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A. Whenever a SOAP order is issued under this chapter, the subject of the order shall be ordered to stay out of certain areas that are set forth therein. These areas will hereinafter be referred to as “prohibited areas.”

B. Prohibited areas that are set forth in SOAP orders shall be established by a resolution of the city council, at a minimum of every two years.

C. The police department shall provide information to the city council to support establishment and/or the elimination of prohibited areas in the form of one or more declarations and/or other sworn testimony. The declaration(s) and/or other sworn testimony shall:

1. Be by declarant(s) familiar with areas of the city that suffer a high incidence of prostitution;

2. Set forth the education, experience and other relevant qualifications of the declarant(s);

3. Set forth the basis for proposing prohibited areas, e.g., crime mapping data or other information;

4. Describe the proposed prohibited areas; and

5. Provide other information that supports the council’s review and determination of prohibited areas.

D. Upon request for modification or termination of a SOAP order, the municipal court shall consider the requested modification or termination by allowing for a process by which the subject of the order can provide relevant testimony or other evidence in support of his/her request.

E. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, a SOAP order shall have as its termination date two years from the date of its issuance.

F. Whenever a SOAP order is issued, modified or terminated under this chapter, the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of the order on or before the next judicial day to the Everett police department. Upon receipt of the copy of the order, the Everett police department shall enter the order until the expiration date specified on the order into any computer-based criminal intelligence information system(s) available to Everett police officers. Upon receipt of notice that an order has been terminated, the Everett police department shall remove the order from the computer-based criminal intelligence information system(s). (Ord. 3047-07 § 2, 2007.)