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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 -1- 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 -2- A j 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 . �ldlfiJal4h 4�,}�'• Sr�InOC�. Bar ara Y. SaInpocn, Mayor Approved as to form: Lawrence J.W , City Attorney -3-