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,44VEL/E?ETT ORDINANCE NO. 2176-96 AN ORDINANCE relating to Prostitution, adopting Stay out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP) Orders, amending Ordinance No. 1973-93, as amended by section 1 of Ordinance No. 2045-95 (EMC 10.24.210). WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council has heard testimony from City of Everett Police Officers, and from the Everett City Prosecutor, concerning the scope and magnitude of the prostitution problem in those areas of the City of Everett set forth in the ordinance, and that the frequency of prostitution activities in those areas occurs at all hours of the day and night - seven days a week, and that within these areas are bars, taverns, motels, and rooming houses most frequented by area prostitutes and their customers. WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council has heard from the Everett Police that, since the adoption of the original SOAP Ordinance in 1993, prostitutes have moved on to other areas than those'previously designated. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1973-93, as amended by section 1 of Ordinance No. 2045-95 (EMC 10.24.210), which reads as follows Stay out of areas of prostitution orders. A. Stay out of areas of prostitution orders, hereinafter known as SOAP orders, may be issued by the Everett municipal court to anyone charged with prostitution, soliciting for a lewd act, prostitution loitering or patronizing a prostitute under Chapter 10.24 of this code as a condition of pre-trial release. B. SOAP orders may be issued by the Everett municipal court to anyone convicted of prostitution, soliciting for a lewd act, prostitution loitering or patronizing a prostitute under Chapter 10.24 of this code as a condition of probation. C. Whenever a police officer shall have probable cause to believe that a person has received a SOAP order as a condition of pre-trial release or of probation and in the officer's presence is seen violating or failing to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by the court as a condition of such pre-trial release or probation, such officer may arrest the violator without warrant or other process for violation of the SOAP order and bring said person before the court issuing the order. D. The SOAP order shall warn the person named in the order to stay out of the following high risk prostitution areas: 1. The entire area extending from the 700 block to the 1100 block of North Broadway, and two blocks east and west of this area of North Broadway; and 2. The entire area extending from the 1000 block to the 3100 block of Broadway, and two blocks east and west of this area of Broadway; and