Chapter 8.35
CRUISING
Sections:
8.35.040 No cruising areas – Designation – General.
8.35.050 No cruising areas – Designation – Sea-Tac Mall.
8.35.060 Acts constituting cruising prohibited.
8.35.010 Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Terms not defined here are defined according to FWRC 1.05.020.
“No cruising area” means an area designated by the city council by ordinance as susceptible to, or having a history of, traffic congestion, obstruction of streets, sidewalks or parking lots, impediment of access to shopping centers or other buildings open to the public, interference with the use of property or conduct of business in the area adjacent thereto or that emergency vehicles cannot respond in that area within a reasonable period of time.
“Traffic control point” means any point within a no cruising area established by the city council for the purpose of monitoring cruising.
(Ord. No. 09-591, § 5, 1-6-09; Ord. No. 90-35, § 1, 2-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-166.)
8.35.030 Exceptions.
This chapter shall not apply to persons who reside within a designated no cruising area, in-service emergency vehicles, taxicabs for hire, buses and other vehicles being driven for business purposes.
(Ord. No. 90-35, § 5, 2-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-168.)
8.35.040 No cruising areas – Designation – General.
(1) No area shall be designated or posted as a no cruising area except upon the passage of an ordinance by the council specifically mandating such designation and posting for a particular area.
(2) At every point where a public street or alley becomes or provides ingress to a no cruising area there shall be posted a sign which designates the no cruising area.
(Ord. No. 90-35, § 2, 2-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-169.)
8.35.050 No cruising areas – Designation – Sea-Tac Mall.
Sea-Tac Mall and its immediate vicinity is hereby designated as a no cruising area. This area is further described as:
From the northwest corner of the right-of-way at the intersection of South 316th Street and Pacific Highway South, thence east along the north margin of the right-of-way of South 316th Street to the northeast corner of the right-of-way at the intersection at 23rd Avenue South and South 316th Street; thence southeast along the northeast margin of the right-of-way of 23rd Avenue South to the northeast corner of the right-of-way at the intersection at 23rd Avenue South and South 317th Street; thence east along the north margin of the right-of-way of South 317th Street to the northeast corner of the right-of-way at the intersection of South 317th Street and Gateway Center Boulevard; thence generally south along the east margin of the right-of-way of Gateway Center Boulevard to the southeast corner of the right-of-way at the intersection of Gateway Center Boulevard and South 320th Street; thence west along the south margin of the right-of-way of South 320th Street to the southeast corner of the right-of-way of the intersection at South 320th Street and 23rd Avenue South; thence south along the east margin of the right-of-way of 23rd Avenue South to the right-of-way of the curving intersection at 23rd Avenue South and South 324th Street; thence west along the south margin of the right-of-way of South 324th Street to the southwest corner of the right-of-way at the intersection at South 324th Street and Pacific Highway South; thence north along the west margin of the right-of-way of Pacific Highway South to the northwest corner of the right-of-way at the intersection of Pacific Highway South and South 316th Street, the true point of beginning.
(Ord. No. 90-35, § 4, 2-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-170.)
8.35.060 Acts constituting cruising prohibited.
No person shall drive or permit a motor vehicle under his or her care, custody or control to be driven past a traffic control point more than two times in the same direction of travel within a two-hour period in or around a posted no cruising area so as to contribute to traffic congestion, obstruction of streets, sidewalks or parking lots, impediment of access to shopping centers or other buildings open to the public or interference with the use of property or conduct of business in the area adjacent thereto. The third passage of the same traffic control point in the same direction of travel within the aforementioned two-hour period constitutes a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 90-35, § 3, 2-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-171.)