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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 17C
Chapter 17C.305
Section 17C.305.030
 

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.305 Adult Business

Section 17C.305.030 Enforcement
  1. In addition to any penalties, sanctions, enforcement or remedies available to the City under SMC 17I.010.010, the following shall apply to violations of this chapter 17C.305.
    1. Any premises, building, dwelling, or other structure in which an adult business is repeatedly operated or maintained in violation of this chapter 17C.305 SMC shall constitute a recurring public nuisance and shall be subject to civil abatement proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction.
    1. For purposes of this section, “repeatedly operated or maintained in violation” shall mean operating in violation of this chapter 17C.305 SMC during three or more months within a one year period dating from the time of any violation, provided that the City shall not be required to prove that the business operated in violation of this chapter on every day of the three or more months.
    1. If an adult business is declared by a court to be a recurring public nuisance pursuant to this section, the person or entity found to be operating the recurring public nuisance, and any entity controlled by said person or entity or any principal thereof, shall be prohibited from operating any business at the nuisance location for a period of three years from the date of the court’s declaration.
  1. The City’s legal counsel is hereby authorized to institute civil proceedings necessary for the enforcement of this chapter 17C.305 SMC to abate, enjoin, prosecute, restrain, or correct any violations of same. Such proceedings shall be brought in the name of the City, provided, however, that nothing in this section and no action taken hereunder, shall be held to exclude such criminal or administrative proceedings as may be authorized by other provisions of this section, or any of the laws in force in the city or to exempt anyone violating this code or any part of the said laws from any penalty which may be incurred.

Date Passed: Monday, June 3, 2013

Effective Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013

ORD C34987 Section 7