMCO) SECTIONS 156.005 AND 156.057 RELATING TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE (AS AMENDED).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HAMILTON, BUTLER, JAMES, MULVIHILL, GREEN, SHANKLIN, WOOLRIDGE, SEXTON SMITH AND YATES
WHEREAS, in its continuing effort to prevent and eliminate properties where criminal activity has caused the property to become a nuisance to properties in the vicinity resulting in blight and decline in property values as well as threatening the health and safety of area residents; and
WHEREAS, in order to expand the types of criminal activities which contribute to nuisance properties and to clarify the application of this ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (THE COUNCIL) AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances ("LMCO") ? 156.005 is amended to add the following definition:
? 156.005 DEFINITIONS.
Law Enforcement Officers. A member of a lawfully organized police unit or police force of Louisville Metro Government or a suburban city of Jefferson County, who is responsible for the detection of crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, as well as sheriffs, sworn deputy sheriffs, and campus police officers, law enforcement support personnel, public airport authority security officers, other public and federal peace officers responsible for law enforcement employed by an agency located in Jefferson County.
SECTION II. LMCO ? 156.057 is amended to read:
? 156.057 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
(A) Criminal activity as a public nuisance.
(1) (A) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, PUBLIC NUISANCE shall mean any of the following criminal activity:
(a)(1) Any contraband production contaminated premises.;
(b)(2) Any premises, other than hotels/motels, wher...
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