A. Initial Closure. The city council may temporarily close a street to through traffic after a public hearing, and upon adoption of a resolution finding that all of the following conditions exist:
1. There is serious and continual criminal activity in the portion of the street recommended for temporary closure. This finding shall be based upon the recommendation of the police department.
2. The street is under the city's jurisdiction and has not been designated as a through highway or arterial street.
3. Vehicular or pedestrian traffic on the street contributes to the criminal activity.
4. The closure will not substantially adversely affect traffic flow, safety on the adjacent streets or in the surrounding neighborhoods, the operation of emergency vehicles, the performance of municipal or public utility services, or the delivery of freight by commercial vehicles in the area of the street proposed to be temporarily closed.
B. Extension of Closure. The city council may extend a temporary street closure previously approved in accordance with this chapter after a public hearing, and upon adoption of a resolution finding that all of the following conditions exist:
1. Continuation of the temporary closure will assist in preventing the occurrence or reoccurrence of the serious and continual criminal activity found to exist when the immediately preceding temporary closure was authorized. This finding shall be based upon the recommendation of the police department.
2. The street has not been designated as a through highway or arterial street.
3. Vehicular or pedestrian traffic on the street contributes to the criminal activity.
4. The immediately preceding closure has not substantially adversely affected traffic flow, safety on the adjacent streets or in the surrounding neighborhoods, the operation of emergency vehicles, the performance of municipal or public utility services, or the delivery of freight by commercial vehicles in the area of the street that was temporarily closed. (Ord. 99-009 § 1; prior code § 38.15.201)