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Home My WebLink AboutORD 5829 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5829 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, CREATING AN ALCOHOL IMPACT AREA WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY OF RENTON. WHEREAS, the Renton Police Department has compiled crime statistics of liquor related violations. Those statistics show that liquor related violations occur in higher numbers in the downtown area in comparison to other areas of the City; and WHEREAS, chronic public inebriation is associated with an inordinately high demand on social services and public safety resources and contributes to the deterioration of the general quality of life in the downtown core/city center and negatively impacts the welfare, health, peace, or safety of those who live or visit the area; and WHEREAS, the Renton Police Department desires to implement a plan to address these chronic and costly demands; and WHEREAS, an important element in the plan to reduce chronic public inebriation is to restrict the availability of alcohol sold to chronic public inebriates in areas where such sales threaten the health, safety, and welfare of the public and that of the chronic public inebriates; and WHEREAS, the first application of such a plan in the Alcohol Impact Area is to seek voluntary compliance by licensees to refrain from the sale of certain alcohol for "off- premises" consumption; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Washington Administrative Code (WAC) §314-12-215, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board may impose additional restrictions on off- 1 ORDINANCE N0. 5829 premises alcohol sales within an area of the City that is adversely affected by chronic public inebriation or illegal activity associated with alcohol sales or consumption; and WHEREAS, WAC §314-12-215 provides that, as a condition precedent to the City requesting that the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board enact additional restrictions on off-premises alcohol sales within an area of the City adversely affected by chronic public inebriation or illegal activity associated with alcohol sales or consumption, the City Council must enact an ordinance that designates such an area as an Alcohol Impact Area; and WHEREAS, over the past two years, there have been meetings between police officials and the following business groups and social service providers within the downtown area of the City: • City of Renton Community Services • City of Renton Community and Economic Development • REACH • Renton Chamber of Commerce; and WHEREAS, the Renton Police Department will work with the licensees in the Alcohol Impact Area to obtain voluntary compliance with the plan to eliminate the sale of alcohol products described in Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, this ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to political subdivisions of the state in Article 11, §11, of the Washington State Constitution; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects. SECTION II. Alcohol Impact Area 2 ORDINANCE N0. 5829 A. The geographical area in the City of Renton described below and depicted on Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein, is declared to be an Alcohol Impact Area ("AIA") as defined by WAC §314-12-215: The boundaries of the AIA are as follows: North: East from the intersection of Hardie Avenue South and Renton Avenue Extension to Rainier Avenue; east from Rainier Avenue on Airport Way to Logan Avenue North; North on Logan Avenue to North 3�d Street; east on North 3rd Street to Sunset Boulevard North. East: South from the intersection of North 3rd Street and Sunset Boulevard North to Bronson Way North; southwest on Bronson Way North, continue southwest onto Bronson Way South to Main Avenue South; continue southbound on Main Avenue South to South Grady Way. South: Southwest on South Grady Way from Main Avenue South to Talbot Road South; north on Talbot Road South to South 7th Street; west on South 7th Street to Hardie Avenue South. West: North on Hardie Avenue South from South 7th Street to the point of origin on Renton Avenue Extension. B. Six (6) months following the effective date of this ordinance, the Chief of Police (or his designee), on behalf of the organizations listed above, shall provide a report to the City Council on the voluntary efforts to address chronic public inebriation issues in the Alcohol Impact Area. This report shall include relevant crime statistics, policy reports, emergency 3 ORDINANCE N0. 5829 response data detoxification reports, sanitation reports, public health records, and other information that document the success or failure of the voluntary efforts to address chronic public inebriation in the Alcohol Impact Area. Based upon the information contained in the report, the City Council may consider the adoption of legislation directing the Chief of Police to request the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to impose further restrictions on liquor licensees, pursuant to WAC §314-12-215, in the Alcohol Impact Area. Such legislation must be adopted by the City Council before any representative of the. City requests the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to impose such restrictions. SECTION III. Product Restrictions. The list of product restrictions set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, will be in effect for the duration of this ordinance. SECTION IV. Ratification. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and affirmed. SECTION V. Effective Date. 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. SECTION VI. SeverabilitX. The provisions of this ordinance are declared separate and severable. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance or application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall be unaffected. 4 ORDINANCE N�. 5829 PASSED BY TME CITY COUNCIL this �2�h day of ��cember , 2016. n .�'!r'�` , Jason �. Seth, C�y Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this �2th day of December , 2016. ' R It.! Denis Law, Mayar Approved as to form: `\,``��t»ti��#+r#i,+� `,,.�4;�-�1��4�„R,�,�1'0'�,,�,, ��vVL`'+�-.'r"r'�,-- _ �, `'- : , Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney � * : S E A L = * " ' ; °�' ' - : y %, ,` oi Date of Publica#ion. December 16 , 2016 (summary) '�'%,�'o +/�l�(l+a��i��l��````�,:��„-� y��j��'alED,��Q;�,`�``. aRD:1939:9J22J16:scr 5 ORDINANCE NO. 5829 EXHIBIT A Beer/Malt Liquor Beverage Beers/Malt Liquors that are 5.5% alcohal by volume (ABV) or greater. Examples of which indude, but are not limited to: o Bass o Bud ke o Busch Ice o Colt 45 o Earth Quake High Gravity a FourLoko o HG 800 a Hurricane o Ice House o Joose o Keystone ice o King Cobra Malt liquor o Mickey's Malt Liquar o Miiwaukee's Best Ice a Naturallce o Olde English 800 a Stack High Gravity a Steefe Reserve Fortified I.iquorjWine: Inexpensive, sweet tasting, high aicohol wines, made by adding spirits ta the wine during the fermentation process. Examples of which inciude, but are not limited to: o Cisco o M D 20/20 o Night Train o Thunderbird o Wild Irish Rose o Vendange *To include all container sizes/flavars 6