HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-003 Adopting findings in support of ordinance 2858
RESOLUTION NO. 05-003
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON ADOPTING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF ORDINANCE 2858, A
MORATORIUM ON THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES, PERMITS
AND APPROV ALS FOR ADULT BUSINESSES
WHEREAS, the City has determined to develop licensing and business regulations for
adult businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City needs time to consider properly and carefully the potential location
and regulation of adult businesses; and
WHEREAS, based on a wide range of testimony and documents presented to other cities
and counties by law enforcement officers and the public, the City Council finds that adult
businesses, although afforded some constitutional protection, often result in undesirable secondary
effects, including criminal and other unlawful activities such as prostitution, narcotics and liquor
law violations, breaches of the peace, assaults and sexual contact between entertainers and patrons;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the City's land use integrity and planning process
will suffer significant harm unless applications for licenses, permits and approvals for adult
businesses are prohibited until the planning process is completed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that protection of the health, safety and welfare
supports establishment of a moratorium on applications for licenses, permits and approvals for
adult businesses; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35A.63.220 relating to Code cities like Port Townsend and
36.70A.390, a section ofthe Growth Management Act (Ch. 36.70), authorize the City to adopt a
moratorium on development permits and approvals for adult businesses and thereafter to hold a
public hearing on the moratorium within 60 days of the commencement of the moratorium; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2858 on May 3, 2004, and Ordinance
2881 on November I, 2004, prohibiting applications for licenses for adult businesses, pending
further Council action on regulations and zoning for adult businesses. .
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend resolves as
follows:
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For the reasons set forth in the above recitals, Council determines it appropriate to leave
the interim Ordinance 2881 in effect to preserve the status quo and not allow applications for
adult businesses until after the City Council has held a public hearing or hearings and taken
action on appropriate City action on regulations and zoning for adult businesses.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting
thereof, held this third day of January, 2005.
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Catharine Robinson, Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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John P. Watts
City Attorney
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