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Sec. 8.20.-040020. Fly-producing conditions. A It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or keep within the City any of the following unsanitary, fly-producing, disease-causing conditions 1 Any accumulation of manure on premises where animals are kept, unless the premises are kept clean and the manure is kept in a box or vault which is screened from flies and emptied at least once each week, 2 Cesspools or like places which are not securely screened to protect them from flies, 3 Garbage in any quantity which is not covered or screened to protect it from flies, or 4. Trash, litter, rags, or anything whatsoever in which flies may breed or multiply B Any of the conditions designated in subsection A of this section are declared to be nuisances and may be abated as such, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed for a violation of this Code Section 3 Sections 6 24 060 and 6 24 070 of the Louisville Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows (words to be deleted are shown in strikeout; words to be added are underlined) Sec. 6.24.060. Declaration of nuisance. The keeping of any bee colonies in the City not in strict compliance with this chapter is declared to be a menace to the health and safety of the residents of the City and is hereby declared to be a nuisance Any bee colony not residing in a hive structure intended for beekeeping, or any swarm of bees, or any colony residing in a standard or homemade hive which, by virtue of its condition, has obviously been abandoned by the beekeeper, is hereby declared to be a menace to the health and safety of the residents of the City and is hereby declared to be a nuisance Any bee colonies kept in the City not in compliance with this chapter or otherwise declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this section may be scarify subject to destruction or removal from the City at the direction of the chief of police, or his designee Sec. 6.24.070. Enforcement. Ordinance No 1707,Series 2015 Page 9 of 14