File #: 2010-0590    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 #: 17007
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to extending the expiration date for the ordinance designating stay-out-of-drug-area emphasis areas; and amending Ordinance 15057, Section 2, and K.C.C. 12.61.010 and Ordinance 15057, Section 4, as amended.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert, Bob Ferguson, Reagan Dunn, Joe McDermott
Indexes: SODA
Attachments: 1. 17007.pdf, 2. 2010-0590 Transmittal Letter.pdf, 3. 2010-0590 - hearing notice.doc, 4. 2010-0590 SODA Renewal Revised, 5. 2010-0590 SODA Renewal kc edits
Staff: Curry, Clifton
Drafter
Clerk 12/09/2010
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AN ORDINANCE relating to extending the expiration date for the ordinance designating stay-out-of-drug-area emphasis areas; and amending Ordinance 15057, Section 2, and K.C.C. 12.61.010 and Ordinance 15057, Section 4, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The county council adopted Ordinance 15057 in 2004 to establish stay-out-of-drug-area emphasis areas to discourage illegal drug sales and use in identified neighborhoods in unincorporated King County.
2. The establishment of Ordinance 15057 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 15057, 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 designated the stay-out-of-drug-area emphasis areas established an expiration date that allowed for a review of the effectiveness of the policy.
5. Ordinance 15057 has been in place since 2004 and has had a significant positive effect upon the community.
6. In 2009, various areas contained in Ordinance 15057 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 King County areas that have been identified by law enforcement through a history of arrests and observation to be locales where illicit drug sales, possession of drugs, pedestrian or vehicular traffic attendant to drug activity, or other activity associated with drug offenses confirms a pattern associated with drug trafficking as designated by state law. The following sections identify those areas of d...

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