With so many blossoming businesses in West Seattle — West 5, Skylark, etc. — concerned about the so-called “nightlife premises legislation” that’s been making its way through the City Council, we thought you might want to know the next hearing has just been set (June 4).
First they targeted strip clubs now they want to regulate nightclubs. What’s next, how I use the bathroom?
It’s about time the nightlife premises were
licensed, so businesses as well as residents can know what the rules are. The current ambiguous sound ordinance and vague restaurant permitting are unfair to business owners and neighbors alike. There’s no question that alcohol is a highly regulated substance, as it should be.
Jiggers>> There’s a big difference between getting drunk in a bar and getting in your car to drive home and how you use the toilet in the privacy of your own bathroom. Your statement doesn’t make sense.
Regulating nightclubs is the responsibility of local government, especially in a densely populated city. Some bar owners can’t be counted on to regulate themselves as alcohol sales directly affect their bottom line. And some bar patrons can’t be counted on to regulate themselves, of course.
There is currently no license in Seattle a for “nightlife premise.” There are licenses for “restaurants” and “drinking establishments” and “hotels” and “transient rentals” and “retail stores” and “barbers” and on and on. It’s high time to create a license for “nightlife premise” so Seattle can have the thriving night life it deserves.
This statement really disturbs me that people believe its the imperative for government to create rules to “allow” people to do things. Thats not the way this country was framed, and its not how our legal system works either. Your statement can only come from some contrary impression or gross ignorance of the law. The rules already exist, the drive for additional categorization and regulation is to appease neighborhood groups and citizens who want suburban like calm and bylaws in a city atmosphere
> There’s a big difference between getting drunk in a bar and getting in your car to drive home and how you use the toilet in the privacy of your own bathroom. Your statement doesn’t make sense.”>
Jiggers was making a poor slippery slope analogy, your rebuttal makes even less sense with your huge logical leap from drinking=drunk to driving while intoxicated.
Part of why I live and participate on a neighborhoods social culture is because I can attend it while walking or cycling.
see my statement above. Any perceived issues caused by “unregulated patrons” can be handled by existing laws. its already illegal to create unreasonable noise, be visibly intoxicated, or smoke within 25 feet of a establishment. Why are we wasting time and money with discussion for additional laws/regulation? Do you really feel like its the local governments job to perform this micro management style legislation?
can you define a “nightlife premise” and somehow describe how it doesn’t fit into: drinking establishments, or restaurants? I think your referring to cabaret laws, which make performed music and dancing illegal. ( see NYC ) What a great contribution to the thriving night life you refer to.
You live in a city, cities are noisy active alive things. if you want a gated community please move to one, and stop trying to create one in the least suited area possible.
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