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Home My WebLink About4467 ORDINANCE NO. 4467 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending section 9.43,030 of the Kent City Code, entitled "SOAR orders - Designated 'No Racing Zones"', making East Valley Highway from S 180th St to S 196th St and SE Kent-Kangley Rd from 124th Ave SE to 132nd Ave SE designated No Racing Zones. RECITALS A. Since late 2022, the Kent Police Department has experienced repeat, significant illegal street racing events taking place on East Valley Highway, south of South 1801h Street. B. This area has historically been a location where street racers meet prior to going to street racing events. Now, the racers are taking over the roadway of East Valley Highway with crowds of 100-200 people. C. Since January 2023, there have been at least four shootings in the area of East Valley Highway and South 180th Street during an illegal street racing event. Five people were shot in the most recent incident in May 2023, as hundreds of spectators watched. Earlier that same weekend, a Renton Fire Department engine responding to an emergency call was caught in a crowd of street racers. In several recent cases, ambulances have been stuck in crowds of street racers and attendees and unable to proceed through the crowd to the injured. 1 Amend KCC 9.43.030 Re: SOAR orders and Designated "No Racing Zones" D. Kent Police have also experienced an uptick in illegal racing activity in the area of 132n6 Ave SE and SE Kent-Kangley Rd. Street racers are attracted to the large parking lot the Marketplace at Lake Meridian provides as a gathering place and a location that allows them adequate space to "drift" their vehicles. Neighbors have expressed frustration about illegal racing activity taking place, primarily on weekend nights. E. Amending the Kent City Code to add these two additional areas as designated "No Racing Zones" is a housekeeping change necessary to effectively address and facilitate efficient prosecution of illegal racing behavior. When a person is charged or convicted of a racing-related crime, the Kent Municipal Court may order that person to stay out of "No Racing Zones" the City Council has identified in KCC 9.43.030. A code amendment is needed to add additional locations where race conduct has occurred to ensure they are captured within the scope of the Municipal Court's order. If the person is found by law enforcement in a No Racing Zone while the order is in effect, the person may be criminally charged for violating the Municipal Court's order, which is punishable as a gross misdemeanor. When necessary, the Court will modify the order to ensure innocent conduct is not captured by the scope of the SOAR order, ensuring the focus is on prohibiting entry into a No Racing Zone under circumstances that suggest the individual is there to observe or participate in a racing event. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE SECTION 1. - Amendment - KCC 9.43.030, Section 9.43.030 of the Kent City Code, entitled "SOAR orders - Designated 'No Racing Zones"' is hereby amended as follows: 2 Amend KCC 9.43.030 Re: SOAR orders and Designated "No Racing Zones" Sec. 9.43.030. SOAR orders — Designated "No Racing Zones." A. Designated zones. The SOAR order may apply to any of the following "No Racing Zones": 1. 54th Avenue South from South 228th Street to the end of the road at the 22500 block. 2. 58th Place South from Russell Road to South 194th Way. I 59th Place South from South 212th Street to South 199th Place. 4. 62nd Avenue South from South 199th Place to South 190th Street. 5. 64th Avenue South from James Street to South 212th Street. 6. 72nd Avenue South from 220th Street to South 180th Street. 7. 76th Avenue South (signage reads 76th Avenue) from South 228th Street (signage reads 228th St.) to South 212th Street. 8. 80th Avenue South from 196th Street to South 180th Street. 9. 85th Avenue South from South 202nd Street to South 198th Street. 10. 87th Avenue South from South 208th Street to South 198th Street. 11. 89th Avenue South (signage reads 89th) from the 20400 block to South 198th Street. 12 East Valley Highway from South 180th Street to South 196th Street. 3 Amend KCC 9.43.030 Re: SOAR orders and Designated "No Racing Zones" I 13-2. South 180th Street from 68th Avenue South (West Valley Highway) to 84th Avenue South (East Valley Highway). 143. South 190th Street from 62nd Avenue South to 68th Avenue South. 154. South 194th Street and 58th Place South from 66th Avenue South to Russell Road. 165. South 199th Place from 59th Place South to 68th Avenue South (West Valley Highway). 176. South 202nd Street from 84th Avenue South (East Valley Highway) to 89th Avenue South. 18-7. South 226th Street from 54th Avenue South to 64th Avenue South. 19 Southeast Kent-Kangllay Road from 1241h Avenue Southeast to 132nd Avenue Southeast. B. Adjoining areas included. These "No Racing Zones" include any highway, as that term is defined in RCW 46.04.197, together with adjoining property areas (such as sidewalks, entryways, landscaped areas, and parking areas) if those adjoining areas are being used for racing or unlawful race attendance. C. Posting of signs. These "No Racing Zones" shall be designated by the placement of clear and conspicuous signs at all highway entrances to the No Racing Zone. At a minimum, these signs must include the following statements: "No Racing Zone; Race Attendance Prohibited; KCC 9.42.020." SECTION 2. - SeverabilitY. If any one or more section, subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such 4 Amend KCC 9.43.030 Re: SOAR orders and Designated "No Racing Zones" decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering; or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations. SECTION 4. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage, as provided by law. June 20, 2023 _ Date Approved 5I li t )Oy CO- ATTEST: L June 20, 2023 KIMBERLEY A KOMOTO, CITY CLERK Date Adopted June 23, 2023 Date Published etd4: t t, Y S 4ED AS TO FORM: .X'� �n�t ° y G• ' �� t k�� TAM WHITE, CITY ATTORNEY 5 Amend KCC 9.43.030 Re: SOAR orders and Designated "No Racing Zones" STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF KING } AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION PUBLIC NOTICE Rudi Alcott, being first duly sworn on oath that he is the Vice President of Advertising for Sound Publishing, which publishes the Kent Reporter a weekly newspaper, which newspaper is a legal newspaper of general circulation and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continuously as a weekly newspaper in King County, Washington. The Kent- Covington Reporter has been approved as a Legal Newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County. The notice in the exact form annexed was published in regular issues of the Kent- Covington Reporter (and not in supplement form) which was regularly distributed to its subscribers during the below stated period. The annexed notice, a: Public Notice #KEN979182 was published on June 23, 2023 The full amount of the fee charged for said foregoing publication is the sum of $202.56 -'V/' 'A/ Rudi Vice President,Advertising Subscribed and sworn to me this 23" day of June, 2023 . Ten'ifer Tri bett, Notary Public for the State of Washington, Residing in �----"16rting, Washington EXAM •. N0T4 ,1 F A�B-0 ' ��1is6n11140`� Classified Proof CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF ORDINANCES PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL The: following are sum- maries of ordinances passed by the Kent City Council on June 20. 2023. ORDINANCE NO. 4467 -AN ORDINANCE of file City Councii of theCity of Kent. Washington. amending section 9.43.030 of the Bent City Code. entitled 'SOAR orders—Designated No Racing Zones", making East Valley Highway from S 180ti) St to S 1961h St and SE Kent- Kan_ciley Rd from 124th Ave SE to 132nd Ave SE designated No Rac- ing Zones. This ordi- nance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its pas- sage, as provided by law. ORDINANCE NO. 4468 -AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent. Washington, amending Section 9.02.030 of the Kent Citv Code. entitled 'Sessioa Laws Not Yet Codified! and various sections within Chapter 9,12 of the Kent City Code.enti- tled Drug and Alcohol possession. to imple- ment amendments made to the Revised Code of Washington during the state legislature's regu- lar and stecial legisla- tive sessions that estab- lish new crimes,address drug paraphernalia. and criminahze the posses- Sion anti a;:blic use of drugs. me udi'ng con- trolled SUhSfan CeS. counterfeit controlled Substances, and legend Proofed by Jennifer Tribbett,08/22/2023 04:16:43 pm Page: 2 Classified Proof drugs. The CiV Council finds and dec aces ;hat an, etitG'rfleri GV exists dlich necessitates that this ordinance becorne effective immed1ateiy in order esewe the public h'ai",h.safety.and welfare. This ordinance. having been adopted by unanir;nous vote, shall become effective imme- <liateiy upon passage. Fur'irter.the c o,`Isions of this Grdil;ancc shall be imp'e rent and ap- phed at 2M aj-n. on Ju?v 7 2323. The City Cierk is directed to pub- fish a sunrnarr of this ordinance a he earliest publication Sate. Until 12:03 a.r.: or- �;r,l" 1. 2C23. NIP existing provi- sions of the Kent Cite Code amended by this ordinance sin-ail remain in effect. ORDINANCE NO. 4469 -AN ORDI NANCE of the City COUOCii of the City of Kent, 'Alas!nington. Amendim Various sec- tions the CitV s zoning code. — 15 of �r��e the Kent City Cede. to nnpienner't ainend;renis uric made to Revised Code of Washington during the state legislaiure's special leg- islative session concern- in" the fo;;;i'..;On and Op- eratior: of op.oid treat:ren piogiams, re- cover✓ residences. and harm teducUon Pic- grams. This ordinance shall take e ecr and be in force 33 s frcnl and after its passage,as picmded br 'aw.A copy Of ;he ccml.e?e iex.t of any ordinance vit'll be ntaJed upGn request of the C:•r C`erk. Kimberley A, Kornoto. Citv Cierk Kkomoto a:Kent'd✓:�:c1o�J 253-KE-5725 ic:979182 612323 Proofed by Jennifer Tribbett,08/22/2023 04:16:43 pm Page:3