Opinion ID: 774351
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Washington Constitution

Text: 93 Clark argues that the 21-day waiting period for managers to receive a license violates the Washington constitution because a decision to issue or deny a license is not made within a brief, specified and reasonably prompt period of time. For the sake of judicial economy, we address this claim now because this provision so clearly violates Washington law. 11 See Ino, Ino, Inc. v. City of Bellevue, 132 Wash. 2d 103, 123 (1997) (holding 14-day waiting period for managers violated Washington constitution). Lakewood modeled its provision on Bellevue's 14-day waiting period for managers and is nearly identical in every respect -except that the waiting period is even longer. Like Bellevue's law, [t]he delay in issuing a manager's license suppresses future expression because the City permits nude dancing only if licensed managers are present. . . . Therefore, we hold that the City's failure to provide managers with temporary licenses during the [21]-day delay constitutes a prior restraint in violation of the Washington Constitution. 12 Id.