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ORDINANCE 2881
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS
FOR LICENSES, PERMITS AND APPROVALS FOR ADULT BUSINESSES
WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance 2858 on May 3, 2004 providing for a moratorium
on approvals for adult businesses pending approval of regulations on the potential location and
regulation of adult businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City needs additional time to consider properly and carefully the potential
location and regulation of adult businesses; 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 of the Growth Management Act (Ch. 36.70), authorizes 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Moratorium Established. The moratorium imposed by Ordinance 2858
upon the filing with the city or the courts of any applications for licenses, permits and approvals for
"adult entertainment facilities" is re-imposed, extended, and continued in effect until May 1, 2005,
or until adult business regulations are adopted by the City Council, whichever is sooner. "Adult
entertainment facilities" are defined for purposes of this ordinance in Exhibit A to Ordinance 2858,
incorporated by reference, a copy of which is available for viewing and copying at the office of the
City Clerk, City Administration, 181 Quincy Street, # 201, Port Townsend, Washington.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of
the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after passage.
Publication of this ordinance shall be by summary thereof consisting of the title.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this first day of November, 2004.
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Catharine Robinson, Mayor
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Pamela Kolacy, CMC, City Cl::Q
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John P. Watts, City Attorney
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