HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5705CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 5705
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, BY CLARIFYING THE DEFINITIONS OF
"CALLS FOR SERVICE", "CHRONIC NUISANCE PREMISES" AND "GENERAL
PUBLIC", AND AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING LIENS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Subsection 1-3-3.B.4, "Calls for service", of Chapter 3, Remedies and
Penalties, of Title I (Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
4. "Calls for service" means calls or communications to 911, including but
not limited to Valley Communications, and/or calls or communications directly to
the Renton Police Department or one of its officers, or the viewing of an offense
by an officer. Calls for service, as that term is used in the definition of "chronic
nuisance premises," does not include incidents that are unrelated to the chronic
nuisance premises, its resident(s), owner(s), guests, patrons, or calls for general
information.
SECTION II. Subsection 1-3-3.B.5, "Chronic nuisance premises", of Chapter 3,
Remedies and Penalties, of Title I (Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as
follows:
5. "Chronic nuisance premises":
a. As it relates to single-family or duplex housing, an individual
apartment unit, or a building, structure or business used for commercial, retail,
1
ORDINANCE NO. 5705
or entertainment purposes, or the area within two hundred feet (200') of such
premises, including those regulated by the Liquor Control Board, and including
public, private, commercial or industrial parking lots within two hundred feet
(200') of such premises, Chronic Nuisance Premises means a property on which
any of the following exists or has occurred:
i. Six (6) or more calls for service occur or exist during any sixty (60)-
day period; or
ii. Ten (10) or more calls for service occur or exist during any one
hundred and eighty (180)-day period; or
iii. Fourteen (14) or more calls for service occur or exist during any
twelve (12)-month period;
b. Any action against a "chronic nuisance premises" and/or its owner,
managing agent or person in control for a violation under subsection B.S.a.i of
this Section does not preclude the use of those nuisances or criminal activities to
find a violation of subsection B.5.a.ii or iii of this Section; and a violation under
subsection B.5.a.i and/or ii of this Section does not preclude the use of those
nuisances or criminal activities to find a violation of subsection B.5.a.iii of this
Section as long as all ofthe nuisances or criminal activities occurred during the
applicable time period.
SECTION III. Subsection 1-3-3.B.12, "General public", of Chapter 3, Remedies and
Penalties, of Title I (Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
2
ORDINANCE NO. 5705
12. "General public" means the City of Renton, any of its communities or
neighborhoods, or more than one (1) citizen, neighbor and/or their guest{s}.
SECTION IV. Subsection 1-3-3.B.19.a, of Chapter 3, Remedies and Penalties, of Title I
(Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
a. "Moral" or "public" nuisances, even if the extent of the damage is
unequal, that is detrimental to the general public. For purposes of this
subsection, moral or public nuisances shall not be limited to the state's definition
of moral or public nuisances;
SECTION V. Subsection 1-3-3.C.l.a, of Chapter 3, Remedies and Penalties, of Title I
(Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
a. A public and/or moral nuisance; or
SECTION VI. Subsection 1-3-3.G.6, Lien - Authorized, of Chapter 3, Remedies and
Penalties, of Title I (Administrative) ofthe Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
6. Lien - Authorized: The City shall have a lien for any monetary penalty^
fee or expense related to any aspect of the abatement of any nuisance or
chronic nuisance premises as well as the revocation of a business license7
abatement investigation or abatement litigation against the promises or real
property where the abatement work was performed. The lien shall be
subordinate to all previously existing special assessment liens imposed on the
same premises or real property and shall be superior to all other liens, except for
state and county taxes, with which it shall be on parity.
3
ORDINANCE NO. 5705
a. A lien for any monetary penalty, including the cost of abatement
proceedings under this Chapter, shall be filed for record with the King County
Department of Records and Elections or County Auditor Recorder's Office
against the premises or real property where the work of abatement was
performed. A lien under this Chapter shall be filed within ninety (90) days from
the later of the date that the monetary penalty is due or the date the work is
completed or the nuisance abated.
b. The lien shall contain sufficient information regarding the criminal
violation, a legal description of the property to be charged with the lien and the
owner of record, and the total amount ofthe lien.
c. Any lien under this Chapter shall be verified by the applicable
Administrator or law enforcement officer, and may be amended from time to
time to reflect changed conditions or monetary amount.
d. No liens filed under this Chapter shall bind the affected property for a
period longer than ten (10) years, without foreclosure or extension agreed to by
the property owner.
SECTION VII. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty
(30) days after publication
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 17th day of March , 2014.
Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk
4
ORDINANCE NO. 5705
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 17th day of April , 2014.
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 3/21/2014 ( summary)
ORD:1810:2/14/14:scr