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Home My WebLink AboutORD 5872 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE N0. 5872 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SUBSECTION 4-2-060.G AND SECTION 4-11-030 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT LOCATIONS IN RENTON, ADDING A DEFINITION FOR "COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT LOCATION (CHEL)," AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the King County Board of Health adopted Resolution No. 17-01 endorsing the Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force Final Report and Recommendations calling on local and state actors to implement the public health policies outlined in the report, including the establishment of at least two pilot safe injection facilities, which King County designates as community health engagement locations (CHELs), for supervised injection of heroin and other illegal drugs; and WHEREAS, the King County Council subsequently adopted a policy that no funds from its Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Fund shall be expended to establish a community health engagement location except in any city which chooses to establish such a location by vote of its elected governing body; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No.4317, which expressed the Council's opposition to the siting of a community health engagement location; and WHEREAS, this matter was duly referred to the Planning Commission for investigation and study, and the matter was considered by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.106, the City notified the State of Washington of its intent to adopt amendments to its development regulations; and 1 ORDINANCE NO. 5872 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 18, 2017, considered all relevant matters, and heard all parties in support or opposition, and subsequently forwarded a recommendation to the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Subsection 4-2-060.G of the Renton Municipal Code is amended as shown in Attachment A. SECTION II. Section 4-11-030 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended to add a definition of"Community Health Engagement Location (CHEL),"to read as shown below.All other definitions in RMC 4-11-030 shall remain in effect and unchanged. COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT LOCATION (CHEL): Communitv Health En�a�ement Location means a location desi�ned to provide a hv�ienic environment where individuals are able to consume ille�al or illicit dru�s intravenously or bv any other means. A CHEL includes all uses established or activities undertaken for the above-defined purpose, irrespective of how the use or activitv is described. A CHEL mav also be referred to as a medicallv supervised iniection center, supervised iniection site or facilitv, safe iniection site fix room or dru�consumption facilitv. SECTION III. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance. 2 ORDINANCE N0. 5872 SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5)days after publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall consist of this ordinance's title. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 11th day of December , 2017. � ,` r�+✓ Jaso A. Seth, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 11th day of December , 2017. �� Denis Law, Mayor Approved as to form: \\`\,a�aunn�irrri ��`y OF R EN �''''�. „��a�t� ,�`.�``,�,.��"„��,,,,,��'p�,,''', = �'`_ �. '', = Shane Moloney, City Attorney * _ �E AL : * _ _ �_, y� _ o; Date of Publication: 12/15/2017 (summary) '�� C� ''��+int��"��``�p'\��` ''��RA�EO,s��`�\``. ORD:2002:11/21/17:scr 3 ORDINANCE NO. 58�2 ATTACHMENT A 4-2-060.G COMMERCIAL ZONING RESIDENTIAL ZONING DESIGNATIONS INDUSTRIAL USES: DESIGNATIONS RC R-1 R-4 R-6 R-8 RMH R-10 R-14 RMF IL IM IH CN CV CA CD CO COR UC Community Facilities Cemetery H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Religious institutions H H H H H � H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Service and social organizations H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H12 H21 H82 Public Facilities City government facilities H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Communitv Health En�a�ement Location CHEL Jails, existing municipal p Diversion facility and diversion interim H71 H71 service facility Secure community transition facilities H71 H71 Other government offices and facilities H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H 4