So, not having followed the origins of the committee which produced the City’s new “sit-lie” law, I have a question, sparked by this item which mentions the unrelated pedestrian interference law.
What, exactly, was the reasoning behind the idea that the City’s old “obstructions as nuisances” law (pdf), last revised by Council back in December 2004, needed to be replaced by the new “sidewalk obstructions” law?
I get that the original version of “obstructions as nuisances” was tossed by the courts, and so the City figured they’d better change it.
But what then led to the notion that the existing law itself needed to be scrapped and replaced once again with something else?
There seems to be overlap with 17.44.010 as well, am I right?