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Editor's note — The provisions of AO No. 86-186 regarding smoking become effective on 7-1-1987 for the Anchorage School District.)
A.
For the purposes of section 16.90.030A only, the term "to own" means having title to, keeping, harboring, possessing or having custody or control of a rat.
B.
For the purposes of section 16.90.030E and H, the term "possessing" includes controlling, owning, leasing, occupying, possessing or having charge or dominion over.
(AO No. 83-95, 7-28-1983)
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to import, buy, sell or breed any member of the genus Rattus within the municipality, except in accordance with the terms of a written permit which has been issued therefor by the director of the Anchorage Health Department. The director may issue a permit only to scientists, scientific institutions, research institutions or government officers, agencies, boards or commissions upon a determination that it is in the public interest to do so.
B.
Any person who violates subsection A of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $50.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense, or injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation or threat of violation, or both injunctive relief and a civil penalty. Upon application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person is violating or threatening to violate subsection A of this section, the superior court shall grant injunctive relief to restrain the violation.
C.
(Reserved)
E.
Any other person with knowledge of the presence of rats within the municipality shall immediately inform the Anchorage Health Department of such knowledge.
F.
The Anchorage Health Department or its inspectors may inspect all places for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are infested with rats and whether the requirements of subsection E of this section as to their extermination and destruction are being complied with.
G.
The director of the Anchorage Health Department, upon a finding that an infestation of rats exists within the municipality and that subsection F of this section is not being complied with, may purchase poison, traps and other materials for the purpose of exterminating and destroying the rats, and may employ and pay inspectors to prosecute the work of extermination on both private and public property in the municipality.
H.
Whenever a person in possession of a place that is subject to the mandate set forth in subsection E of this section fails to perform as therein required, the department of health and human services shall at once cause the rats to be exterminated.
(AO No. 83-95; AO No. 85-8; AO No. 2014-42, § 46, 6-21-2014; AO No. 2018-118, § 2, 1-1-2019)
The director may permit retention of pet rats under justifiable circumstances as approved by the director. Children who are outside the state with a pet rat on July 28, 1983, may bring their pet rat back to the municipality.
(AO No. 83-95, 7-28-1983)
A.
The following types of establishments (as defined in AMC chapter 21.05) shall display human trafficking awareness signs in a conspicuous location that is clearly visible to the employees of the establishment:
1.
Assisted living facilities.
2.
Restaurants.
3.
Hotels and motels.
4.
Bars and other establishments with a state of Alaska beverage dispensary license.
5.
Adult-oriented establishments and premises containing uses where children are not allowed.
6.
A "general personal services" use (AMC section 21.05.050G.3) which, for any form of consideration, provides massage or similar service, and has at least four individuals who perform massage or similar service, but is not part of another use type, such as "health services" or "fitness or recreational sports center." This does not include barbershops, beauty salons, or other establishments, which offer massage only to the scalp, face, neck, shoulders, hands, and/or feet.
7.
A "general personal services" use (AMC section 21.05.050G.3) that is commonly known as a nail salon, and which, for any form of consideration, provides "manicuring" as defined by AS 08.13.220(9).
8.
Commercial marijuana establishments.
B.
The human trafficking awareness sign shall be at least 8½ inches by 11 inches in size, shall be printed in at least the size of 12-point Arial type, and shall include the message in subsection C below in the five most commonly spoken languages in the municipality, as determined by the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. The director shall determine when the sign shall be updated with new languages, shall notify the applicable establishments, and shall make updated signs available for in-person distribution at one or more municipal offices and online for printout by the establishment.
C.
The human trafficking awareness sign shall state substantially the following:
"If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in an activity and cannot leave—whether it is prostitution, housework, restaurant work, janitorial work, factory work, retail work, or any other activity—call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text INFO or HELP to 233-733 to access help and services. The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll-free, anonymous and confidential, and accessible in 170 languages. You may also call the Anchorage Police Department at 786-8900 or the local FBI office at 276-4441 for assistance. Victims of slavery and human trafficking are protected under United States and Alaska law. Posted pursuant to AO 2016-115(S)."
D.
It is the responsibility of the employer, owner, or operator of the business premises to have the notice properly posted at all times. If a notice is damaged or removed, the notice shall to be replaced immediately. Each day the notice is not properly posted at all times is a separate violation of this section.
(AO No. 2016-115(S), § 1, 11-15-2016[1])
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Editor's note — This ordinance also provided that "Owners and operators of establishments identified in Section 1 shall complete the posting requirement no later than March 31, 2017."