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(a) It is unlawful for a person to openly and publicly display or consume natural <br />medicine or a natural medicine product. <br />(b) A person convicted of violating this section shall be punished by a fine of <br />not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than twenty-four (24) hours of <br />useful public service. <br />Sec. 9.42.040. Unlawful cultivation of natural medicine. <br />(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly cultivate natural medicine that <br />cumulatively exceeds an area of more than twelve (12) feet wide by twelve (12) feet long <br />in one or more cultivation areas on private property, or for a person who owns, occupies, <br />or controls private property to knowingly allow such cultivation. <br />(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful for any person to <br />knowingly cultivate natural medicine on private property outside of an enclosed or locked <br />space, or for any person who owns, occupies, or controls private property to knowingly <br />allow such cultivation. <br />(c) It shall not be a violation of subsection (b), if the person cultivating the <br />natural medicine is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, if the cultivation area is located <br />in a dwelling on private property, and: <br />(1) If a person under the age of twenty-one (21) lives at the dwelling, the <br />cultivation area itself is enclosed and locked; or <br />(2) If no person under the age of twenty-one (21) lives at the dwelling, <br />the external locks on the dwelling constitute an enclosed and locked space, but if a <br />person under the age of twenty-one (21) enters the dwelling, the person cultivating <br />the natural medicine shall ensure that access to the cultivation area is reasonably <br />restricted while the person under the age of twenty-one (21) is present on the private <br />property. <br />(d) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or (b) shall be punished by a <br />fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). <br />Section 8. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such <br />decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City <br />Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof <br />irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. <br />Section 9. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of <br />the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change <br />in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have <br />been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still <br />Ordinance No. 1887, Series 2024 <br />Page 6 of 7 <br />