14.41.010 Definitions generally.
The following words and phrases used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, shall have the following meanings:
A. All definitions within this title shall apply to this chapter. Where a term is defined in multiple places, for purposes of this chapter, the definitions of this section shall apply.
B. “Chronic behavioral public nuisance” property means:
1. A property, or immediately adjoining right-of-way, on which three or more nuisance activities as described in LMC 14.41.020 exist or have occurred during any ninety day period. Every single activity after the first three shall be considered an additional, separate violation; or
2. Five or more nuisance activities have occurred during any twenty-four month period. Every single activity after the first five shall be considered an additional, separate violation; or
3. A property which, upon a request for execution of a search warrant, has been the subject of a determination by a court two more times within a twelve-month period that probable cause exists that illegal possession, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance or related offenses as defined in Chapter 69.50 RCW, as amended, has occurred on the property.
C. “The city” means the city of Lacey chief of police, the chief of police’s designee, the community and economic development director, or the community and economic development director’s designee.
D. “Owner” means and includes one or more owners and any legal agent or representative capable of making legal decisions on behalf of the owner. The owner is presumptively the person revealed by the records of the Thurston County assessor. An owner has authority to sell the property and to authorize a lien be placed on the property. An owner or legal agent of the owner is deemed to have control if the owner or legal agent has actual or constructive knowledge of the behavior upon the premises of any behavioral nuisance as defined in this chapter.
E. “Person in charge” of the property means any person in actual or constructive possession of the property, including but not limited to an owner, lessee, tenant, manager, bank and similar business, receiver, trustee, or occupant with control of the property. More than one person may be deemed a person in charge if they have actual or constructive possession of the property and have control over the property.
F. “Premises” means any building, lot, parcel, real estate, land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips and any lake, river, stream, drainage way, or wetland. (Ord. 1640 §1, 2023).