AN ORDINANCE relating to off-leash areas; adding a new off-leash area at Boren-Pike-Pine Park to the list of designated off-leash areas; deleting obsolete material; and correcting an outdated crossreference; all in Subsection 18.12.080 B of the Seattle Municipal Code.

WHEREAS, Ordinance 118099 established off-leash areas for dogs in City of Seattle Parks; and

WHEREAS, in November 2000, Seattle voters approved the $198.2 million Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails and Zoo Levy (2000 Parks Levy) which included $825,000 to improve Boren-Pike-Pine Park (also referred to as "Four Columns Park"); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation completed a community process that spanned October 2002 to February 2003 and again from July 2004 to December 2004, and included four widely advertised public meetings, and many committee meetings and e-mail polls; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Parks Commissioners took public testimony and reviewed the Boren-Pike-Pine Park site plan including the off-leash area, and on January 27, 2005, recommended the acceptance of the plan by the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation; and

WHEREAS, the Department completed a SEPA checklist and issued a Determination of Non-Significance on January 26, 2005;

WHEREAS, East Duwamish Greenbelt a.k.a. Jose Rizal Park was chosen from among the three potential sites proposed in Ordinance 118724 that added subsections 8 through 12 to 18.12.080 B; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Effective May 1, 2005, Subsection 18.12.080 B of the Seattle Municipal Code is amended as follows:

18.12.080 Animals running at large prohibited.

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B. Dogs may be allowed to run at large only in the following areas hereby designated as off-leash areas:

1. That portion of Genesee Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 H;

2. That portion of Golden Gardens Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 I;

3. That portion of Magnuson Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 J (Revision 2);

4. That portion of I-5 Open Space depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 U; .

5. That portion of Westcrest Park as depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 L (Revision 2002);

6. That portion of the City's stormwater drainage-retention facility adjacent to I-90 Lid Park as depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 M;

7. That portion of Woodland Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 N; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed;

8. That portion of City Light Right-of-Way #2 depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 O; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed; That portion of Boren-Pike-Pine Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 V;

9. That portion of City Light Right-of-Way #3 depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 P; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed;

10. That portion of the East Duwamish Greenbelt depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 Q; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed;

11. That portion of Northacres Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 R; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed;

12. That portion of Jefferson Park Reservoir depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 S; provided that this site may not be used as an off-leash area until the Superintendent has filed a stewardship agreement concerning the site with the City Clerk and until signs are installed.

13. That portion of Regrade Park depicted on Exhibit 18.12.080 T.

It is the intention of the City Council that only one (1) of the sites on North Beacon Hill, either City Light Right-of-Way #2 (subsection B8 above), East Duwamish Greenbelt (subsection B10 above), or Jefferson Park Reservoir (subsection B12 above) be developed as an off-leash site at this time and that the site selected be used as an off-leash area only after an appropriate neighborhood process has taken place, a local stewardship group has been formed under the auspices of COLA or another appropriate group, and an agreement signed.

Any person who takes a dog into an off-leash area must have physical control of the dog by means of an adequate leash when entering and leaving the off-leash area and must maintain voice control over the dog at all times while in the off-leash area. All dogs in an off-leash area must be licensed and must display valid license tags attached to the dog collar. Vicious Dangerous animals, as defined in Section 9.25.024 A 9.25.020G of this Code, are not permitted to use the off-leash areas.

Section 2. Attachment 1 to this ordinance is hereby added to Section 18.12.080 of the Seattle Municipal Code and is to be labeled Exhibit 18.12.080 V.

Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the ____ day of _________, 2005, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of __________, 2005. _________________________________ President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _________, 2005. _________________________________ Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of _________, 2005. ____________________________________ City Clerk

Attachment 1: Exhibit 18.12.080 V Map of Boren-Pike-Pine Park 03/7/05 version #3