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Ordinance 4269ORDINANCE NO. 4269 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF OR AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF TITLE 4 ECC (LICENSES) AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF A NEW CHAPTER TO TITLE 4 ECC RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edmonds has determined that certain Chapters of Title 4 ECC (Licenses) are obsolete and are no longer required to be maintained in the code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that certain revisions to Chapters 4.12 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Street Vendors), 4.52 (Regulations for Adult Entertainment Facilities), 4.68 (Community Antenna Televisions Systems), 4.72 (Business License), 4.90 (Public Markets), and 4.98 (Constitutionally Protected Events) are needed to clarify City requirements, to reflect the repeal of other sections of Title 4, and to address the need for flexibility regarding certain constitutionally protected spontaneous demonstrations; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that a new chapter to Title 4 to be known as Chapter 4.100 (Special Event Permits) is needed to provide a clear and efficient process for permitting special events within the City for the benefit of its citizens; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that adding Council approval to extended or repeated closures of public rights -of -way are in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the following Chapters of Title 4 ECC (Licenses) are hereby repealed in their entirety: 4.11 (Motor Vehicle Wreckers); 4.22 (Malt Liquor by the Keg); 4.24 (Game Licenses); 4.32 (Public Amusements); 4.40 (Public Dances); 4.44 (Teen Dance Halls); 4.48 (Cabaret Dances); 4.50 (Licensing of Public Massage Parlors and Public Bathhouses); 4.56 (Sound Trucks); 4.60 (Taxicabs); 4.75 (Pawnbrokers); and 4.85 (Horse Taxis). Section 2. Chapter 4.12 ECC (Peddlers, Solicitors and Street Vendors) is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in s. i-i'�gh): 4.12.010 Definitions. A. "Solicitor' or "peddler' means any person who shall sell, offer for or expose for sale, or who shall trade, deal or traffic in any goods or services in the city by going from house to house or from place to place or by indiscriminately approaching individuals. 1. Sales by sample or for future delivery, and executory contracts of sale by solicitors or peddlers are included; provided, however, that this section shall not be deemed applicable to any salesman or canvasser who solicits trade from wholesale or retail dealers in the city. 2. Any person who, while selling or offering for sale any goods, services or anything of value, stands in a doorway, any unenclosed vacant lot, parcel of land, or in any other place not used by such person as a permanent place of business shall be deemed a solicitor or peddler within the meaning of this chapter, except as noted in subsection (B) of this section. B. "Street vendor" means any person who shall sell food, flowers, nonalcoholic beverages only, and/or other goods or services from either a motorized or nomnotorized mobile vending unit. C. "Motorized mobile vending unit" means a truck, van or other motorized vehicle that incorporates a kitchen or other food preparation area from which prepared or prepackaged food may be sold. D. "Nonmotorized mobile vending unit" means a cart, kiosk or other device capable of being pushed by one person, with at least two functional wheels and positive wheel -locking devices. 4.12.020 License required. A. it shall be unlawful for any person to act as solicitor, peddler or street vendor within the meaning and application of this chapter unless that person or his/her employer shall have first secured a Ci 7 of Edmonds business license in t ided ill this eh -`'ke keense j.equiped by this ekapter addition to a h..siness lieeme that way be as required under Chapter 4.72 ECC. 1. Any person who shall sell, deliver or peddle any dairy product, meat, poultry, eel, fish, mollusk, or shellfish must first obtain a license pursuant to this chapter. 2. No licenses shall be issued or maintained for the sale of poultry or poultry products or meat or meat products which are adulterated or distributed under unsanitary conditions. 3. No licenses shall be issued for the sale of shellfish unless the vendor can produce a certificate of compliance as required by RCW 6930.020. B. All persons acting as a solicitor, peddler or street vendor shall comply with all laws, ordinances and regulations, including all Snohomish County health department requirements. C. All solicitors, peddlers or street vendors must report any sales made within the city of Edmonds to the Department of Revenue as sales that have occurred within the city. EMOMMM Now■ -- ■ MI a r ■ u parrs o at; - �r „l_ _,; as � maiiageF a the al plieati 4 ae�Eesidance wit-}r€EC 4-1,d r.�e�rre�r�rn,-n �ee� EN f - E'iiii�iil� eefnFAereial ,r . nal 4.12.055 Street vendor requirements. Any person seeking a Pest City of Edmonds business license for a street vendor license under the definition of this chapter shall comply with the following requirements: A. Mobile vending units may be allowed to operate within the following commercially zoned areas including unzoned property or right-of-way adjacent to or abutting commercially zoned areas: 1. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile vending units: neighborhood business (BN), community business (BC), planned business (BP), downtown business zones (BDI, BD2, BD3, BD4 and BD5), commercial waterfront (CW), general commercial (CG, CG2), Firdale Village mixed -use (FVMU), medical use (MU) and public use (P). B. In addition to the licensing requirements of this chapter, any street vendor shall be required to obtain a street use pen -nit. Application fees for street use permits are those established by the city council by resolution in its sole legislative discretion. Application fees shall be paid to the city prior to issuance of any permit. C. Street vendors shall be sublect to the same regulations regarding lastic bags. non -cone ostable food service containers. and single -use plastic utensils that apply to retail establishments and food service businesses. GD. All advertising shall be placed on the nonmotorized mobile vending unit and will not be allowed on the street or sidewalk. Maximum sign area allowed shall be 10 square feet. DE. The vending site shall be kept clean and orderly at all times, and the vendor must provide a refuse container and is encouraged to provide containers for recycling. No portion of a vendor's inventory, sales equipment, or any other structure or equipment used in the sales or solicitation process shall be left overnight upon any unenclosed portion of any lot or site within the city, nor upon any public street or right-of-way. €F. The city reserves the right to limit the number of vending permit sites in any given area of the city. When the number of permitted mobile vendors reaches 15, a review before the city council is triggered to determine if the number of mobile vendors should be limited. The city council review may consider the needs of the public, diversity of products offered for sale, the smooth flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, number of complaints, and locations where the vending units are located. FG. If located on a sidewalk, a minimum clearance of five feet shall be maintained by any street vendor. FAH. Street vendors shall not locate within that portion of improved street right-of-way designed for vehicular traffic or parking. Street vendors seeking to locate in improved street rights -of -way or on sidewalks shall be oriented toward pedestrian traffic movement or safety. Any application to locate a street vendor in the street right-of-way shall require approval by the city traffic engineer and shall not interfere in any way Nvith vehicular or pedestrian traffic or safety. 141. No mechanical audio or noise making devices and no hawking is allowed. Hawking is the loud, repeated oral solicitation of business by the vendor or an assistant. U Street vendors may operate in parks if they have a concession agreement with the city of Edmonds to operate on a specific park property. 3K. Street vendors are prohibited in residentially zoned areas, and unzoned property or right-of-way adjacent to or abutting the residentially zoned areas. K-L. All street vendors shall comply with all applicable Snohomish County health district requirements. L-M. The applicant shall submit with his application a copy of the written approval for the vending site from the property owner when locating on private property. When locating on a sidewalk within the right-of-way, the applicant shall have written approval for the vending site from the abutting property owner and/or tenant. In the event that the property owner or tenant shall disagree, the property owner's decision shall be final. 1. in the event that the proposed site is on or abuts property owned by the city of Edmonds, the applicant shall be required to obtain the city's approval. Approvals relating to park property shall be handled as a request to let a concession under the terns of this chapter. Request for sites abutting all other public land owned by the city shall be forwarded to the city council for their review and approval. 2. in the event that the proposed site is on or abuts publicly owned property not owned by the city of Edmonds, the applicant shall be required to obtain approval from the public entity that owns the property. 3. In the event that the site for which approval is sought abuts vacant land, the applicant shall make reasonable written attempts to secure the approval of the property owner. If the applicant is unable to do so, the city may accept written proof of such attempts and issue a conditional permit. if a complaint is later received from the owner of the land, the license shall be revoked. The granting of such a conditional license shall vest no right in the applicant. MN. When locating within a parking lot of a private location, the applicant shall: 1. Identify the location the mobile vending unit will be located and provide a circulation plan. The location and circulation plan shall require approval by the city traffic engineer to ensure the vending unit will not interfere in any way with vehicular or pedestrian traffic or safety. 2. Demonstrate that the site will meet the parking requirements of Chapter 17.50 ECDC excluding the parking space(s) occupied by the mobile vending unit. NO. The maximum permissible size for any nonmotorized mobile vending unit shall be: 1. Thirty square feet for sidewalk locations; and 2. Fifty square feet for locations within the street or other public right-of-way or when located on private property. 3. In no event shall any nonmotorized mobile vending unit exceed 10 feet in length. OP. During special events held within the city where food providers are required to pay a fee to participate (such as the Edmonds Art Festival and Taste of Edmonds), no mobile vending units may be allowed to operate within one -quarter mile of the special event. 4.12.065 Soliciting and peddling restrictions. All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following time and location restrictions: A. Fourth of July Fireworks Display. For the purpose of crowd and traffic control on the Fourth of July, all soliciting after 6:00 p.m. within one mile of the official fireworks display shall take place only within the confines of the fireworks viewing area as designated by the chief of police on the Civic Center playfield. B. No peddler or solicitor shall engage or attempt to engage in the business of peddling at any home, residence, apartment complex or business that prominently displays a "No Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" sign or any other similar sign that communicates the occupants' desire to not be contacted by peddlers. C. No peddler or solicitor shall engage in the business of peddling between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. D. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile vending units which are located directly adjacent to residentially zoned property may not operate between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile vending units not located directly adjacent to residentially zoned property may not operate between the hours of 1 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. 4.12.070 Carrying of license required. Stieli A Citv of Edmonds business license shall be carried at all times by each solicitor, peddler or street vendor for whom issued, when soliciting, canvassing or street vending in the city of Edmonds, and shall be exhibited by any such solicitor, peddler or street vendor whenever and wherever he or she shall be requested to do so by any police officer or any person solicited. de cfiTsivrr. 4.12.090 Purchase orders — Form and content. All orders taken by licensed solicitors; or peddlers or sti-eet vend .' shall be in writing, in duplicate, stating the name as it appears on the license, the address of both the solicitor, peddler or street vendor and his or her employer, the terms thereof, and the amount paid in advance, and one copy shall be given to the purchaser. 4.12.100 -Penalty for violation. My person or peFsons vdie �.-i a late or fail to c- ()III p1y w0fli akiv of the pi-evisi om of this chapter- sliall . Any person. as defined herein. and the officers. directors. managin r auents. or partners of any cor oration. firm. 12artnershi P or other or anization or business violating or failin=_= to con pI y with any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of misdemeanorand. upon conviction. shall be punislied by a fine in any sum not exceeding 230.00 or by imprisonment fora period not exceeding nine months. or both. and each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. 4.12.110 Severability. Should any section, clause or provision of this chapter be declared by the courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part declared to be invalid. Section 3. Chapter 4.52 ECC (Regulations for Adult Entertainment Facilities), subsections .030, .060, .070, .080, .100, .110, .250 and .260, are hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in stFik flivougl ): 4.52.030 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined as follows: A. "Adult entertainment" shall mean: 1. Any exhibition, performance or dance of any type conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance or dance involves a person who is unclothed or in such costume, attire or clothing as to expose any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, or wearing any device or covering exposed to view which simulates the appearance of any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered, or 2. Any exhibition, performance or dance of any type conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on the depiction, description, simulation or relation to the following specified sexual activities: a. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; or b. Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy; or c. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks or female breast; or 3. Any exhibition, performance or dance intended to sexually stimulate any patron and conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance or dance is performed for, arranged with or engaged in with fewer than all patrons in the adult entertainment facility at that time, with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for such performance, exhibition or dance. For purposes of example and not limitation, such exhibitions, performances or dances are commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing, lap dancing, private dancing or straddle dancing. B. "Adult entertainment facilities" shall mean those businesses defined as follows: 1. "Adult arcade": a commercial establishment containing individual viewing areas or booths, where, for any form of consideration, including a membership fee, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide projectors, or other similar image producing machines are used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproduction of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. 2. "Adult cabaret": a nightclub, bar, restaurant, theater or auditorium, or similar commercial establishment, whether or not alcoholic beverages are served, which features adult entertainment. 3. "Adult motel": a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment which: a. Offers sleeping accommodations to the public for any form of consideration and provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and are not rated G, PG, PG-13, NC-1 3, NC-17 or R by the Motion Picture Association of America; or the establishment has a sign visible from the public right-of-way which advertises the availability of this adult type of photographic reproductions; or b. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a rental fee period of time that is less than 10 hours; or c. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the room for a period of time that is less than 10 hours. 4. "Adult motion picture theater": a commercial establishment or drive-in theater where films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions characterized by the depiction or description of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities and are not rated G, PG, PG-13, NC-13, NC-17 or R by the Motion Picture Association of America and are shown for any form of consideration. 5. "Other adult entertainment facility": any commercial establishment to which any patron is invited or admitted and where adult entertainment is provided on a regular basis and as a substantial part of the activities of the establishment. C. "Barker" shall mean any person who is located at the entrance of or outside of an adult entertainment facility, and attempts to solicit business for the same by using voice or gestures. D. "City" shall mean the city of Edmonds, Washington. E. "Director" shall mean the administrative services directorty elei--k,, or lamer designee. F. "Employee" shall mean any and all persons, including managers, entertainers, independent contractors, renters, lessees, or sublessees, who work in or at or render any services directly related to the operation of any adult entertainment facility whether or not such person is paid compensation by the operator of said business. G. "Entertainer" shall mean any person who provides live adult entertainment in an adult entertainment facility, whether or not that person is an employee of the business and whether or not a fee is charged or accepted for such entertainment, and whether or not that person is nude, semi-nude or clothed. H. "Establishment" shall mean any of the following: 1. The opening or commencement of an adult entertainment facility as a new business; or 2. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not an adult entertainment facility, to an adult entertainment facility; or 3. The addition of an adult entertainment facility to any other existing adult entertainment facility; or 4. The relocation of any adult entertainment facility; or 5. An existing adult entertainment facility. 1. "Expressive dance" shall mean any dance which, when considered in the context of the entire performance, constitutes an expression of art, theme, story or ideas, but excluding any dance such as, but not limited to, common barroom -type topless dancing which, when considered in the context of the entire performance, is presented primarily as a means of displaying nudity as a sales device or for other commercial exploitation without substantial expression of theme, story or ideas, and the conduct appeals to the prurient interest, depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. J. "Manager" shall mean any person who manages, directs, administers, or is in charge of, the affairs and/or the conduct of an adult entertainment facility. K. "Nude" or "state of nudity" shall mean the appearance or less than complete and opaque covering of the human anus, male genitals, female genitals, or the areola or nipple of the female breast. The opaque covering shall be made of material or fabric, but shall not include any liquid substance, including mud, water, lotion, whipping cream, or other such substances that are easily broken down or removed and do not offer the covering intended for an "opaque covering." L. "Operator" shall mean the owner, significant stockholder or significant owner of interest, custodian, licensee, manager, or person in charge of any licensed adult entertainment facility. M. "Licensed establishment' shall mean any establishment that requires a license and that is classified as an adult entertainment facility. N. "Licensee" shall mean a person in whose name a license to operate an adult entertainment facility has been issued, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the application for a license. O. "Person" shall mean and include any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, association, social club, fi-aternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or any other group or combination acting as a unit. P. `Semi-nude" shall mean a state of undress in which clothing completely and opaquely covers only the genitals, pubic region, and areola and nipple of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices. Q. "Specified anatomical areas" shall mean and include any of the following: 1. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, anus, or areola of the female breasts or any artificial depiction of the same; or 2. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered. R. "Specified criminal activities" shall mean and include any conviction for acts which constitute sexual crimes against children, sexual abuse, rape, distribution of obscenity or erotic material to minors, prostitution, pandering, or racketeering. S. "Specified sexual activity" shall mean and include any of the following: 1. The fondling or other intentional touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts; or 2. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; or 3. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or 4. Human genitals or artificial depictions of the same in a state of sexual stimulation, arousal or tumescence; or 5. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in subdivisions l through 4 of this subsection. T. "Transfer of ownership or control" shall mean and include any of the following: 1. The sale, lease, or sublease of an adult entertainment facility, or substantially all of the assets of an adult entertaimnent facility; or 2. The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in the adult entertainment facility, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or 3. The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device which transfers the ownership or control of the adult entertainment facility, except for transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of a person possessing the ownership or control. 4.52.060 License required. A. it shall be unlawful to operate an adult entertainment facility without a valid adult entertainment facility license, issued by the city for the particular type of adult entertainment to be conducted. The license or licenses required under this chapter are in addition to a business license that may be required under Chapter 4.72 ECC. B. The administrative services director ^ilk, or hider designee, is responsible for granting, denying, revoking, renewing, suspending, and canceling adult entertainment facility licenses. The director of the department of planning or his/heF designee is responsible for ascertaining whether a license application for a proposed adult entertainment facility complies with all requirements enumerated herein and all other applicable zoning laws and/or regulations. C. An application for an adult entertainment facility license shall be made on a form provided by the city. D. The completed application shall contain the following information and shall be accompanied by the follow-ing documents: 1. If the applicant is an individual/sole proprietor, then the individual/owner shall state his/her legal name and any aliases, stage names, or previous names, date of birth, Social Security number and submit satisfactory proof that he/she is 18 years of age or older. 2. If the applicant is a partnership, then the partnership shall state its complete name, and the legal names of all partners, including their dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and whether the partnership is general or limited, and a copy of the partnership agreement, if any. 3. If the applicant is a corporation, including a limited liability organization, then the corporation shall state its complete name, the date of its incorporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of the state of Washington, the legal names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers of all directors, or principal stockholders, and the capacity of all officers, directors and principal stockholders; the name of the registered corporate agent, and the address of the registered office for service of process. 4. Each officer, director, or principal stockholder shall provide the administrative services director, or designee. c!eflg'_ easi4fe with an affidavit attesting to his/her identity and relationship to the corporation. A principal stockholder shall mean those persons who own 10 percent or greater interest in the adult entertainment facility. 5. if the applicant or any other individual listed pursuant to subsection (D)(1), (2) or (3) has been convicted of a crime within a four-year period immediately preceding the date of the application, then the applicant must state the specific criminal act involved, the date of conviction and the place of conviction. 6. If the applicant or any other individual listed pursuant to this section has, within the last four years, had a previous permit or license under this chapter or other similar ordinances from another city or county denied, suspended, or revoked, then the applicant must state the name and location of the adult entertainment facility for which the permit or license was denied, suspended, or revoked, the entity denying the same, as well as the date of the denial, suspension, or revocation. 7. If the applicant or any other entity listed pursuant to this section holds any other licenses under this chapter or any other permits or licenses from other jurisdictions, including a sexually oriented business license from another city or county, then the applicant must state the names and locations of such other permitted or licensed businesses. 8. The single classification of license for which the applicant is filing. 9. The location of the proposed adult entertainment facility, including a legal description of the property, street address, and telephone number(s), if any. 10. The applicant's mailing address and residential address. 11. Two two-inch by two-inch color photographs of the applicant, including any corporate applicants, taken within six months of the date of the application, showing only the full face of the same. The photographs shall be provided at the applicant's expense. The license, when issued, shall have affixed to it one such photograph of the applicant. 12. The applicant and/or each corporate applicant's driver's license number, Social Security number, and his/her state or federally issued tax identification number, if any. 13. Each application shall be accompanied by a complete set of fingerprints of each person required to be a party to the application, including all corporate applicants as defined above, utilizing fingerprint forms as prescribed by the chief of police or his{her designee. 14. A sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the adult entertainment facility, including a statement of total floor space occupied by the establishment. The sketch or diagram must be professionally prepared and accepted by the city, and it must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the adult entertainment facility to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches. E. Applicants for a license under this chapter shall have a continuing duty to promptly supplement application information required in the event that said information changes in any way from what is stated on the application. The failure to comply with said continuing duty within 30 days from the date of such change by supplementing the application on file with the administrative services director e4� e4r=k or her designee shall be grounds for suspension of a license. F. In the event the administrative services director eity elerk or his/lie designee determines or learns at any time that the applicant has improperly completed the application for a proposed adult entertainment facility license, he/she shall promptly notify the applicant of such fact and allow the applicant 10 days to properly complete the application. (The time period for granting or denying a license shall be staved during the period in which the applicant is allowed an opportunity to properly complete the application). G. The applicant must be qualified according to the provisions of this section, and the adult entertainment facility must be inspected and found to be in compliance with health, fire, and building codes of the city. H. The applicant shall pay a preliminary nonrefundable processing fee established by resolution at the time of filing an application under this section. Note: This is a processing fee. License fees shall also be required in the event the application is approved. 1. The fact that a person possesses other types of state or city permits and/or licenses does not exempt him/her from the requirement of obtaining an adult entertainment facility license. J. The application form for licenses issued under this chapter shall contain a provision providing that under penalty of perjury the applicant verifies that the information contained therein is true to the best of his/her knowledge. 4.52.070 Investigation and application. A. Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the administrative services director ^'t elefk, and upon payment of the nonrefundable processing fee, the administrative services directorty clerk or his,'he} designee shall immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter send photocopies of the application to other city departments or other agencies responsible for enforcement of health, fire, criminal and building codes and laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the application and the proposed adult entertainment facility. Said investigation shall be completed within 20 days of receipt of the application by the administrative services director eity eledE or hi-s/her designee, unless circumstances support extending the investigation. If the investigation is extended, the city shall inform the applicant of the extension and the reason. The extension shall be for no longer than 10 additional days from the original expiration of the 20-day time period stated above. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its recommendation as to approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it, and in the event it recommends disapproval, state the specific reasons therefor, citing applicable laws or regulations. B. A department or agency shall recommend disapproval of an application if it finds that the proposed adult entertainment facility will be in violation of any provision of any statute, code, ordinance, regulation, or other law in effect in the city, or if the applicant does not meet the conditions as specified in this chapter. After its indication of approval or disapproval, each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the administrative services director eler-k or lamer designee. C. In addition to the license fees set forth in this chapter, an applicant shall pay a charge equal to the actual cost of fire inspection in accordance with the provisions of ECDC 19.25.025. 4.52.080 Issuance of license. A. The administrative services director eity e1eflE or his/her designee shall grant or deny an application for a license within 60 days from the date of its proper filing unless the city or applicant establishes a good reason for up to a 10-day extension as provided above. B. Grant of Application for License. 1. The administrative services director ,. or 13 s/13er designee shall grant the application unless one or more of the criteria set forth in subsection C of this section (Denial of Application for License) is present. 2. The license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the address of the adult entertainment facility. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place, at or near the entrance to the adult entertainment facility so that it can be easily read at any time. The license shall be valid until the end of the year. C. Denial of Application for License. The administrative services director t=elerk or his/her designee shall deny the application for any of the following reasons: 1. An applicant is under 18 years of age or will be employing a person under 18 years of age 2. An applicant is overdue on his/her payment to the city of taxes, fees, fines, assessments, or penalties assessed or imposed against him/her in relation to an adult entertaimnent facility. 3. An applicant has failed to provide information required by this section or the application for the issuance of the license, or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form. 4. The applicant has failed to comply with any provision or requirement of this chapter. 5. The applicant has failed to comply with any city codes or zoning regulations, or other state or federal regulations or court order applicable to an adult entertainment facility. 6. The applicant has been convicted of a felony within the last 10 years involving an adult entertainment facility including, but not limited to, prostitution, promoting prostitution, and/or possession of controlled substances as that term is defined in Chapter 69.50 RCW. 4.52.100 Licenses for managers and entertainers. A. No person shall work as a manager or entertainer at any adult entertainment facility without having first obtained the appropriate entertainer's or manager's license from the administrative services director e . Each such applicant shall not be required to obtain an adult entertainment facility license, but shall complete an application containing the information identified in ECC 4.52.060 (D) and comply with the same requirements and procedures as set forth in ECC 4.52.060 through 4.52.080. A nonrefundable processing fee established by resolution shall accompany the application. B. It is unlawful for any entertainer, employee or operator to knowingly work in or about or knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation of an unlicensed adult entertainment facility. C. The annual fee for such a license shall be established by resolution. The amount shall be used for the cost of administration and enforcement of this chapter. D. This license expires annually on December 31 st of each year and must be renewed by January 1 st of each year. This license shall not be prorated. E. The applicant must be 18 years of age or older. 4.52.110 Due date for license fees. All licenses required by this chapter must be issued and the applicable fees paid to the administrative services director eity elefli at least 14 calendar days before commencing work at an adult entertainment facility, and on an annual basis as described above. 4.52.250 Record keeping requirements. A. Within 30 days following each calendar quarter, each adult entertainment facility licensee shall file with the administrative services director c a verified report showing the licensee's gross receipts and amounts paid to entertainers, models, or escorts, if applicable, for the preceding calendar year. B. Each adult entertainment facility licensee shall maintain and retain for a period of two years from the date of termination of employment, the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and ages of all persons employed or otherwise retained as entertainers, models, and escorts by the licensee. 4.52.260 Denial, suspension or revocation of license, and appeal procedures. A. When the administrative services director eity elerk refuses to grant a license, or revokes the same, lie/she shall notify the applicant in writing of the same, describing the reasons therefor, and shall inform the applicant of his right to appeal to the city council within 10 days of the date of the written notice by filing a written notice of appeal with the administrative services director e containing a statement of the specific reasons for the appeal and a statement of the relief requested. B. Whenever the administrative services director eity eledi has found or determined that any violation of this chapter has occurred, he/she shall issue a notice of violation and suspension or revocation ("notice") to the licensee. in addition, the. administrative services director e shall issue a notice of suspension or revocation to the licensee under the following circumstances: 1. Where such license was obtained by fraud or false representation of fact; 2. For the violation of, or failure to comply with, the provisions of this chapter or any other similar local or state ]aw by the licensee or by any of its agents, employees or representatives, when the licensee knew or should have known of the violations committed by its agents, employees or representatives; 3. For the conviction of the licensee of any crime or offense committed at the adult entertainment facility involving prostitution, promoting prostitution or transactions involving controlled substances (as that term is defined in Chapter 69.50 RCW), or the conviction of the licensee's employees, agents or representatives of any crime or offense committed at the adult entertainment facility involving prostitution, or transactions involving controlled substances (as that term is defined in Chapter 69.50 RCW). C. The notice shall include the following: 1. Name(s) of person(s) involved. 2. Description of the violation(s), including date and section of this chapter violated. 3. Description of the administrative action taken. 4. Rights of appeal as set forth above. D. The notice shall be served either personally or by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the licensee at his or her last known address. Proof of service shal I be made at the time of service by a written declaration under penalty of perjury, executed by the person effecting the service, declaring the time, date, and the manner by which service was made. The decision may be appealed to the city council if request for appeal is properly filed with the administrative services director e within 10 calendar days of receipt of the notice. Said request shall be in writing, state specific reasons for the appeal, and the relief requested. E. The suspension or revocation of a license shall be effective at the end of the expiration of any appeal period, unless there is a written request for an appeal properly filed by the licensee. if there is an appeal so requested, then the revocation or suspension shall be stayed pending the outcome of the appeal. This effective date of suspension shall not apply to any fire code violation or building code violation deemed by the appropriate officials to be a serious risk to health and welfare. F. Within 10 working days of receiving a timely appeal, the administrative services director e-itt, eledc shall forward the administrative record of the licensing decision to the city council. G. When an applicant has appealed the administrative services director eity elerk decision according to the stipulations herein, the city council shall review the administrative record as soon as possible, but no later than 30 working days after the city receives the appeal. Written notice of the date, time, and place of the scheduled meeting will be given to the applicant by the administrative services director e by mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the applicant at the address shown on the license application, at least five days prior to the meeting. H. If the licensee appeals the notice to the city council, the licensee shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard as to the violation and action taken. The licensee and administrative services director eity eler-1or designee his Fepfesewatwe shall be given an opportunity to argue the merits of the appeal before the city council. Oral argument by each party shall not exceed 10 minutes and shall be limited to the administrative record before the council. i. The city council shall uphold the administrative services director's e decision unless it finds the decision is not supported by evidence in the administrative record. J. The city council shall issue a written decision within 10 working days of hearing the appeal. The council may uphold the administrative services director's ei decision and deny the license, overrule the administrative services director's e decision and issue the license, or remand the matter to the administrative services director a for further review and action. The administrative services director eitt, eledE shall complete further action or review within 30 working days of receiving any remand. K. A decision by the city council shall constitute final administrative review. The applicant or licensee shall be responsible for the cost of any preparation of the record for appeal. L. Either party may seek judicial review of a final decision of the city council as provided by law. Section 4. Chapter 4.68 (Community Antenna Television Systems), subsections .050, .290, .390, and .400, are hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in StFik�4h): 4.68.050 Acceptance. No franchise granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall become effective unless and until the ordinance granting same has become effective. Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance awarding a franchise, or within such extended period of time as the council in its discretion may authorize, a franchisee shall file with the administrative services director ei�y eler-k its written acceptance of the franchise, in a form satisfactory to the city attorney, together with the bond and insurance policies required by ECC 4.68.330, Insurance, and 4.68.340, Performance bond. 4.68.290 Removal and abandonment of property of franchisee. The city may direct a franchisee to temporarily disconnect or bypass any equipment of a franchisee in order to complete street construction or modification, install and remove underground utilities, or for other reasons of public safety and efficient operation of the city. Such removal, relocation or other requirement shall be at the sole expense of a franchisee. In the event that the use of any part of the cable system is discontinued for any reason for a continuous period of 12 months, or in the event such system or property has been installed in any street or public place without complying with the requirements of the franchise or other city ordinances or the franchise has been terninated, cancelled or has expired, a franchisee shall promptly. upon being given 10 days' notice, remove within 90 days from the streets or public places all such property and poles of such system other than any which the city may permit to be abandoned in place which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event of such removal, a franchisee shall promptly restore the street or other areas from which such property has been removed to a condition reasonably satisfactory to the city. Any property of a franchisee remaining in place 90 days after the termination or expiration of the franchise shall be considered permanently abandoned unless the franchisee has commenced removal within a reasonable time. Any property of a franchisee to be abandoned in place shall be abandoned in such manner as the city shall prescribe. Upon permanent abandonment of the property of a franchisee in place, the property shall become that of the city, and a franchisee shall submit to the administrative services director 61., e�erk an instrument in writing, to be approved by the city attorney, transferring to the city the ownership of such property. None of the foregoing affects or limits franchisee's rights to compensation for an involuntary abandonment of its property under state or federal law. 4.68.390 Expedited review process — Competitive franchises. In accordance with the competitive franchise rule adopted pursuant to Part 76 of Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 76.41, a process for expedited review of franchise applications for a competitive franchise is hereby established. A. Application of Rule. Any application for a cable franchise agreement submitted pursuant to 47 CFR Section 76.41 to the city shall contain the requisite information set forth herein. The mayor and staff shall evaluate the application and make recommendations to the Edmonds city council based on the criteria set forth herein. B. Definitions. As used in this local rule, definitions shall be as follows: 1. "Affiliated entity" or "affiliate" means any entity having ownership or control in common with the grantee, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, grantee's parent corporations and any subsidiaries or affiliates of such parent corporations. 2. "CFAR franchise applicant" or "applicant" means an applicant for a cable franchise pursuant to the provisions of the competitive franchise application rule (CFAR) set forth in Part 76 of 47 CFR Section 76.41, and includes the parent corporation, its subsidiaries and principals. 3. "City" means the city of Edmonds. 4. "Control" is not limited to majority stock ownership, but includes actual working control in whatever manner exercised. 5. "Interest" includes officers, directors and shareholders owning five percent or more of the CFAR franchise applicant's outstanding stock or any equivalent voting interest of a partnership or joint venture. 6. "Model cable franchise template" means this chapter, containing standard franchise terms and conditions for cable franchises granted in the city, as the same exists or is hereafter amended through a process that wi=4 commenced in 2008. Franchises granted under the then -existing Chapter 4.68 4-t&14 expired on April 26, 2011, unless an earlier date is was established in the review process. 7. "Staff' means the persons or positions designated by the mayor for review. The term shall include any consultant hired by the city to assist in its review. 8. "Parent corporation" includes any entity with ownership or control of the CFAR franchise applicant. 9. "Principal" includes any person, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, affiliates, or other entity, who or which has control of or interest in a CFAR franchise applicant. l0. "Regulatory authority" includes any governmental or quasi -governmental organization or entity with jurisdiction over all or any portion of the CFAR franchise applicant or its operations. C. Competitive Franchise Application Submission. A CFAR franchise applicant shall include in its application detailed written responses to the requisite information set forth in ECC 4.68.400, in addition to any information required by 47 CFR Section 76.41 (hereinafter collectively the "application"). A CFAR franchise applicant shall submit an application fee required under ECC 4.68.410 as part of its application to the city. A CFAR franchise applicant shall also provide any additional information requested by the staff that is relevant to the evaluation of the application under the criteria adopted herein and applicable law. Completed application and the application fee shall be filed with the administrative set -vices director eit1 , elexlE at the following address: Administrative Services Director City Gled City of Edmonds 121 — 5th Ave. North Edmonds, WA 98020 The staff shall accept and review only those applications that include complete responses to every element of the information required herein. Submission of an application that does not include the requisite infornation set forth in ECC 4.68.400 and the application fee shall not commence the time period set forth in 47 CFR Section 76.41 for granting or denying an application. If the staff requests any additional information from the CFAR franchise applicant, the time period set forth in 47 CFR Section 76.41 shall be tolled from the date the information is requested until the date such information is received by the staff. The CFAR franchise applicant shall immediately submit additional or updated information as necessary to ensure the requisite information provided is complete and accurate throughout the staff review of the application. Upon request, the staff will promptly provide access to documents or information in its possession or control that are necessary for the completion of an application; provided, that the CFAR franchise applicant does not otherwise have access to such documents or information and that such documents or information are subject to disclosure under Washington public records laws. 4.68.400 CFAR application requisites. A. Identification and Ownership Information. 1. Identification of Applicant and Proposed Franchisee. a. State the name, address, telephone number and web site (if applicable) of the applicant and the proposed fi-anchisee (if different from applicant). b. State the name, address, primary telephone number and primary e-mail address of all individual(s) authorized to represent the applicant before the staff during their consideration of the franchise(s) requested, including the applicant's primary contact and any additional authorized contacts. 2. Business Structure. a. Corporation. i. If applicant is a corporation, please list all officers and members of the board of directors, their principal affiliations and their addresses; ii. Attach a certified copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation as well as certificates of good standing from the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation as well as the state of Washington; and iii. State whether the applicant is directly or indirectly controlled by another corporation or legal entity. If so, attach an explanatory statement and response to subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section concerning the controlling corporation. b. Partnership. i. If applicant is a partnership, please describe the structure of the partnership and the interests of general and limited partners. ii. State whether the applicant is controlled directly or indirectly by any corporation or other legal entity. If so, respond to subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii) or (2)(b)(i) of this section, as applicable, concerning the controlling entity. 3. Experience. a. Current Franchises. Please list all cable systems operated by the applicant in the last five years. For each system, include name of system, address, communities served, number of subscribers, number of homes passed, date of system award, duration (start and end date) of franchise, status of construction, and percent of penetration of homes passed as of most recently available date (include date). Also include name, title, and telephone number of the system manager and authorized representative of the franchising authority. b. Pending Franchises. List communities where the applicant or any affiliate currently has a formal or informal request pending for an initial franchise, the renewal of a franchise, or the approval of a transfer of ownership. Include names of communities, date of application, date of expected action, and estimated number of homes. Also include complete contact information of an authorized representative of the franchise authority. 4. Management Structure. Attach a management/organizational chart showing the management structure of the applicant. Also, provide a similar chart showing the relationship of the applicant to all general partners, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates and all other subsidiaries of parent corporation, including a brief description of each entity's relationship to the applicant. 5. Management Agreement. State whether there are any management agreements existing or proposed between the applicant and any parent corporation or affiliate related to construction and operation of the applicant's planned system in Edmonds. If yes, attach a copy of any such agreement. B. Legal Qualifications. 1. Media Cross -Ownership. Section 613 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 USC Section 533 (a), and applicable FCC rules prohibit certain forms of media cross - ownership. Please state whether the applicant or an affiliate directly or indirectly owns, operates, controls or has an interest in any of the following, or whether the applicant holds or operates any company or business operating jointly with any of the following: a. A national broadcast television network (such as ABC, CBS or NBC, etc.). b. A television broadcast station whose predicted Grade B contour, computed in accordance with Section 73.684 of the FCC's rules, overlaps in whole or in part in the city, or an application for license to operate such a station. c. A telecommunications or telephone company whose service area includes any portion of the city. If the response to any of the above is affirmative, state the name of the applicant or affiliate, the nature and percentage of ownership or interest and the company that is owned or in which the interest is held. 2. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Federal law requires cable system operators to be certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as being in compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Section 634(e) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 USC Section 554(e). The applicant shall attach any current FCC certification(s) for its existing cable system holdings, if any, or indicate its intention to apply for and abide by same. 3. Franchise Violations. State whether the applicant or any affiliate has been found in violation by a regulatory authority or franchising authority of any franchise ordinance or agreement, contract or regulation governing a cable system. If so, identify the judicial or administrative proceeding, giving the date, name of tribunal and result or disposition of that proceeding. 4. Other Violations. State whether- the applicant or any affiliate has been found in violation of any franchise, ordinance, agreement, permit, contract or regulation by a regulatory authority of any other type (e.g., public utility commission). If so, identify the judicial or administrative proceeding, giving the date, name of tribunal and result or disposition of that proceeding. C. Financial Qualifications. 1. For applicants with existing operations: provide audited financial statements, including statements of income, balance sheets and cash flow statements, together with any notes necessary to the understanding of the financial statements for the last three fiscal years for the applicant and any parent corporation. Please provide associated operating statistics including distribution plant miles, homes passed, number of basic cable service subscribers, and number of subscribers to other tiers or services, including digital services, Internet access services, telephone services and number of premium units, for the operations corresponding to the financial statements. 2. For all applicants: provide detailed pro forma projections for both applicant's operations in the city and any regional or national planned operations of which the city is a part for the next five fiscal years from the date of the application, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows, or, alternatively, at a minimum, detailed projected income and cash flow statements. Please include associated operating statistic assumptions for these projections including distribution plant miles, homes passed, number of basic cable service subscribers, number of subscribers to other tiers or services (e.g., digital service, high-speed Internet access service, telephone service, etc.), and number of premium units. Also, describe any other assumptions reflected in the projections, including (a) revenue assumptions, such as service rates, (b) expense assumptions, such as direct costs of service, staffing levels, or anticipated cost inflation, (c) capital expenditure assumptions, such as miles of plant to be built and costs per mile of construction or per subscriber, and (d) financing assumptions, such as funds to be borrowed and from whom, interest rates, and timing of repayment, or equity infusions and distributions. Please provide these projections in electronic (Excel spreadsheet) form as well as in printed form. D. Technical Qualifications, Planned Services and Operations. 1. Describe the applicant's planned initial and proposed geographic cable service area, including a map and proposed dates for offering service to each area; 2. If the applicant has or asserts existing authority to access the public right-of-way in any of the initial or proposed service areas listed in subsection (13)(1) of this section, state the basis for such authority or asserted authority and attach the relevant agreements or other documentation of such authority; 3. Describe with particularity the applicant's planned residential cable services, including basic cable services, cable programming service tiers, and any additional pay -per -view, on -demand or digital services; and the projected rates for each category or tier or service; 4. Describe with particularity the applicant's planned system technical design, upstream and downstream capacity and speed, provision for analog or digital services or packages, distribution of fiber, and planned count of households per residential node; 5. Describe with particularity the applicant's planned nonresidential cable services; 6. Describe the applicant's planned construction and extension or phase schedule, as applicable, including system extension plans or policy; describe current status of the applicant's existing or proposed arrangements with area utilities, including pole attachments, vault, or conduit sharing agreements as applicable; 7. Describe the applicant's plan to ensure that the safety, functioning and appearance of property and convenience and safety of other persons not be adversely affected by installation or construction of the applicant's facilities, and that property owners are justly compensated for any damages caused by the installation, construction, operation or removal of the facilities; also state the proposed allocation of costs of installation, construction, operation or removal of facilities between the applicant and the subscriber; 8. Describe the availability and cost of a device to enable a subscriber to block obscene or indecent programming; and 9. Describe the applicant's plan to comply with the subscriber privacy protections set forth in 47 USC Section 551. E. Minimum Franchise Obligations. Please state the applicant's intention to meet each of the following minimum cable franchise standards: 1. Model Franchises. The applicant shall comply with all provisions of this chapter. 2. Right -of -Way ("ROW") Regulations. The applicant shall stipulate in writing that it will at all times comply with all applicable and lawful city laws and regulations related to use of the public ROW within the boundaries of the city. 3. Nondiscrimination. The applicant shall stipulate that it shall not deny cable service to any group of potential residential cable subscribers in the cable service area proposed by applicant based on their- income. 4. Franchise Fees. The applicant shall pay franchise fees on a monthly basis, unless otherwise agreed to by the city, at the franchise fee rate established by ordinance for all cable service providers in Edmonds. F. City Expectations. The applicant will provide a detailed proposal as part of its application regarding each of the below provisions to enable the city to determine whether the application meets the cable - related needs and interests of the city. 1. Build -Out. The city expects that all residents within a specified cable service area will have access to applicant's cable services consistent with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. The applicant shall provide a proposal to provide access to cable services to all residents in applicant's proposed cable service area within a reasonable time period. Maps of existing franchise districts are on file with the staff s office or available by contacting the city at 425-775-2525. The staff may reconsider cable service areas proposed by applicant that overlap the geographic boundaries of existing Edmonds cable franchise districts. Applicant shall clearly specify all build -out criteria and exceptions. 2. PEG Channel Capacity. The applicant shall provide the same channel capacity as available under existing incumbent city cable franchise agreements. Channel capacity is not limited to channels currently in use but shall include all available channels under existing franchise agreements. G. Proposed Franchise Terms. The city's model cable franchise template, Attachment A to this rule, reflects terms and conditions required of other cable operations in Edmonds as of the effective date of the CFAR. The applicant shall list any proposed amendments to the model cable franchise template and an explanation as to why the amendment should be considered by the city. These proposed amendments may either be included in this section of applicant's CFAR franchise application or shown directly on the model cable franchise template. An electronic copy of the model cable franchise template may be obtained by calling staff at 425-775-2525 or on the city's web site: www.ci.ednionds.wa.us. H. Miscellaneous Provisions. State whether the applicant contemplates the provision of any cable services on its system under an open video systems ("OVS") regulatory regime, within the meaning of Section 653 of the 1934 Communications Act (47 USC Section 573). 1. Affidavit of Applicant. Each application shall be accompanied by an affidavit substantially in the form set forth below: This application of the Applicant is submitted by the undersigned who has been duly authorized to make the representations within on behalf of the Applicant and certifies the representations are true and correct. The Applicant recognizes that all representations are binding on it and that material misrepresentations or omissions, or failure to adhere to any such representation may result in a negative staff recommendation to the Edmonds City Council, or denial of a CFAR Franchise Application by the Edmonds City Council. Consent is hereby given to the staff and their representatives or agents to make inquiry into the legal character, technical, financial and other qualifications of the Applicant by contacting any persons or organizations named herein as references, or by any other appropriate means. The Applicant recognizes that information submitted is open to public inspection and subject to the Washington Public Records Law. We advise the Applicant to be familiar with the Washington Public Records Act at Chapter 42.56 RCW. The Applicant should specifically identify any information which the Applicant has deemed proprietary, the Staff, as appropriate, will tender to the Applicant the defense of any request to compel disclosure. By submitting information which the Applicant deems proprietary or otherwise exempt from disclosure, the Applicant agrees to defend and hold harmless the City of Edmonds and the staff from any claim for disclosure including but not limited to expenses including out-of-pocket costs and attorneys' fees, as well as any judgment entered against the City of Edmonds or the staff for the attorney fees of the party requesting disclosure. Name of Applicant's Authorized Representative: Affiant's Signature: Official Position: Date: NOTARIZATION Subscribed and sworn before me this of 20 Notary Public for Washington: My Commission expires: J. Application Fee. The application fee to cover the reasonable cost of processing application is set forth in ECC 4.68.410. The fee shall be equal to the actual, reasonable costs of review, and the application fee shall be considered a deposit against payment or reimbursement of the city's costs. K. Review Process, 1. Acceptance of Application. Within 10 business days of receipt of an application, staff shall review the application to ensure all requisite information is included in the application. a. If the application is not complete, staff will notify the applicant in writing within 10 business days, listing the requisite information that is required to complete the application and notifying the applicant that the time period for granting or denying the application set forth in 47 CFR Section 76.41 will not begin to run until such information is received. b. if the application is complete, staff will notify the applicant in writing within five business days by certified mail that all requisite information has been received. 2. Staff Review. Staff shall review all completed applications based on the review criteria set forth herein. If, during the review of an application, staff requires additional information from the applicant, staff will promptly request the information from the applicant, in writing, along with a notification that the time period for granting or denying the application set forth in 47 CFR Section 76.41 will be tolled until such information is received by the staff. After completing the review, staff shall provide an analysis of the application and recommendations to the Edmonds city council. 3. Public Notification and Opportunity to Comment. The Edmonds city council may hold a public hearing to provide the applicant and residents in the proposed cable service area prompt notice and an opportunity to comment on any CFAR franchise application. Notice requirements for public hearings shall be provided 10 business days in advance; provided, however, that the Administrative services director e may shorten or alter these requirements as needed to meet the deadline for a council decision set forth in 47 CFR Section 76.41, unless the applicant and the staff agree to extend the deadline. 4. Review Criteria. The staff may recommend to the city council denial of an application of any of the following exists: a. The applicant does not have the financial, technical, or legal qualifications to provide cable service; or b. The applicant will not provide adequate public, educational, and governmental access channel capacity, facilities, or financial support, as evidenced by the most recent needs ascertainment conducted by or on behalf of the staff or other relevant study of community needs; or c. The applicant will not meet the city's minimum reasonable build -out requirements; or d. The applicant's proposed terms do not comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations including, but not limited to, local customer service standards or relevant existing city contractual obligations; or e. Applicant has made material misrepresentations or omissions, or has failed to adhere to any such representations. 5. Length of Franchise. A fianchise granted under these provisions shall expire on the date established in the review process, in no event later than April 26, 2011, the same date as any underlying, nonexclusive cable franchise previously granted by the city. This franchise length has been established in order to permit full assessment of the needs of the city and its citizens as permitted by 47 USC Section 521, et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder as this chapter is revised. Section 5. Chapter 4.72 ECC (Business License) is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in st-i'��): 4.72.010 Definitions. In construing the provisions of this chapter, save when otherwise declared or clearly apparent from the context, the following definitions shall be applied: A. Person. The term "person' shall include one or more persons of either seany gender, corporations, partnerships, associations, or other entity capable of having an action at law brought against such entity, but shall not include employees er of persons licensed pursuant to this chapter. B. Business. The term "business" includes all services and activities engaged in with the object of pecuniary gain, benefit or advantage to the person, or to any other person or class, directly or indirectly, whether part-time or full-time. C. Engaging in Business. The term "engaging in business" means commencing, conducting, or continuing in business, and also the exercise of corporate or franchise powers, as well as liquidating a business when the liquidators thereof hold themselves out to the public as conducting such business. 1. This section sets forth examples of activities that constitute engaging in business in the city, and establishes safe harbors for certain of those activities so that a person who meets the criteria may engage in de minimis business activities in the city without having to pay a business license fee. The activities listed in this section are illustrative only and are not intended to narrow the definition of "engaging in business" in subsection (C) of this section. If an activity is not listed, whether it constitutes engaging in business in the city shall be determined by considering all the facts and circumstances and applicable law. 2. Without being all-inclusive, any one of the following activities conducted within the city by a person, or its employee, agent, representative, independent contractor, broker or another acting on its behalf, constitutes engaging in business and requires a person to register and obtain a business license: a. Owning, renting, leasing, maintaining, or having the right to use, or using, tangible personal property, intangible personal property, or real property permanently or temporarily located in the city. b. Owning, renting, leasing, using, or maintaining an office, place of business, or other establishment in the city. c. Soliciting sales. d. Making repairs or providing maintenance or service to real or tangible personal property, including warranty work and property maintenance. e. Providing technical assistance or service, including quality control, product inspections, warranty work, or similar services on or in connection with tangible personal property sold by the person or on its behalf. f. installing, constructing, or supervising installation or construction of real or tangible personal property. g. Soliciting, negotiating, or approving franchise, license, or other similar agreements. h. Collecting current or delinquent accounts. i. Picking up and transporting tangible personal property, solid waste, construction debris, or excavated materials. j. Providing disinfecting and pest control services, employment and labor pool services, home nursing care, janitorial services, appraising, landscape architectural services, security system services, surveying, and real estate services including the listing of homes and managing real property. k. Rendering professional services such as those provided by accountants, architects, attorneys, auctioneers, consultants, engineers, professional athletes, barbers, baseball clubs and other sports organizations, chemists, psychologists, court reporters, dentists, doctors, detectives, laboratory operators, teachers, veterinarians. 1. Meeting with customers or potential customers, even when no sales or orders are solicited at the meetings. m. Training or recruiting agents, representatives, independent contractors, brokers or others, domiciled or operating on a job in the city, acting on its behalf, or for customers or potential customers. n. investigating, resolving, or otherwise assisting in resolving customer complaints. o. In-store stocking or manipulating products or goods, sold to and owned by a customer, regardless of where sale and delivery of the goods took place. p. Delivering goods in vehicles owned, rented, leased, used, or maintained by the person or another acting on its behalf. 3. if a person, or its employee, agent, representative, independent contractor, broker or another acting on the person's behalf, engages in no other activities in or with the city but the following, it need not register and obtain a business license: a. Meeting with suppliers of goods and services as a customer. b. Meeting with government representatives in their official capacity, other than those performing contracting or purchasing functions. c. Attending meetings, such as board meetings, retreats, seminars, and conferences, or other meetings wherein the person does not provide training in connection with tangible personal property sold by the person or on its behalf. This provision does not apply to any board of directors member or attendee engaging in business such as a member of a board of directors who attends a board meeting. d. Renting tangible or intangible property as a customer when the property is not used in the city. e. Attending, but not participating in, a "trade show" or `'multiple vendor events." Persons participating at a trade show shall review the city's trade show or multiple vendor event ordinances. f. Conducting advertising through the mail. g. Soliciting sales by phone from a location outside the city. 4. A seller located outside the city merely delivering goods into the city by means of common carrier is not required to register and obtain a business license; provided, that it engages in no other business activities in the city. Such activities do not include those in subsection (C)(3) of this section. The city expressly intends that engaging in business include any activity sufficient to establish nexus for purposes of applying the license fee under the law and the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington. Nexus is presumed to continue as long as the taxpayer benefits from the activity that constituted the original nexus generating contact or subsequent contacts. D. Rental Unit. The term "rental unit" shall mean a separate room or apartment leased for human occupancy and contained within a single structure, and shall include the operations of rooming houses, boarders within private residences and the operation of bed and breakfast establishments. E. Private Residence. The term "private residence" shall mean a separate, freestanding structure leased for residential purposes and human occupancy by one "family" as defined by ECDC 21.30.010. F. Day. The teen "day" when used in this chapter shall refer to days on which the city of Edmonds City Hall is open for business. Any day which is defined as a holiday by ordinance and any day on which City Hall has been closed by .,:.eeutive efdepfor business shall not constitute a "day." G. Business Licensing Service. The term "Business Licensing Service" or `BLS" means the office within the Washington State Department of Revenue providing business licensing services to the city. 4.72.020 Business License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, engage in or practice any business in the city of Edmonds without first having obtained a business license from the city. if more than one business is located on a single premises, a separate license shall be required for each separate business conducted, operated, engaged in or practiced. 4.72.021 Threshold exemption. To the extent set forth in this section, the following persons and businesses shall be exempt from the registration, license and/or license fee requirements as outlined in this chapter: A. Any person or business whose annual value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross incorne of the business in the city is equal to or less than $12,000 and who does not maintain a place of business within the city. i.e.. a non-resident applicant. shall be exempt from the general business license requirements in this chapter. The exemption does not apply to regulatory license requirements or activities that require a specialized permit. B. Nonprofit organizations or corporations with tax exempt status under 26 USC Section 501(c)(3) shall require a nonprofit business license but are exempt from a license fee. 4.72.023 Registration of transient accommodations. Repealed by Ord 3900. 4.72.030 Procedure. A. Application for the business license shall be made to the Washington State Business Licensing Service, and must include all information required for the licenses requested, and total fees due for all licenses requested, as well as the handling fee required by RCW 19.02.075. B. The administrative services director e or designee shall receive all applications for city business licenses. The administrative services director eil-,, eledE or designee shall cause an investigation of the completed application to be made by the proper city officials and shall grant or refuse to grant the license within 15 days of the date of receipt of the application information._ Applications may be referred to the planning and development services department the fire department- or other overtimental a envies for their review. Com pliance with buildin . zoning and other laws is the business owner's responsibility and issuance of business license is not a guarantee of compliance or a waiver of future enforcement by the city or other agency with Jurisdiction. if an application is refused, the reason for refusal shall be designated on the application. The application fee shall not be refunded, except under the following circumstances: 1. An applicant requests cancellation of a license application from the .city within five business days of submitting an application to the Business Licensing Service. 4.72.040 Fee — Terms — Penalty. A. Business licenses required to be obtained pursuant to this chapter expire on the date established by the Business Licensing Service. The renewal application must be submitted to the Business Licensing Service, and must contain all information that may be required for all licenses being renewed, and the total fees due for all licenses being renewed, as well as the handling fee required by RCW 19.02.075. B. The annual amounts of fees for the city business licenses issued hereunder shall be as follows: 1. The fee for an application for a new business license for any business that is not a home occupation, as provided in ECDC 20.20.010, to be operated from any real estate within the city of Edmonds shall be $125.00; 2. The fee for an application for a new business license for a new home occupation business, as provided in ECDC 20.20.010, to be operated from any residential real estate within the city of Edmonds shall be $100.00; 3. The fee for an application for a new business license for any other business conducted for, under contract with or by providing services to any person within the city, to be operated in locations outside the city limits, shall be $50.00; and 4. The fee for an application for an annual renewal of a city business license shall be $50.00 for any business operated within the city of Edmonds. 5. A nonprofit business license application shall be exempt from a license fee; provided, that the business provides proof of tax exempt status under 26 USC Section 501(c)(3). 6. The term and respective fee amount for a license may be prorated to accommodate synchronizing of the city license expiration date with the business license account expiration date established by the Business Licensing Service. C. All businesses required to renew licenses hereunder shall obtain the same and pay all fees required on or before the expiration date established by the Business Licensing Service. Any business which fails to renew and pay the license fees within said period of time shall, in addition to any other penalties provided in this chapter, be assessed the penalty for such late application and/or payment required by RCW 19.02.085. Failure to renew a license within 120 days after expiration will result in the cancellation of the license. In order to continue business in the city, reapplication for the license is required as provided in this chapter. D. Repealed by Ord. 3036. 4.72.050 Ineligible activties. Notwithstanding any provisions hereof to the contrary, a license hereunder may not be issued to any person who uses or occupies or proposes to use or occupy any real property or otherwise conducts or proposes to conduct any business in violation of the provisions of any ordinance of the city of Edmonds or the statutes of the state of Washington. The granting of a business license shall in no way be construed as permission or acquiescence in a prohibited activity or other violation of the law. 4.72.055 Denial of license — Hearing. In the event that a license is denied under this chapter based on the provisions of ECC 4.72.050, or for any other lawful reason, the applicant may request a hearing. Such request shall be in writing and filed within 10 days of the date of written denial by the city of a license application. A hearing shall be scheduled within 30 days before the hearing examiner. The hearing shall proceed in the following format: A. The applicant/appellant shall present proof of the nature of the activities which it seeks to conduct pursuant to a business license in the city of Edmonds. B. The city shall have the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the activities are in violation of a provision of any ordinance of the city of Edmonds, or the general statutes of the state of Washington. C. The applicant/appellant may then present any rebuttal testimony which it wishes to present. The hearing examiner shall enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law. No motion for reconsideration shall be available to either party. Appeal of the final decision shall be to the Snohomish County superior court in accordance with the applicable laws of the state of Washington. 4.72.060 Revocation or suspension. The mayor or his designee may, at any time, suspend or revoke any license issued hereunder whenever the licensee or officer or partner thereof has been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of violating any statute of the United States or the state of Washington or any ordinance of the city of Edmonds upon the business premises stated in the license or in connection with the business stated in the license; where the business activity violates ECC 4.72.050; or where the place of business does not conform to the ordinances of the city of Edmonds. Prior to such suspension or revocation, the permittee shall be provided an opportunity for a hearing. The licensee shall be notified in writing by sending a written notice to the address stated on the license of the intention of the city to revoke or suspend said license. The applicant may then appeal by filing written notice with the administrative services director e-itt, elerlE or desi nee within 10 days of the notice of revocation or suspension. The administrative services director a or designee shall schedule a hearing within 20 days before the hearing examiner. The licensee may appear at that time and be heard in opposition to such revocation or suspension. 4.72.065 Transfer or sale of business — New license required. Upon the sale or transfer of any business licensed by this chapter, the license issued to the prior owner or transferor shall automatically expire on the date of such sale or transfer and the new owner intending to continue such business in the city of Edmonds shall apply for a new business license pursuant to the procedures established by this chapter. 4.72.070 Penalty for violation. Any person, as defined herein, and the officers, directors, managing agents, or partners of any corporation, firm, partnership or other organization or business violating or failing to comply with any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $250.00 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding nine months, or both, and each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. Section 7. Chapter 4.90 ECC (Public Markets), subsections .020, .050, .090, and .100, are hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in strike #Wetl&4): 4.90.020 Activities requiring a license. it shall be unlawful for any person to own, use or permit property to be used as a public market until the market and site have been licensed under this chapter. No person shall then sell or offer for sale products at any location in conjunction with a market activity until sponsor has been duly licensed and each vendor submitted to the city. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize activities to be conducted in accordance with the market's activities unless appropriately licensed as required under another provision of this code; provided, however, that business license requirements are limited as provided in ECC 4.90.050. A special event permit under Clta ter 4.100 ECC and a City of Edmonds business license under Chapter 4.72 ECC shall be re uired before a public market may begin operating b equii,ed u. del Chapter- 4.72 EGG. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale goods at a public market unless such person has been listed on the application fee of the licensee and paid the processing requirement specified herein. B. All structures employed on the site shall comply with the requirements of the State Building Code, including but not limited to the Uniform Building and Fire Code elements. C. The activities of the public market shall be limited to daylight hours on Saturday and Sunday of each week within public rights -of -way, but extended hours are allowed up to 10:00 p.m. for any day of the week ifthe market takes place outdoors on private property or public property not located within public rights -of -way. Operational hours related to activities of the public market are not limited when the market takes place within a frilly enclosed building. 4.90.050 Sponsor licensee — Business license required when. The sponsor of market shall be required to obtain a Ciny of Edmonds business license and a special event permit before the market may begin operating. The isstiance off p blie .,.adiet li time tom . Vendors at the markets renting or leasing space from the ffhastefsoonsor licensee are not required to have a city business license unless they engage in other business activities subject to licensing under the provisions of this title. By way of illustration and not limitation, a he f lle :.,` e�iamples aFe Mf zu: IAA business license shall be obtained by any vendor who conducts business activities beyond the premises licensed as a public market and/or outside of the time for which the license is issued. For example, a business operating from a booth on the premises licensed as a public market during the days of approved market operation shall not require a business license to conduct such activities. if however, the vendor conducts other- business activities subject to the provisions of Chapter 4.72 ECC, the person conducting such activities shall be duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of that chapter. 4.90.090 Application for license. Each applicant for a license to operate a public market shall file an application with the administrative services director eit�, elerk accompanied by the license fee provided for in ECC 4.90.070. The application shall be in writing and submitted on a form prepared by the administrative services director ^t clerk and signed by the applicant. The application shall give the applicant's nonprofit organi zati on's business address and principal business location, a copy of documents indicating its charitable nonprofit status as well as the residence address and phone number of the applicant's agent. in addition to such other information as the administrative services director eity eledi shall require, the application shall be accompanied by: A. A plot plan showing the location of any outdoor facilities or activities. Adequate parking and ingress and egress shall be maintained during the course of this temporary special event. Adequate precautions shall be put in place to prevent vehicular access to pedestrian pathways within the confines of the activity. Applications to utilize a site or lot already occupied by an existing business shall show on the plot plan the location of all parking required to be provided under the provisions of Chapter 17.50 ECDC for such business. B. A list of each and every vendor participating or anticipated to participate in the market for which the license is sought shall be submitted to the administrative services director city elerk. The listing shall include the vendor's name, address and business phone number together with a general description of goods and/or services offered by each vendor. Any changes in the list of vendors shall be provided to the administrative services director e in a minimum of three business days prior to the date of the proposed change (i.e., the first date at which the new vendor will participate in the market). C. Provisions for event management and garbage control shall be addressed in a management plan. All tables, tents, booths, signs and other structures associated with the market shall be removed from public rights -of -way at the end of each day; provided, however, that approved outdoor storage may be provided between the close of business the day a public market is held and commencement of business the following morning on public land not located within public rights -of -way or on private property. D. Garbage receptacles shall be strategically located and have sufficient capacity to accommodate the vendors and estimated members of the public in attendance. In addition the area shall be kept clean of rubbish, garbage, junk, waste paper, plastic, styrofoam cups, sacks, food and other waste. The city of Edmonds encourages the use of recycling receptacles and products whenever possible. The license holder shall be responsible to keep the area clean. The area to be kept clean shall include the area immediately surrounding sidewalks and public streets. E. Temporary signage announcing the event shall be approved on the site in the licensing process in accordance with the requirements of ECDC 20.60.080. F. The fire marshal shall designate appropriate fire lanes through the licensed area on the plot plan. These fire lanes are intended for pedestrian use and shall be kept free of structures, debris or other blockage. Failure to maintain appropriate fire lanes shall be cause for immediate revocation of the license. The police chief may, in his or her sole discretion, require that security personnel be provided by the public market during times and in a number designated by the police. 4.90.100 Records. The named licensee sponsor of the public market shall maintain a record of all vendors participating in the event. Such record shall be available for inspection by the administrative services director c� elerk or a designated agent during normal business hours of city offices (that is, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Section 8. Chapter 4.98 ECC (Constitutionally Protected Events) is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in s'-iL�o): Chapter 4.98 CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED EVENTS./ EXPRESSIVE EVENTS 4.98.010 Definitions. A. "Constitutionally protected events" or "expressive events' include any event, such as political or religious activity, intended primarily for the communication or expression of ideas, in which no Pee or donation is char ed as a condition of participation or attendance, and t1+4 is te-� conducted on public property or on a public right-of-way; and, also, any such event held on private property which would have a direct significant impact on traffic congestion or traffic flow to and from the event over public streets or rights -of -way; or which would significantly impact public streets or rights -of -way near the event; or which would significantly impact the need for city -provided emergency services, such as police, fire or medical aid. B. "Use" shall mean to construct, erect, or maintain in, on, over or under any street, right-of-way, park or other public place any building, structure, sign, equipment or scaffolding, to deface any public right- of-way by painting, spraying or writing on the surface thereof, or to otherwise occupy in such a manner as to obstruct the normal public use of any public street, right-of-way, park or other public place within the city, including a use related to special events. 4.98.020 Permit required. A. A permit from the city is required for any constitutionally protected events or expressive events as defined in this chapter. Such permit shall be in lieu of any other city permit, including but not limited to special event. pale street use and park use permits as they may be required by ordinance. B. Contents of Application. The applicant must file the application in writing on a form supplied by the city to the license officer, setting forth: 1. Contact information of the applicant, including but not limited to name, telephone number and address; 2. The date, time, and expected duration of the event; 3. The probable number of participants; 4. The place or route of the event, including a map and written narrative of the proposed route; 5. A description of all public ways proposed to be blocked; 6. A description of the measures to be taken to protect participants and the general public from injury, including traffic control and crowd control, emergency medical services, fire and life safety services and emergency communication systems; 7. A description of the measures to be taken to ensure cleanup of any litter or damage resulting from the event; 8. The number and location of portable sanitation facilities, if any; 9. A certification that the applicant will be financially responsible for any cost to the city resulting from breach of any condition of the permit; 10. A certification that the applicant will not sponsor or encourage any commercial activity unrelated to First Amendment rights during the event; 11. A description of the types and number of vehicles to be used in the special event; 12. Insurance and surety bond information, if any; 13. Any other additional information required to ensure public health, safety and welfare. C. A constitutionally protected event permit is not required for the following: 1. ed 8F eenducted inrill ; t by ;he ek . Parades of the military s of the United States of America or the State of Washin-Rton. 2. Funeral and wedding processions. 3. Groups required by law to be so assembled. 4. Gatherings of 25 38 or fewer people in a city park, unless merchandise or services are offered for sale or trade. 5. Other similar events and activities which do not directly affect or use city services of property. D. Any person desiring to obtain a constitutionally protected event permit shall apply for such a permit by filing an application with the city at least 73 hours 60 days prior to the date on which the event is to occur. E. Waiver of Application Deadline. 1. Good Cause. Upon a showing of good cause or at the discretion of the city, the city shall consider an application that is filed after the filing deadline if there is sufficient time to process and investigate the application and obtain police and other city services for the event. Good cause can be demonstrated by the applicant showing that the circumstance that gave rise to the permit application did not reasonably allow the participants to file within the time prescribed. 2. Spontaneous Demonstration. The City shall waive the 72-hour application deadline in those instances in which a permit is sought for a spontaneous demonstration res ondin to a local. national or international event, within 72 hours after the event has occurred. F. No Fee. No application or permit fee shall be required in order to obtain a permit for a constitutionally protected event or expressive event. 4.98.030 Grounds for denial of application — Limited. No permit shall be denied by the cit : except ul2on the foIIowing grounds: A. The event location or desired parade route conflicts with another event for which a permit has a l readv been issued: or B. The -proposed event location or route would unreasonably prevent or block the provision of emergency services within the City of Edmonds or would unduly disturb the convenience of the public in the use of public streets and sidewalks. In the event that a permit is denied for the reasons stated in subsection A or B of this section- the City — of Edmonds shall work with the applicani to find an unencumbered time. date. location. or route suitable to the appI'scant. The re uirement of a permit for constitutionally protected events or expressive events shall not be used or administered to prevent the exercise of free speech by amr individual or croup of individuals so long as the event or route is reasonable as to its time, place and manlier. It is the polic of the Ci : of Edmonds to permi1. encourage and promote the lawful exercise of freespeech by all of it citizens regardless of the content thereof. ■ e - 4. The pFeposed evem would emgW in, adveeaie. E)r L-Fieeui-age illegal aetiviiies that threaten 4.98.040 Permit conditions — Appeal. The applicant shall have the right to appeal the denial of a permit or a permit condition. A JA7ritten notice of appeal shall be filed within three business days after receipt or personal delivery of a notice of denial or permit conditions from the city. Receipt of notice of denial or permit conditions shall be presumed three days after the same is mailed with USPS postage prepaid and certified. The written notice of appeal shall set forth the specific grounds for the appeal and attach any relevant documents for consideration. The hearing examiner shall hear the appeal on the record provided from the designated city official and upon public comment given at the scheduled hearing before the examiner. The hearing shall be scheduled for the earliest possible hearing date after receipt of a timely and proper notice of appeal. The decision of the hearing examiner shall be final. 4.98.050 Revocation of permits. A. Any permit issued under this chapter may be summarily revoked by the city at any time when, by reason of disaster, public calamity, riot or other emergency or exigent circumstances, the city determines the safety of the public or property requires such immediate revocation. The city may also summarily revoke any permit issued pursuant to this chapter if the city finds that the permit has been issued based upon false information or when the permittee exceeds the scope of the permit or fails to comply with any condition of the permit. B. Notice of such action revoking a permit shall be delivered in writing to the pennittee by personal service or certified mail at the address specified by the permittee in the application. To the extent that written notice by personal service or certified mail is not likely to achieve timely actual notice, any other reasonable form of notification intended to achieve the same shall suffice. 4.98.070 Savings clause. If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. Section 9. Anew Chapter 4.100 (Special Event Permits) is hereby adopted to read as follows: Sections. 4.100.010 4.100.020 4.100.030 Purpose. Definitions. General provisions anylicable to ailspecial events. 4.100.040 Permit applications. 4.100.050 Indemnification. 4.100.060 Insurance. 4.100.070 Permit decision. 4.100.080 Appeal of permit_ decision. 4.100.090 Reimbursement of fees for city sponsored events. 4.100.100 Cleanup deposit. 4.100.110 Sus ension and revocation. 4.100.120 Exercise of police power. 4.100.130 Violation — Penalties. 4.100.010 Pit rpose. It is the purpose of the Cite to establish a process for permittin spec i a[ events that int pact c1 ri P ht- of=nay. ubiir prol2erty and other facilities or services. It is recognized that these special events enhance the Citv of Edmonds community and l2rovidc benefits. to the citizens through the creation of venues for ea pression and entenainmcnt that are not normalI y p rovided as a part of governmental services. This Chapter is intended tosupplemem land use and sheet ri iht-af-wa : regulations, to provide a coordinates[ process for the regulation of certain activities to be conducted in conjunction with special events. and to ensure that the impacts of the s pecial event do not unduly impact thepublic's health safety or welfare. it is further intended to protect and preserve public infrastructure and c'rt j resources. prevent tin lanned disruption of 12Ublic services. ntiti ate impacts to the extent feasible and to create a mechanism for cost recovery without having an adverse effect on those events that contribute to the community•. 4.100.020 Definitions. A. "City, sponsored event- means a special event for which the ciprovides some level of s onsors pi and/or su ort to the primary event organizer/sponsor through the use of city funds. equipment. and/or other city resources that is not a "city contracted event." City sponsored .events may also be special events that are organized andsponsored in full by the Ci of Edmonds. Reimbu semen for eity resources may be required. B. -City contracted event" means a special event that typically takes places on an ongoing annual basis and for which the Citv and the event organizer/sponsor enter into an event contract to apportion responsibility for the event. thereby eliminating the need for the event organizer/s onsor to obtain a special event permit under this Chapter. Such events may be sponsored in pari by the city. Examples of cite coaracted events include the Gardefi Market/Summer Market. Edmonds Arts Festival. 4"' oi7.lIll y celebration. Oktoberfest. and Taste Edmonds. C. "Commercials ecial event" means an activity or occurrencesponsored and operated by one or niore businesses that is conducted primarily for the exchange of goods or services for financial gain. Commercial special events typically occur upon private property. Examples of commercial special events include parking lot sales and tent sales, promotional events. and side -walk sales. D. "Emergency res oase lag means a plan detailing the expected actions of event mang emem and/or pub Iic safety agencies in the event or threat of an emergency. E. -Expressive event" or "Constitutionally protected event' means an activity or occurrence in which the sole or 121-incil2al Purpose is the expression. dissemination. or communication of political or religious opinion. views or ideas. and for which no fee or donation is charged or re uired as a condition of participation or attendance. Examples of expressive special events include political rallies. marches. public speeches. and political demonstrations. These events are regulated by Chapter 4.98- F. "Fire marshal" means the cit - of Edmonds fire marshal or designee. G. "Parade" means a type of special event involving an organized procession or march of more than 25 pet -sons or 25 ❑blects. or any combination thereof amounting to 25- that tern oraril r disrupts the general pub Iic's normal use of ubiic streets or sidewalks. H. "Person" means an individual. corporation. parmership. incorporated or unincorporated association. or =anization. or other entity or - roup of persons. however organized. I. "Private- or"private event" means an event where persons are specifically and individually invited - It does not include an event where tickets. invitations. or announcements are available to the public. .1. -Public- or "public event' means a special event open to the public. and includes an event where tickets. invitations. or announcements are available to the Vublic. K. "Public amusement" means circuses. carnivals_ motion picture shows. exhibitions. concerts. side shows_ plays and other stare shows. amt;semetnt Parks and any other form of diversion. Pastime or recreation conducted for and ❑ ern to the Rublic regardless of whether an admission fee or other chaj is made for attendance: provided. however. that nothi ng herein shall req wire the licensing and ins ection of an activity conducted under the aus ices of bona fide_ accredited elementary school. middle school. high school or colleg,e and conducted on the premises thereof in facilities previously inspected and approved for public assentbh. L. "Ri=ahl-of-wav" means, within the Cit• of Edmonds, all public right-of-way and property granted or reserved for. or dedicated to. public use for street purposes. together with public property granted or reserved for. or dedicated to, public use for walkways, pailis. trails. sidewalks. and bikeways. whether improved unimproved. or wtolpened including. the air rights. sub -surface rio.11ts and easements related thereto. and over which the City of Edmonds has authority- and control. M. "Run" or "race" means a type of special event involving any race. conti st or event. whether of a competitive or a noncompetitive nature. involving, a l2rocession of" ersons. whether afoot or upon an ' vehicle or device propelled by the human body. including bLit not limited to marathons. fun runs. walkathons. and bicycle races. N. "Security"' means enil2loyees. or other hired personnel, dedicated to maintaining order and ensuring, compliance with the laws of the state of Washington and ordinances of the city of Edmonds. O. "Site" has the same meaning as set forth in ECDC 21,90.090. as now or hereafter amended. and in addition in the case of undevelo ed properly. a land area under common oxynershiI2. whether the land area is comprised of one lot, a combination of comiguous lots. or contiguous fractions of lots. P. "Special events" include any event which is to be conducted on 2ublic properry or in a public right- of-wav: and also. anv event held on private property which would have a direct significant impact on: a traffic cit•culation to and from the event over public streets or rights -of -way: bpublic streets or rights -of -way near the event. or c the need for city -provided emergency services such as police. fire or medical aid. as determined by the city. It -is presumed that any event on private propem, which involves: 6 an open invitation to the public to attend: orb anticipated attendance by private invitation of 100 or more people is an event that will have a direct significant inn act on the PLiblic streets. ri hts- of-wav or emergency services. Special events may include. but are not limited to: fun runs and walks. auctions. parades. carnivals. exhibitions film/movie events. circuses. outdoor markets. and fairs. Q. "Tent" means a tem ❑rare membrane structure or shelter, such as pop-up canopies. sails. and the like. as defined in the current editions of the fire and buildine codes. 4.100.030 General Provisions a pplicable to all s ecial events. A. Permit Re uired. Any person desiring to conduct or operate a special event within the Cie. of Edmonds shall first obtain a special event permit from the city_ unless s ecitically exempt. It shall be unlawful for any person to sponsor or conduct an event or activity requiring a special event permit without a valid special event permit. Penalties for violation of the terms of dii-, ch ter shall be as specified by this chapter. B. Consistencv with Permit and Law. A special event shall be conducted as described by the special event -permit. in accordance with the terins and conditions of the permit and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. C. Public and Personal Safew. The configuration and operation of special events shall conform tQ applicable laws and regulations- including provisions relating to emergency ingress and egress. barrier - free facilities. fire prevenlion. health and sanitation. and the ol2gration of vehicles and eq ui prnent. D. Business Licenses and Taxes. As required by applicable law. special evem businesses/vendors shall have Citv of Edmonds business licenses and shall record. re oil and remit taxes. E. Council a2proval is re uired for all special events that involve right-of-way closures when they are recurring or exceed five days in length. F. Exem tious. The following activities and occurrences shall comply with applicable laws. and regulations. but are exempt from the peanit requirements of this chapter: 1. Cite• contracted events. Funerals and weddin = processions. 3. Garage sales and rum nta-e sales. 4. Neighborhood Block parties. 5. Special event facilities. Events conducted at a facility designed forspecial event Purposes or at facilities where Stich events are normally held. such as churches. event centers. convention centers. schools. athletic fields. auditoriums. stadiums. theaters. and the like. G. Governmental activities. Activities conducted by a governmental agency acting within the scope of its authority. 7. Regularly scheduled events utilizing park and recreation facilities. in accordance with the intended use of the facility. and with oark rules and )oIicies_ 8. A privatelv scheduled. non -reoccurring event upon private property in a residential zone with up to 100 persons auending.. 9. The tem porary sale of seasonal jzoods when regulated by other statutes. such as Christmas tree sales. and oeddling of farm produce. 10. Expressive events but see Cha ter 4.98 for regulations l2ertainin, to ex. ressive events . G. Signs. 1. With a special event permit application. applicants may request. and the appropriate director or designee that could othervise authorize such signage may authorize. the use of tens porary on -sit (on -premises) and off -site (off -premises) signs. '. S Decial event si ens shall not be detrimental to the PLRic health. safety or welfare. nor iniLid ous to pro perry or im t'overnents in Elie vicinity- of the sign. Signs sliall not obstruct visibility I'm motorists and pedeArialis. nor impede access to buildings or oroperty. The installation of signs upon public proRerry shall be subject to inspection by the building official andlor cite engineer. 3. The applicant shall be responsible for installation. maintenance. and removal of all si ins. 4.100.040 Permit armlications. A. The administrative services director or designee is authorized to prepare and maintain necessary application forms and may issue written administrative policies and procedures as needed for the implementation of this chapter. B. Al2Rlications for special event permits shall be sub pitted to the administrative services director or designee. a minimum of 60 days prior to a small event (less than 100 people) and a minimum of 90 days prior to a major event oliore than 100 people). If an event organizer faOs to meet these timelines. the application may still be processed if all affected departments agree to process the application within the shortened timeframe. Factors in determinin a whether to allow for l2rocessing, a late application will include the impact on city resources and rights-of=way- and conflicts with other alreadv scheduled events. C. Applications Ivor special event nermits shall include written authorization of the ro erty owner. For special events progosed ti on city-ON\-ned property. the approval -of a s eeial event pernlit application shall constitute city authorization to conduct the event ul2osi the property described in the permil application. D. Applications for special event permits shall be on forms prepared by the administrative services director or desi Knee and shall include information that any city department rocessin the application deems i}ecessan in the interest of the public health. safety' and welfare to enable it to review the application. The information requested shall enable the city to assess the scope of the event so as to evaluate the impact of the event on city resources and the communism. E. Application fee(s) for special event permits are set forth in the City's adopted fee schedule. 4.100.050 Indemnification. Prior to die issuance of a permit for a special event. the permit a licant and authorized officer of the sponsoriny, organization must agree to reimburse the ci - for any costs incurred by it in repairingrepairiiig damage to cily property and indemnify and defend the city. its officers-ml2lovees. and a cuts from all causes of action. claims or liabilities occurringiii con»ection iA'illt the ercttitted event- esce t those x\-hieI occur due to the cit-'s sole negligence. 4.100.060 Insurance. Prior to the issuance of a permit for a special event. the permit applicant shall comply with.the folio inQ insurance requirements:_ l The permit applicant shall obtain commercial general liability insurance in amounts acceptable to the city attornev's office. (2) Written proof of such insurance is required prior to permit issuance. The insurance policy shall be written on an occurrence basis shall name the city as an additional insured using i50 form CG 20 26. or coveraize at least as broad. and shall be written fora period that includes the timefi-ame for both the set-up before and the clean-up following the completion of the event. The applicant shall rovide the city and all additional insureds for this event with written notice of atty Policy cancellation within two business days of their recei Rt of such notice. 3 Liquor Liability Cover -age. Liquor liability coverage must be obtained when liquor is served as a pan of a special event permitted under this chapter. a A vendor hired by the s cial event permittee to sere li uor must Provide evidence of liquor liability coyera e in amounts acceptable to the cit attornev's office. naming the cijy as additional insured. This insurance c.avera a is in addition to the special event errnittee's overall general liabifi requirement. b A special evem ennittee serving fi uor directly shall obtain host liquor coverage as a 12art of providing Commercial general liability insurance per subsection 1 of this section. 4.100.070 Permit decision. A. After receiving a corn leted application in conformance with this cha ter, along with the non- refundable permit a )lication fee_ the administrative services director or designee shall consult with all affected divisions or de artmems. such as Building. Planning. Engineerin z. Police. Fire. Public Works_ Parks and Recreation. Finance. and Risk Management. Followin consultation with all affected de ramments and divisions. the administrative services director or designee may approve. conditionally approve- or deny an application for a special event Rermit based upon the Provisions of this cha ter. Wlien an app lication is condi ti onal ly a roved or denied. the administrative services director or desi�ttee shall provide written explanation of the grounds for the conditions of approval or denial. and the a licam's right orappeal pursuant to the provisions of"this chapter. B. Decision criteria. A germit may be issued to an apl2licant only if all the following criteria and conditions for issuance are met: 1. The special event ►►gill not be detrimental to the trblic health. safety. or welfare: ?. The special event will not be in'urious to properly or improvements in the immed'sate vicinity of tiles ec'raI event: 3. The special event ►rill not endanger pardci pants. spec Lators. or the public: 4. The special event has a traffic management plan or other adequate and aivropriate measures in place to mitigate any traffic safety and mobility issues. including for both vehicles and Pedestrians: 5. Adequate and Mi2ropriate sanitation and refuse facilities are Tanned: G. The special event has ade uate and appropriate measures in place to ensure the sane movement. assemblage and dispersion of people attending the event. Such measures may include the use of safety guardrails. fences. roves. barricades_ and the like: 7. The special event ►►ill not cause excessive or harmful fumes. odor. smoke. noise or light and must be consistent with Chapter 5.30 entitled "Noise Abatement and Control": 8. The spec ial event will com p I wit all a licabie ordinances relating to food service containers and utensils and provide for the appropriate collection and disposal of waste. recycling, and com tpostables: 9. Adequate plans exist to return the area or routes impacted bw the s ecial event to the same condition or cleanliness as existed 12jor to the event_ l0. A pplicant has Agreed to the indemnity- and hold harmless provisions in the application. 11. Applicant has provided 12roof of the requisite insurance.12rovisions in the application I?. For city sponsored events. applicant has agreed to reimburse the city for the provision of additional city services. incltidin2 but not limited to the employment of police officers to direct or block pedestrian or vehicular traffic. or the provisinns of standby aid car or fire protection services. as required, 4.100.080 Anneal of permit decision. Decisions of the administrative services director or designee are appealable. An appeal of the administrative services director or de i mee's decision related to a lication of this chapter may be filed with the administrative services director or desi =nee within 10 bttsiness days of notification of the decision. Such appeaI shall be filed and processed in accordance with the a peal provisions for business licenses as provided by Chapter 4.72. The appeal tiling fee shall be asspecified by the fee schedule. 4.100.090 Reimbursement of fees for city- sponsored events. A. Upon g2proval of a special event permit al2plication for a city sponsored event. the administrative services director or desi nee shall provide the applicant with a statement of the estimated cost of royidin g city resources. such as personnel and a ui ment. for the special event. if apj2licabie. The a p]icantls onsor of the event may be reg aired to prepay these estimated costs ten 10 days prior to the special event. The special event aRl2lication fee per the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the cite council is a separate processing fee and is not applicable to the city services fees. City resources may include the use of police officers and public employees for traffic and crowd control: pickupand deliver oftraffic control devices, picnic tables and the like: extraordinary street swee ing: and any other needed. requested or required ci service. along with the cost of ❑ orating any a ui ment needed to provide such services. B. If the actual cost for the use of ct resources on the dates of the city sponsored event is less than the estimated c st. the applicant/sponsor will be refunded the difference by the city in a timely manner. If the actual cost for the use of city resources on the date(s) of the citi• sponsored event is greater than the estimated cost. the city will invoice [lie a ] j cant/sl2onsor for the difference. and the invoice shall be paid in a timely manner. C. Permit fees and fees for the use of ciry resources niav be waived in pail or in full by! the city if in review of the application. it is found that ilie ci U, sponsored event is of suff icieni pubiic bevel it to warrant the expenditure of cijy funds without reimbursement by the applicant/sponsor and would not result in the private financial gain of anv individual or "for -profit" entity. Permit fees will be reduced by 50 percent for all special events in which an Edmonds -based non-Drofit entity is the applicantlsuonsor. 4.I00.100 Cleanup demsit. A. The appiicantlsponsor of a special event likely to create a substantial need for cleanup may be required to provide a cleanup deposit prior to the issuance of a special event permit. B. The cleanup deposit may be returned after the event if the area used for the penmitted event has been cleaned and restored to the same condition as existed prior to the event within twentv-four (24) hours after the conclusion of the event. C. If the progeM used for the event has not been propefly cleaned or restored within twenty-four 24 hours after the conclusion of the event. the applicant/sponsor shall be invoiced for the actual cost to the ci , for cleanup and restoration. whichinvoice shall be paid in a timeh- manner. The cleanup deposit shall be a12121ied toward the payment of the invoice. 4,100.110. Suspension and revocation. A. In instances in Nyhich the special event does not comply with Elie provisions of this Ilia ter. the terms and conditions of the approved permit. or other applicable law. the administrative services director or desi nee may suspend or revoke an approved special event permit with the issuance of written findings. B. When necessary to prevent serious in0ury topersons.- propeny or the public peace. Ilealth safety or welfare, the administrative services director or designee. fire marshal_ building official. development services director or chief of police. orthe designee of each. may sits end or revolve an api2roved special event permit effective immediately. The city official or designee shall deliver written notice of suspension or revocation to the Rermit applicant/event sonsor or mana er. 4.100.120 Exercise of mlice nower. This chapter is enacted as an exercise of the city's police powers and shall not be construed to inil2ose anv duty owed by the city to anv permittee under this chapter or to anv member of the public. nor shall any Permit be construed as waiver of any violation of the laws of the city. 4.100.130 Violation — Penalties. A. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chal2ter or the conditions imi2osed upon any permit issued hereunder. which shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars $1.000 or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days. Each day. or part thereat: during which any such violations occur or are continued. shall constitute a separate offense. B. In addition. permits. i ued hereunder shall be subject to sus erasion or revocation as provided herein. and civil abatement iroceedin gs as set forth in Chapter 20.110 ECDC. C. in addition. or alternatively. any person violating the provisions of this cha ter or the conditions of any permit issued hereunder shall also subject the perminee to a daily civil penalty in the arttouFtt ssCecitied by Chapter 20.1.10 ECDC. D. In addition. or alternatively, an%, person violating the provisions of the cha ter or the conditions of any permit issued hereunder may forfeit their right to hold a special event in the city. Section 10. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title. 1 APPROVED: MAYOR MIKE NELSON ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: 5�;� CLERK_ prASSEY APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY: BY JEFF TARA�AY FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: July 1, 2022 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: July 5, 2022 PUBLISHED: July 8, 2022 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 2022 ORDINANCE NO. 4269 SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4269 of the City of Edmonds, Washington On the 5' day of July, 2022, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 4269. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF OR AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF TITLE 4 ECC (LICENSES) AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF A NEW CHAPTER TO TITLE 4 ECC RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request. DATED this 5' day of July, 2022. �- CI RK, SCOTT AS Everett Daily Herald Affidavit of Publication State of Washington } County of Snohomish } ss Michael Gates being first duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says: that he/she is the legal representative of the Everett Daily Herald a daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the first publication of the Notice hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Snohomish County, Washington and is and always has been printed in whole or part in the Everett Daily Herald and is of general circulation in said County, and is a legal newspaper, in accordance with the Chapter 99 of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter 213, Laws of 1941, and approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Snohomish County, State of Washington, by order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed is a true copy of EDH958319 ORDINANCE SUMMARY as it was published in the regular and entire issue of said paper and not as a supplement form thereof for a period of 1 issue(s), such publication commencing on 07/08/2022 and ending on 07/08/2022 and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. The amount the fee for st di publication is $48.16, Subscribed and sworn day of fore me on this t � • Notaiy Public in and for the State of Washington. Ciry of Edmonds - LEGAL ADS 1 14 10 1416 SCOTr PASSEY Linda Phillips Notary Public r; State of l'ia hinnton :3 iy My Appointment Lapires B/KI,2025 commission 11 U rt be' 4.117 Classified Proof ( DI N_A_N�C �S� MMARY ofthe tyZ`�a[ n �1 111n On the 5th dBy o1 Juiy, 2D22, the City Councit of the City of Edmonds, passBd the follaw11, Ordinaries, the summaries of said drdinancea consisting of lutes are rovlded as follows: QRDINANC MO- 467 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMON05, WAtimimGTON. ADOPTING FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS AND APPROVING A CHANGE IN ZONING FOR TWO EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD ADDRESSED 9630AND 9516 EDMONDS WAY FROM RM 1.5 TO RM-EW; AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL8ECOME EFFECTIVE. ORDINANCE N 4 11 AN ORDINANCE OFrTHE'CITTY 0 MDS, WASHINGTON. AMENDING SECTION 3,38.000 OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE TO ADD A PARTIAL IMPACT FEE EXEMPTION FOR FARLY LEARNING FACILITIES. OR DTNANCE NO, a AN ORDINANCE O DS, WASHINGTON. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF OR AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF TITLE 4 ECC (LICENSES) AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF A NEW CHAPTER TO TITLE 4 ECC RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR S EVERADILtTY i AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE DATED INs 51h Day of J)% 2022. CITY CLERK, SCOy F YSEY ftlall shed: July 8, 2022. ECHOSS319 Proofed by Phillips, Linda, 07/08/2022 01:43:43 pm Page: 2