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King County
Ordinance No. 13547
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the cities of Issaquah and North Bend relating to the provision of opportunities for the location of adult entertainment businesses.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
Adult entertainment businesses have a relevant market and draw their customers from a wide area. As regionally oriented commercial businesses, adult entertainment businesses in King County and its cities serve residents across jurisdictional boundaries. It is appropriate to establish requirements for the location of adult entertainment businesses through a cooperative, regional approach.
A significant portion of King County’s commercial land base is within areas identified as likely to annex to nearby cities. The countywide planning policies call for joint planning of the types of development to be allowed in potential annexation areas; therefore affected cities should play a significant role in determining the location of adult entertainment businesses in the areas of unincorporated King County that are likely to annex to these cities.
The cities of Issaquah and North Bend have adopted policies and regulations that regulate adult entertainment businesses to limit adverse secondary effects on sensitive uses while providing sufficient opportunity for adult entertainment businesses to locate and operate within their respective city limits. The cities of Issaquah and North Bend have reviewed their policies and regulations to ensure that the sufficient opportunities for adult entertainment businesses within their city limits permitted by these policies and regulations will also provide sufficient opportunities for such businesses to serve the market of the areas likely to annex to each city.
SECTION 2. The county executive is hereby authorized to execute an interlocal agreement, substantially in the forms attached, with the cities of Issaquah and North Bend to honor the cities’ policies regarding the location of new adult entertainment businesses. Each interlocal agreement shall state that King County will not permit new adult entertainment businesses in the areas identified as likely to annex to the respective city as long as the city maintains regulations that provide sufficient opportunities for adult entertainment businesses to operate within their city limits to serve the market for the city and the areas likely to annex to the city.
SECTION 3. All properties zoned RB (Regional Business), CB (Community Business) and O (Office) within the areas likely to annex to the cities of Issaquah and North Bend as identified on the maps attached to the interlocal agreements shall be flagged on the department of development and environmental services’ property tracking systems to ensure permit applications for new adult entertainment businesses will not be processed
for these properties as long as the interlocal agreements remain in effect. A copy of each of the interlocal agreements and their attached maps shall be maintained on file at the department of development and environmental services.
INTRODUCED AND READ for the first time this 5th day of April, 1999.
PASSED by a vote of 13 to 0 this 7th day of June, 1999.
KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Chair
ATTEST:
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Clerk of the Council
APPROVED this _______ day of ___________________, 19___.
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King County Executive
Attachments: A: An Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the City of Issaquah
B: An Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the City of North Bend