HomeMy WebLinkAbout935RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council
of the City of Kent~ Washington~ revoking the
business license of the Roadside Inn Tavern.
WHEREAS~ the Roadside Inn Tavern is licensed under
the provisions of the licensing regulations of the Kent City
Code, and
WHEREAS, said regulations provide for revocation of
business licenses under certain specified circumstances, among
them being that the business has engaged in conduct which is in-
jurious to the citizens of Kent~ and
WHEREAS, complaints in writing have been made to the
City of Kent from residents of a mobile home park adjacent to
the Roadside Inn Tavern complaining of certain activities occur-
ring at the Roadside Inn Tavern, and
WHEREAS, the Public Safety Committee of the Kent
City Council has reviewed the written complaints together with
information supplied by members of the Kent Police Department
relative to activities observed by said police officers on the
premises of the Roadside Inn Tavern, and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council upon recommendation
of the Public Safety Committee scheduled a public hearing rel-
ative to possible revocation of the business license for the
Roadside Inn Tavern, and
WHEREAS, the matter was noted for hearing in accord-
ance with the provisions of Section 5.02.42 et seq of the Kent
City Code, and timely notice of the hearing was given and re-
ceived by the licensee prior to the hearing, and
WHEREAS, licensee was personally present at the hear-
ing represented by counsel, and
WHEREAS, licensee was offered the opportunity to pre-
sent witnesses and to cross examine witnesses testifying on behalf
of the City, and licensee declined to take advantage of such
opportunity, and
WHEREAS, the City presented testimony from Officers
Byerly, Boone and Sommers, of the Kent Police Department, and
citizens of the Bonnel Mobile Home Park located adjacent to the
Roadside Inn Tavern, and
WHEREAS, the City was previously presented with a
petition signed by numerous residents of the mobile home park
relative to the operation of the tavern, said petition having
been made a part of the record of the hearing, and
WHEREAS, since the date of the public hearing numer-
ous convictions for prostitution have been obtained in the Aukeen
District Justice Court against various dancers either employed by
or performing in the Roadside Inn Tavern, NOW, THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:
1. Activities in and around the Roadside Tavern have
resulted in disturbances to the quiet and repose of the residents
of the mobile home park located adjacent to the tavern.
2. The activities complained of have occurred over a
period of several years.
3. The City of Kent police officers and officers from
other jurisdictions witnessed numerous acts of lewd conduct en-
. gaged in by dancers on the premises of the tavern.
4. The acts of lewd conduct have occurred with such
frequency and in such numbers that the management of the tavern
either knew or with reasonable diligence should have known of
such activities.
5. Numerous drug transactions have occurred on the
premises of the tavern, many of them involving the dancers. The
drug transactions occurred with such frequency and in such num-
bers that the management either knew of or with reasonable dili-
gence should have known of such activity.
6. The operation of the Roadside Inn Tavern has been
and continues to be a nuisance.
7. The Roadside Inn Tavern has engaged in conduct
which is injurious to the health and welfare of the citizens of
Kent and is a public nuisance.
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BASED ON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS THE KENT CITY COUNCIL
DO HEREBY RESOLVE:
Section 1. That the business and cabaret licenses of
the Roadside Inn Tavern be and the same hereby are revoked effec-
tive at six 0 1 clock a.m. on Thursday, October 1, 1981.
this 21st
ATTEST:
D
PASSED at a regular meeting of the Kent City Council
day of September,~~~----
ABEL HOG~R
FOR~1:
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Resolu-
t ion no . ~b , p a s sed by the C i ty Co u n c il of the C i t y of Kent ,
Washington, the 21st day of September, 1981.
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