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2023 ORDINANCE Page 5 of 8 <br />xv.Liquor-related offenses as defined in Chapters 66.28 and 66.44 RCW and in Chapters <br />10.42 and 10.74 EMC. <br />xvi.Violation of stay out of drug areas orders issued pursuant to Chapter 10.13.025 EMC. <br />xvii.Firearms and dangerous weapons offenses as defined in Chapter 9.41 RCW and Chapter <br />10.78 EMC. <br />xviii.Persons Obstructing Streets as defined in Chapter 9.60 EMC. <br />xix.Unlawful abandonment of a junk motor vehicle as defined in Chapter 46.40.030 EMC. <br />xx.Public disturbance noises as defined in Chapter 20.08 EMC. <br />xxi.The presence of an Encampment as defined in Chapter 9.54 EMC. <br />xxii.Activities, behavior or conduct that is contrary to the City health and safety code (EMC Title <br />8), building and fire code (Chapters 16.005 through 16.09 EMC), or noise control code <br />(Chapter 20.08 EMC) . <br />9.54.020 Prohibition <br />A.Prohibition. No person shall sit or lie down upon, or place a blanket, sleeping bag, backpack, chair, <br />mattress, couch, stool, or any similar equipment, item, or furniture upon City property, whether <br />improved or unimproved, within a Service Facility Buffer Zone. <br />B.Exceptions. The prohibitions in subsection (A) of this section shall not apply to any person: <br />1.Temporarily sitting or lying down on a sidewalk or other City property due to a medical <br />emergency; <br />2.Who, as the result of a disability, utilizes a wheelchair, walker, or similar device to move <br />about the public sidewalk or other City property; or <br />3.Operating or patronizing an activity on the public sidewalk or other City property <br />pursuant to a city-issued permit for the activity; or a person participating in or attending <br />a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting, or similar event <br />conducted on the public sidewalk or other City property pursuant to a street use or <br />other applicable permit issued by the City. <br />Nothing in any of these exceptions shall be construed to permit any conduct which is prohibited by <br />any City ordinance, code, or regulation. <br />C.No person shall be cited under this section unless the person engages in conduct prohibited by <br />this section after having been notified by a law enforcement officer that the conduct violates <br />this section and refuses or intentionally fails to cease such activity when ordered to do so. <br />D.A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by up to ninety days in jail, a fine <br />of up to five hundred dollars, or both. <br />9.54.030 Establishing a Service Facility Buffer Zone