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RESOLUTION NO. 04-045
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 APPROVALS 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 ofthe 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 of the 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 prohibiting
applications for licenses for adult businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend resolves as follows:
For the reasons set forth in the above recitals, Council determines it appropriate to leave the
interim Ordinance 2858 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.
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Resolution 04-045
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting thereof,
held this ninth day of August, 2004.
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Catharine Robinson, Mayor
Attest:
Approved as to form:
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City Clerk
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John P. Watts
City Attorney
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Resolution 04-045