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covering would interfere with their ability to perform their respective duties or would prevent clear communications regarding enforcement actions or direction and when talking on the radio. G. Persons who are hearing impaired or otherwise a person with a disability or who are communicating with someone who is hearing impaired or otherwise a person with a disability and where the ability to see the mouth is essential to communication. H. Persons who enter a place of public accommodation are asked by the manager or manager's designee to temporarily remove face coverings for purposes of identifying those persons. Section 4. Required Signage. All places of public accommodation shall display at each entrance a sign provided by the City advising all persons of the requirements of this Ordinance, and that it is unlawful to enter such place of public accommodation without a required face covering. Section 5. Violations; Penalty. Any person charged with a violation of this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the General Penalty in Chapter 1.28 of the Louisville Municipal Code, which provides for incarceration for a period not to exceed three hundred sixty-four (364) days, a fine not to exceed two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars ($2,650.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As provided in Section 1.28.010.13, each and every day during any portion of which any violation is committed, continued or permitted shall be a separate violation, and the violator shall be punished accordingly. Section 6. Violations; License Suspension or Revocation. In addition to the penalties provided in Chapter 1.28 of the Louisville Municipal Code, a violation of this Ordinance may be cause for suspension or revocation of any license issued by the City following notice and hearing before the applicable licensing authority or summary, temporary suspension of a license when the noncompliance presents an immediate threat to health, safety, and welfare. Section 7. Effective Date This ordinance shall become effective immediately and continue in effect until amended or repealed by ordinance of the City Council. Section 8. More Restrictive Requirements Control. To the extent any federal, state, or county regulations, orders, or laws are enacted that are more restrictive than the requirements of this Ordinance, the more restrictive shall control. Section 9. Provisions Severable. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. Section 10. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in Ordinance No. 1799, Series 2020 Page 6 of 7