File #: 2010-0589    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/15/2010 In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: 12/13/2010 Final action: 12/13/2010
Enactment date: 12/17/2010 Enactment #: 17006
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to extending the expiration date for the ordinance designating antiprostitution emphasis areas; and amending Ordinance 15056, Section 2, and K.C.C. 12.63A.010 and Ordinance 15056, Section 4, as amended.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert, Bob Ferguson, Reagan Dunn, Joe McDermott
Indexes: SOAP
Attachments: 1. 17006.pdf, 2. 2010-0589 Transmittal Letter.pdf, 3. 2010-0589 - hearing notice.doc, 4. 2010-0589 SOAP Renewal kc edits (3), 5. 2010-0589 SOAP Renewal Revised
Staff: Curry, Clifton
Drafter
Clerk 12/09/2010
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AN ORDINANCE relating to extending the expiration date for the ordinance designating antiprostitution emphasis areas; and amending Ordinance 15056, Section 2, and K.C.C. 12.63A.010 and Ordinance 15056, Section 4, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The county council adopted Ordinance 15056 in 2004 to establish antiprostitution emphasis areas, also known as stay-out-of-areas-of-prostitution, to discourage prostitution and prostitution-related activity in identified neighborhoods in unincorporated King County.
2. The establishment of Ordinance 15056 and the designation of these areas provided law enforcement with a useful tool to effectively improve the quality of life in these designated areas.
3. In the process of adopting Ordinance 15056, the council heard extensive testimony from neighborhood representatives, law enforcement officers, business leaders, school officials, community activists, representatives of minority communities, and the unincorporated area council about the need for this legislation.
4. The county council in designating the stay-out-of-areas-of-prostitution, established an expiration date that allowed for a review of the effectiveness of the policy.
5. In 2006, the council adopted Ordinance 15655, which extended the application of Ordinance 15056 until December 31, 2010. Thus Ordinance 15056 has been in place since 2004 and has had significant positive effect upon the community.
6. In 2009, various areas contained in Ordinance 15056 have been annexed into surrounding cities and this proposed ordinance modifies the original areas to conform to the new boundaries.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the King County council to establish in the King County Code areas that have been identified by law enforcement through a history of arrests and observation to be locales where individuals engaging in acts of prostitution congregate for purposes of solicitation...

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