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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda AGENDA Public Safety Committee Regular Meeting 4:00 PM - Monday, September 21, 2015 Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way AGENDA 1. Adoption of Ordinance Amending RMC 1-3-3.A., Nuisances 2. Washington Mutual Aid System (WMAS) Briefing REGULAR COUNCIL - 14 Sep 2015 SUBJECT/TITLE: Ordinance Amending RMC 1-3-3.A Clarifying that Calls to Report Domestc Violence, Sex-Related Offences, Stalking or Requesting Medical Attention Will Not Be Considered as a Nuisance or Used Against a Person or Property in Making a Finding of Nuisance RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Public Safety Committee DEPARTMENT: City Attorney STAFF CONTACT: Alex Tuttle, Assistant City Attorney EXT.: 6492 FISCAL IMPACT: Expenditure Required: $ N/A Transfer Amendment: $ N/A Amount Budgeted: $ N/A Revenue Generated: $ N/A Total Project Budget: $ N/A City Share Total Project: $ N/A SUMMARY OF ACTION: In an effort to ensure that the City's nuisance code is properly enforced and understood, it is necessary to clarify the City’s intent that calls to police reporting domestic violence, sex-related offenses, stalking, or any person requiring or requesting medical attention shall not be considered a nuisance or used against a person making such a call in a RMC 1-3-3 nuisance criminal prosecution matter. EXHIBITS: A. Proposed Ordinance Clarifying RMC 1-3-3.A STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the ordinance amending RMC 1-3-3.A. AGENDA ITEM # 1. 1 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 1‐3‐3 OF CHAPTER 3, REMEDIES AND PENALTIES, OF TITLE I (ADMINISTRATIVE) OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, CLARIFYING THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF RENTON’S CHRONIC NUISANCE REGULATIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Subsection 1‐3‐3.A, Purpose, of Chapter 3, Remedies and Penalties, of Title I (Administrative) of the Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows: A. Purpose: Unlawful, unkempt, unsafe, unsanitary, improperly maintained premises, properties, sidewalks and easements, premises where illegal and/or code violating conduct occur, and nuisances and chronic nuisance properties within the City, create potentially grave habitability, health, safety, sanitation, and welfare concerns for the City, its residents and guests, and for the value and economic well‐being of the premises and properties and premises and/or property owners in Renton. These nuisances are a financial burden on the City because repeated calls for service, complaints or requests for investigations and/or inspections of suspected nuisances require the time and resources of the City administration, the Renton Police Department, the City Attorney Department and the court. These nuisances include not only those on private residential properties, but also those on private commercial properties that fail to provide adequate and properly trained security and/or supervision, which results in calls for service for AGENDA ITEM # 1. ORDINANCE NO. ________ 2 incidents that could have been prevented or limited with adequate security and/or supervision. Therefore, it is the purpose and intent of the City, in enacting this Chapter, to ameliorate nuisances and hold those persons responsible criminally and financially accountable. It is also the The purpose of this Chapter is to provide the City’s representatives with the necessary powers to prevent, remedy and/or abate nuisances and to charge those responsible for the abatement costs. This Chapter is a reasonable and proper exercise of the City’s police power with a rational relationship toward fostering or preserving the public peace, safety, health, morals or welfare, and it shall be liberally construed to effect this purpose. This Chapter’s remedies are not exclusive and remedies available under federal, state or other local laws may also apply. Consistent with RCW 35.80.030(7) (entitled Permissible Ordinances – Appeal), the City of Renton is (a) prescribing minimum standards for the use and occupancy of dwellings throughout the municipality, (b) prescribing minimum standards for the use or occupancy of any building, structure, or premises used for any other purpose, (c) preventing the use or occupancy of any dwelling, building, structure, or premises, that is injurious to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, and (d) prescribing punishment for the violation of any provision of such ordinance. Renton’s authority includes but is not limited to RCW 35A.21.160 which grants to code cities “all of the powers of which any city AGENDA ITEM # 1. ORDINANCE NO. ________ 3 of any class may have” and RCW 35.22.280(30) which permits a city to declare and abate nuisances, and to impose fines upon those responsible for nuisances. Finally, to ensure that this section and any related section or subsection is appropriately and lawfully applied with a fair and non‐disparate impact on members and segments of the community, the City of Renton declares that chronic nuisance offenses and chronic nuisance calls for service shall not include or apply to calls of victims or survivors of domestic violence, sex‐related offenses, stalking, or any person requiring or requesting necessary medical attention on their own behalf or on the behalf of another. Further, these specified calls by or on behalf of victims or survivors of domestic violence, sex‐ related offenses, stalking, or those requiring or requesting necessary medical attention shall not be a basis for the abatement or eviction of these specified persons under this ordinance. SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty (30) calendar days after publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this _______ day of ___________________, 2015. Jason A. Seth, City Clerk AGENDA ITEM # 1. ORDINANCE NO. ________ 4 APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this _______ day of _____________________, 2015. Denis Law, Mayor Approved as to form: Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney Date of Publication: ORD:1877:8/27/15:scr AGENDA ITEM # 1. EMERGENCY RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT REQUESTED THROUGH THE EOC Request received by EOC. Is the request reimbursable under either FMAG, WAMAS, or RCF? No further action. YES EOC Duty Officer contacts appropriate department supervisors, and unique non‐job‐ related positions (Section Chiefs, PIOs, etc.), cc’s Administrator. Supervisors relay to other appropriate staff, and staff coordinate with EOC Duty Officer directly. Mayor or CAO authorization to deploy anyway? Did any interested employees contact the EOC Duty Officer? NO YES NO YES NO No further action. EOC Duty Officer requests necessary information from employee EOC Duty Officer completes deployment paperwork, cc’s supervisor, Administrator, Mayor , CAO, Q:\drive. Employee makes personal arrangements for travel. Employee provides initial information including name of approving supervisor. Is employee called for deployment? YES NO EOC Duty Officer provides contact, lodging, and other information to employee. EOC Duty Officer updates supervisor, Administrator, Mayor and CAO, Q:\drive. GENERAL GUIDANCE: Pre‐wildfire season or at the onset of a specific incident, the Policy Advisory Group will convene to discuss deployments. The Mayor or CAO must preapprove deployment before this process can be used. Each Department Administrator should clarify their own internal department policies and limitations in advance with their managers and supervisors so deployment can be streamlined when requests come in. When filling a resource request, city staffing shall not drop below established minimums deemed necessary to maintain the city’s mission‐critical functions without prior approval from the Mayor or CAO. AGENDA ITEM # 2.