2023/04/19 Council Agenda Packet

Section 2. New Chapter 9.54 EMC A new chapter 9.54 is hereby added to the Everett Municipal Code as chapter 9.54 EMC as follows: Chapter 9.54 Prohibition of Certain Conduct on City Property within Service Facility Buffer Zones 9.54.010 Definitions A. "Service Facility Buffer Zone" means the entire area extending two blocks north and south, and two blocks east and west, of any Designated Qualifying Service Location or Designated High Impact Qualifying Location, provided that if the two -block radius bisects a block or public parcel, such as a park or a school, that the entire block or parcel shall be included in the Service Facility Buffer Zone. B. "Qualifying Service Provider" means any agency or organization that provides on -site social services as that term is defined in EMC 19.04.060, and includes substance use disorder treatment, mental health treatment, and prepared meals distribution, as well as any city -permitted indoor lemergency shelter, outdoor emergency shelter, emergency housing facilities, extreme] !weather shelter, permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing as those terms are defined in EMC 19.04.0501, whether publicly or privately funded, and does so at a Qualifying Service Location where individuals regularly access those services. Once deemed a Qualifying Service Provider, such qualification continues only as long as the Qualifying Service Provider is providing such services. C. "Qualifying Service Location" means any physical location within the City of Everett where a Qualifying Service Provider provides in -person substance -use treatment, in -person mental health treatment, in - person behavioral health treatment, or the physical location where any permitted indoor 'emergency shelter, outdoodemergency shelter, or emergency housing facilities', exist. D. "Block" means a portion of the city enclosed by city streets, extending to and including the sidewalk of the most easterly, westerly, northerly and southerly sidewalks. E. "City Street" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 46.04.120 as currently enacted or later amended F. "City property" means all property in which the City has a property interest, including easements. The term includes, without limitation, all parks, rights -of -way piers, streets, trails, forests, park museums, pools, beaches, open spaces, public squares, athletic facilities, and grounds around City owned or leased buildings, including, but not limited to, parking lots, and any other property in which the City has a property interest of any type. E 2023 ORDINANCE Page 3 of 7