2017/07/31 Council Agenda Packet

Ordinance No. An Ordinance concerning the regulation of Quick Service Facilities including Barista Stands. Whereas,the City Council does find: 1. The City has seen a proliferation of crimes of a sexual nature occurring at bikini barista stands throughout the City, on its borders, and in Snohomish County.The City has reviewed this matter and found evidence relating to the adverse impacts of the conduct of bikini barista stands. This evidence relates to barista stands with employees dressing in a manner that is closely and customarily associated with adult entertainment or adult situations. Further this evidence indicates that businesses providing casual food services including such things as fast food restaurants, delis,food trucks and coffee stands ("Quick Service Facilities") might easily transition to the bikini barista stand model; 2. The City has seen that the minimalistic nature of the clothing worn by baristas at these "bikini" stands lends itself to criminal conduct in that it can be quickly and simply partially or fully removed or adjusted but done in a manner that is not easy to detect unless someone is placed in the same proximity as the patron. Employees and owners of barista stands where this conduct occurs are making large sums of money from overtly sexual,lewd conduct, and prostitution. The nature of the Quick Service Facility has shown that it provides the opportunity for scantily clad baristas to easily engage in sexual conduct with customers; 3. The City has considered such evidence as compiled in the legislative record for this ordinance also including court cases,police records,memoranda and other information related to conduct of bikini barista stands; 4. The City finds that such information about bikini barista stands indicates that they create adverse secondary effects,including health, safety, economic, and aesthetic impacts, upon neighboring properties and the community as a whole, and that they have adverse impacts upon minors; 81