Kent’s West Hill area along Pacific Highway South between Kent-Des Moines Road and South 244th Street, which includes a new light rail station, is now part of the city’s Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) zones.
The Kent City Council unanimously approved the fourth zone Dec. 9 after approval of three other zones last April in an effort to reduce drug-related crimes along streets with known drug activity.
According to the ordinance, it gives Kent Police an additional tool to address drug-related crime by keeping criminal defendants known to engage in unlawful criminal activity out of concentrated areas…