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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2507
A S UTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
LA NG A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE
C T RNEY TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO
ATE E AME.
WHEREA , t e City Council of the City of Renton, Washington
finds that t e crass o ercial exploitation of explicit sexual
conduct through the ub lic exhibition of lewd motion picture films
constitutes. a de em t and distortion of a sensitive key relation-
ship of human exist nce, cent to family life, community welfare
and the development of hu n personality; that such exploitation
is indecent and offensiv to t enses and to public morals and
interferes with the intere of he ub ' c in the quality of life
and total community environme th on of commerce in the city,
property values , and the public afety; an that the continuation of
such activities is detrimental to t e b t hea th, safety, convenience,
good morals, and general welfare of t e City of ton, and of the
residents , citizens , inhabitants , and t e bus ' ess hereof and is
unlawful, . and .
WHEREAS, the statutes of the State of Wa ngton declare that
any and every place in the State of Washington where (1) lewd films
are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business , or possessed
for the purpose of such exhibition; or (2) a lewd film is publicly and
repeatedly exhibited, or possessed for the purpose of such exhibition,
and any and every lewd film which is publicly exhibited or possessed
for such purpose at a place which is a public nuisance as above-
described, are public nuisances , and
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WHEREAS , upon the instructions of the City Attorney of the
City of Renton a continuous surveillance of the films being exhibited
at the Renton Theatre has been maintained, which surveillance shows
that, during the five month period from January 20; 1983 -through
this date, approximately 14 programs have been exhibited at said
theater with each program containing two motion picture films . The
titles of the films exhibited and the approximate playing date of
each is as follows ;
Date Program
1/20/83 - 2/10/83 Deep Throat
Devil in Miss Jones
2/11/8.3 - 2/17/83 Blue Jeans
Naughty Network
2/18/83 - 3/3/83 American Desire
All American Girls
3/4/83 - 3/10/83 Foxholes
Randv, the Electric Lady
3/11/83= 3/17/83 Scoundrels
Foxtrot
3/18/83 - 3/24/83 Irresistible
Schererazade, One Thousand and
One Erotic Nights
3/25/83 - 3/31/83 Satisfactions
Pandora' s Mirror
4/1/83 - 4/7/83 Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas II
4/8/83 - 4/14/83 Little Girls Lost
Ring of Desire
4/15/83 - 4/21/83 The Dancers
Between the Sheets
4/22/83 - 4/28/83 Daddy' s Little Girls
The Little French Maid
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Date Program
4/29/83 - 5/5/83 Every Which Way She Can
Nightl fe
5/6/83 -5/12/83 Stormy
Expose me Now
5/13/83 - present Young Doctors in Lust
Intimate Explosions
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WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Renton has examined
portions of the aforementioned films and has received testimony
that all of the above-mentioned films are of the same nature as
those portions viewed and that- each and every one of the above-
mentioned films is obscene under the law of the State of Washington,
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1: The twenty-eight films more particularly described
above which have been exhibited at the Renton Theater: are a public
nuisance which requires abatement under State law.
Section 2: The place of business known as the Renton Theater,
being the place of public exhibition of the twenty-eight films more
particularly described above, is a public nuisance which requires
abatement under State law.
Section 3 : The use of the premises located at 507 South Third
Street and commonly known as the Renton Theater for the purpose of
public exhibition of the twenty-eight films more particularly described
above constitutes an "adult motion picture theater" as defined under
the ordinances of the City of Renton, and constitutes a public nuisance
per se.
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Section 4: The City Attorney of the City of Renton is directed
to file on behalf of the City of Renton in the King County Superior
Court cause number 82-2-02344-2 , entitled CITY OF RENTON, a
municipal corporation, Plaintiff, vs . PLAYTIME THEATRES , INC. , a
Washington corporation, and KUKIO BAY PROPERTIES , INC. , a Washington
corporation, Defendants , a First Amended and Supplemental Complaint
for Declaratory Judgments ; Injunctions ; Abatement of Moral Nuisances
(R. C.W. Chapter 7. 24, 7 . 40, 7. 48 and 7 . 48A) , and to join the City of
Renton as a Plaintiff to enforce the statutes of the State of Wash-
ington relating to abatement of obscene subject matter and moral
nuisances, and the provisions of the City Zoning Code.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL on May 16t11 1983.
Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR on May 16t4 1983.
Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor
Approved as to form:
L r ce J. W ren, City Attorney