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SeaTac council imposes temporary moratorium on 23-hour crisis relief centers in Airway area
Summary
On April 8 the SeaTac City Council passed an order imposing a mandatory moratorium on the permanent establishment of 23-hour crisis relief centers and similar uses in the city’s designated Airway Center; the motion passed 5–1 with Councilmember Lavell dissenting.
The SeaTac City Council voted on April 8 to adopt an order imposing a mandatory moratorium on the permanent establishment of 23-hour crisis relief centers and similar uses in the city's designated Airway Center.
Councilmember Peter Kwan moved the order; Councilmember Joe Vincent seconded. The motion passed, 5–1; Councilmember Lavell recorded the lone dissent. The order as read at the meeting declares an emergency, sets a public hearing date, and establishes an effective date for the moratorium.
The title read into the record stated: "An order establishing a mandatory moratorium on the permanent establishment of 23 hours crisis relief centers and similar use in the designated airway center of this of the city of SeaTac, setting a public hearing date, declaring an emergency, and establishing an effective date." The council recorded the vote after the motion and second.
Why it matters: The moratorium temporarily halts the permanent establishment of such crisis relief centers in the designated Airway Center while the city proceeds to a public hearing and any related review. The council declared the action an emergency and set a hearing date as part of the order read into the record.
What’s next: The order sets a public hearing date and is effective immediately under the emergency declaration; staff or the council may present additional materials at the hearing and the council may take further action following that public process.
