ORDINANCE NO. _______________, SERIES 2018
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 156 OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES ("LMCO") INCLUDING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND UNLICENSED MASSAGE THERAPY WITHIN THE MEANING OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE ORDINANCE (AS AMENDED).
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SPONSORED BY: PRESIDENT JAMES, COUNCILMEMBERS GREEN, HAMILTON, LEET, SHANKLIN, WOOLRIDGE, AND LANSHIMA
WHEREAS, Metro Council is concerned with the compliance of current drug laws as well as the public health problems associated with drug-related crime and violence in the community;. Metro Council is also concerned with human trafficking and prostitution within illicit massage businesses, commonly known as massage parlors.
WHEREAS, Metro Council believes that incorporating unlicensed massage therapy within the Criminal Activity as a Public Nuisance ordinance will help to eliminate massage parlor trafficking while ensuring the health and safety of customers and employees of therapeutic massage businesses.
WHEREAS, Metro Council believes including drug paraphernalia in the definition of criminal activity within the Criminal Activity as a Public Nuisance ordinance will help enforce drug laws as well as reduce crime and violence in the community; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish this objective, Metro Council modifies the definition of criminal activity as a public nuisance to include drug paraphernalia and unlicensed massage therapy to prohibit owners of residential, commercial, or vacant property from allowing their premise to be used as the site for drug-related crime.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 156.057(A)(2) of the LMCO is hereby amended as follows:
?156.057 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
(2) Any premises, other than hotels/motels, where law enforcement officers, on more than one occasion in t...
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