The following statutes relating to public indecency, prostitution, sexual exploitation of children, registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders, and other sex crimes are incorporated by reference, insofar as they apply to gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors:
Definitions.
Reporting of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct – Civil immunity.
Communication with a minor for immoral purposes – Penalties.
Certain defenses barred, permitted.
Seizure and forfeiture of property.
Allowing minor on premises of live erotic performance – Definitions – Penalty.
Definitions.
Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree.
Admissibility of child's statement – Conditions.
Definitions applicable to RCW 9A.44.130 through 9A.44.145, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 70.48.470, and 72.09.330.
Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders – Procedures – Definition – Penalties.
Failure to register as sex offender or kidnapping offender.
Address verification.
Attendance, employment of registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders at institutions of higher education – Notice to school districts, principal, department of public safety at institution – Confidentiality.
Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders – Duty to register.
Investigation – End of duty to register – Removal from registry – Civil liability.
Relief from duty to register – Petition – Exceptions.
Relief from duty to register for sex offense or kidnapping offense committed when offender was a juvenile and who has not been determined to be a sexually violent predator – Petition – Exception.
Notification to offenders of changed requirements and ability to petition for relief from registration.
Application of RCW 9A.44.128 through 9A.44.145 – Duty to register under law as it existed prior to July 28, 1991.
Indecent exposure.
Prostitution.
Prostitution – Sex of parties immaterial – No defense.
Permitting prostitution.
Patronizing a prostitute.
Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders – Notice to defendants.
(Ord. 1266 § 10, 1997; Ord. 1803 § 6, 2012; Ord. 1808 § 12, 2012; Ord. 1974 § 1, 2019)
A. 
As used in this section:
1. 
"Commit prostitution" means to engage in sexual conduct for money, any negotiable instrument, any service having value, or any other consideration.
2. 
"Known prostitute or procurer" means a person who within one year previous to the date of arrest for violation of this section has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted in any court of an offense involving prostitution.
3. 
"Public place" is an area generally visible to public view and includes without limitation streets, public rights-of-way, publicly owned properties, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, parking lots, driveways, automobiles (whether moving or not), and buildings open to the general public, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the ground and areas enclosing them.
4. 
"Sexual conduct" means:
a. 
Sexual intercourse within its ordinary meaning and pursuant to the definition provided in RCW 9A.44.010, previously adopted by reference.
b. 
Masturbation, manual or instrumental, of one person by another.
B. 
A person is guilty of prostitution loitering if he or she is in or remains in a public place and intentionally solicits, induces, entices or procures, or aids another to commit prostitution.
C. 
The following nonexclusive circumstances may be considered in determining whether the actor intends to commit or has committed the crime of prostitution loitering. The actor:
1. 
Repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop, or engages passersby in conversation; or
2. 
Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or any other bodily gesture; or
3. 
Circles or repeatedly returns to an area in a motor vehicle and repeatedly beckons to, contacts or attempts to stop and contact pedestrians; or
4. 
Is a known prostitute or procurer; or
5. 
Inquires whether a potential patron or other person is a police officer, searches for articles that would identify a person as a police officer, or requests the touching or the exposure of genitals or female breasts to prove that a person is not a police officer; or
6. 
Knowingly transports a known prostitute or procurer to a hotel or motel, and then waits outside the hotel or motel for the known prostitute or procurer to return.
D. 
Any single violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, the court may issue such orders as are required to restrain the convicted person from being present in specific areas of the city of Fife. Upon sentencing to jail, the court may require such testing and counseling as provided in RCW 70.24.360. In the event of suspension or deferral of any sentence, the court may require AIDS testing and counseling as a condition of suspension or deferral, pursuant to RCW 70.24.350, at the defendant's expense.
(Ord. 1512-03 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1655-07 § 1, 2008)
A. 
In addition to any other crimes as set forth in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to solicit, advertise, or otherwise agree to engage in an act of prostitution pursuant to FMC 9.23.010, adopting RCW 9A.88.030 and 9A.88.110, by any means including but not limited to violations facilitated by: the use of a computer, including the use of the Internet, the World Wide Web, electronic mail, message board, news group, or any other commercial or noncommercial online service; the use of a telephone or voicemail system; or the use of a pager.
B. 
Any single violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor. In addition, the court may issue such orders as are required to restrain the convicted person from being present in specific areas of the city of Fife. Upon sentencing to jail, the court may require such testing and counseling as provided in RCW 70.24.360. In the event of suspension or deferral of any sentence, the court may require AIDS testing and counseling as a condition of suspension or deferral, pursuant to RCW 70.24.350, at the defendant's expense.
(Ord. 1655-07 § 2, 2008; Ord. 1777 § 1 (Exh. A), 2012)