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TT <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2 2 6 9-9 8 <br /> AN ORDINANCE regulating adult cabarets, providing for the licensing of such businesses, <br /> further providing standards of conduct and operation, and establishing misdemeanor <br /> offenses and penalties for violation of such regulations, adding a new chapter to Everett <br /> Municipal Code(EMC) Title 5. <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council is committed to protecting the general health, safety <br /> and welfare of the City through the enforcement of regulations which are narrowly tailored to <br /> serve the compelling governmental interests of preventing obscenity, indecency and sexual <br /> offenses; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council finds that studies and experience of other <br /> municipalities have demonstrated that regulation of adult cabarets like the following is more <br /> effective in promoting such compelling governmental interests than the absence of such <br /> regulations; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council is also committed to preserving constitutionally <br /> protected forms of expression, and finds that the provisions of this Ordinance shall not be <br /> construed so as to prohibit conduct or expression that are subject to constitutional protection; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council has heard testimony from members of the police <br /> department regarding the activities which occur at adult cabarets, also known as "bikini clubs," <br /> which includes public sexual contact and exposure to view of genitals and female breasts; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council has received evidence, studies, and other documents <br /> demonstrating the adverse secondary effects of activities which occur at adult cabarets, including <br /> public sexual contact and prostitution; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council deems it necessary to regulate the licensing of adult <br /> cabarets and the activities which occur at adult cabarets; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council finds that more information is needed before a <br /> decision is made regarding whether adult cabarets should be regulated under the City's Zoning <br /> Code in the same manner as public places of adult entertainment. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br />