The Sequim city code ensures its citizens a healthy, secure and thoroughly livable environment.
It does so by defining what can and should take place, as well as what shouldn’t.
The medication-assisted treatment facility shouldn’t be allowed in Sequim — not only for the diminishment of health and security that the citizens of Sequim have enumerated, but also because those enumerations define a “nuisance,” a degradation and determinable violations of elements of the code.
“Nuisances,” City Code 8.04.010: “…to prevent and prohibit those conditions that reduce private property values, interfere with enjoying public and private property, create and constitute fire and other safety and health hazards, generally create a menace to the public health and welfare, and contribute to the degradation of neighborhood character.”
“Business Licenses Generally,” City Code 5.04.130: “A. A business license may be denied, suspended, or revoked if any one of the following apply: ….. 4. Conducting the business in an unlawful manner, or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or to constitute a menace to the public health, safety, or general welfare.”
The “Mission, Vision, and Value Statements” for Sequim contain phrases like: “…care of the community … we treat those we serve and each other with courtesy … dignity, and understanding because every person matters, we work together towards shared goals … we provide responsive services by listening to our customers and anticipating needs.”
Those city guidelines aren’t worth the ink if the clinic is allowed in Sequim.
Tim Paschal,
Sequim