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COMMON COUNCIL
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO. 59-2018
A SPECIAL ORDINANCE PROHIBITING NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
WHEREAS, The Richmond Common Council is aware of Wayne County, Indiana
Government's objectives in decreasing the spread of hepatitis C and HIV contracted
through the use of syringes, as well as to provide a contact point to encourage users
to seek treatment, which objectives, in August, 2016, manifested in what is often
referred to as a "needle exchange program; and
WHEREAS, The Richmond Common Council understands that Wayne County's needle
exchange program will extend through June of 2020; and
WHEREAS, Wayne County Government is operating the needle exchange program at locations
within the corporate limits of the City of Richmond, Indiana, which includes, but
is not limited to residential areas; and
WHEREAS, When considering that the needle exchange program is designed to attract users of
illicit substances to specific areas within the city for the purpose of providing clean
syringes, which carries with it the potential for used syringes being improperly
discarded by its user in the area in which new syringes are being provided, as well
other potential detrimental unintended effects, the Richmond Common Council
desires to institute certain limitations in order to ensure that the residential areas of
the City of Richmond are not exposed to such outcomes.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, as follows:
Any needle exchange program, or other undertaking designed to furnish clean syringes or
other devices which are utilized to ingest illicit substances for which the user has not
secured a valid prescription from a licensed medical professional, regardless of the identity
of the entity or person which is implementing such a program, is prohibited in any
residential district within the corporate limits of the City of Richmond, Indiana as defined
by Article 2 of its Unified Development Ordinance.
2. Any needle exchange program operating within a residential district within the City of
Richmond, Indiana at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance shall receive
"grandfathered" status; and as such, shall continue to be permitted to operate in a residential
district; however, if, at any point in time, such a program ceases operation, its
grandfathered status shall be removed and the entity or person(s) which previously
operated the program will be subject to the prohibitions set forth within this Ordinance.
Passed and adopted this day of , 2018, by the Common
Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana.
President
(Jamie Lopeman)
ATTEST: , City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of
2018, at 9:00 a.m.
, City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
APPROVED by me, David M. Snow, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of
, 2018, at 9:05 a.m.
Mayor
(David M. Snow)
ATTEST: , City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)