HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2508 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2508
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
DECLARING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO
ABATE THE SAME
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Renton has previously
passed Ordinances controlling adult movie picture theaters , and
WHEREAS the reasons for the passage of those Ordinances
still continue, and
WHEREAS upon the instructions of the City Attorney of
the City of Renton a continuous surveillance of the films being exhibited
at the Renton Theater 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
2/11/83 - 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
Randy , 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
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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
4/29/83 - 5/5/83 Every Which Way She can
Nightlife
5/6/83 - 5/12/83 Stormy
Expose me Now
5/13/83 - present Young Doctors in Lust
Intimate Explosions
and
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 I : The twenty-eight films more particularly
described above which have been exhibited at the Renton Theater are
a public nuisance under the City' s Ordinances controlling adult motion
picture theaters and require court action to enjoin further violation
of the City' s Ordinances .
SECTION II : The City of Renton has expended substantial
funds to defend. its ordinances regulating adult motion picture theaters
and will expend further monies in ' seeking injunction and abatement
of this public nuisance. The City Attorney' s office is directed to
seek recovery of the attorneys ' fees. and costs whether they be attorneys '
fees , costs of preparation of evidence or whatever other costs and fees
relating to this particular use and to use whatever means are available
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for such recovery, including the State laws. of abatement of moral
nuisances , obscenity laws or other available means .
SECTION III : 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 82-2-0234402 , entitled CITY OF RENTON,
a municipal corporation; LAWRENCE J . WARREN, City Attorney of the City
of Renton; STATE OF WASHINGTON, ex rel . LAWRENCE J . WARREN, City Attorney
of the City of Renton, vs . PLAYTIME THEATRES , INC . , a Washington
corporation, KUKIO BAY PROPERTIES , INC . , a Wash-ington corporation, ROGER
H. FORBES and JANE DOE FORBES , husband and wife, ROBERT B . McRAE and
ELIA C . McRAE and DOES 1 THROUGH 10, a First Amended and Supplemental
Complaint for Declaratory Judgments ; Injunctions ; Abatament of Moral
Nuisances (RCW. 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
Washington relating to abatement of obscene subject matter and moral
nuisances , and the provisions of the City Zoning Code .
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 23rd day of May, 1983 .
Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 23rd day of May, 1983 .
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Bar ara Y. SaInpocn, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J.W , City Attorney
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