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"IPP x% A 4 47 la, 1.7 RESOLUTION NO. 4669 A RESOLUTION designating certain areas of the City of Everett as "No Cruising" areas under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1396-87 (EMC Chapter 46.48) WHEREAS, the recurrent practice of cruising in many areas of Everett for the purpose of engaging in illegal activities, including the purchase, sale and use of illegal drugs, and prostitution, has resulted in a significant increase in criminal activity in these areas. Cruising, as practiced in these areas, consists of numerous cars repeatedly driving back and forth along these streets; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Everett has previously found that the areas listed below are high-risk prostitution areas and areas where drug sales, possession of drugs, and pedestrian and vehicular traffic attendant to drug activity confirms a pattern associated with drug activity. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT: Section 1: The following areas of the City of Everett are hereby designated as "No Cruising" areas and shall be properly posted and will be subject to City Ordinance No. 1396-87 (EMC Chapter 46.48), which prohibits driving past a traffic control point more than two times in the same direction of travel in a two hour period: 1. Broadway Area. The entire area extending from the 700 block to the 3100 block of Broadway, and two blocks east and west of this area of Broadway. 2. Evergreen Way Area. The entire area of Evergreen Way extending from the 4700 block to the south city limits, and two blocks east and west of this area of Evergreen Way. 3. Hewitt Avenue Area. The entire area from the 1000 block to the 3200 block of Hewitt Avenue, and three blocks north and south of this area of Hewitt Avenue. 4. Rucker Avenue Area. The entire area of Rucker Avenue extending from Everett Avenue to the 4600 block of Rucker Avenue, and two blocks east and west of this area of Rucker Avenue. 5. Everett Mall Area. The entire area bordered on the south by 104th Place Southeast, on the west by 7th Avenue Southeast, on the north by Southeast Everett Mall Way, and on the east by Interstate 5.