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The 2021 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code as published by the International Code Council, excluding Chapter 1, Scope and Administration, is adopted with the following amendments:

A. Add the following definition to Section 202, General Definitions, to read as follows:

RODENT HARBORAGE. Any space where rodents live, nest or seek shelter, or any condition that provides shelter, food, or protection for rodents in, under or outside of a structure of any kind or an accumulation of any type of material, which might provide such rodent shelter or protection.

B. Delete Section 302.4, Weeds.

C. Add Section 302.10, Cargo containers and semi-trailers, to read as follows:

302.10 Cargo containers and semi-trailers. Cargo containers and semi-trailers shall comply with Sections 302.10.1 and 302.10.2.

302.10.1 Cargo containers. Cargo containers, except as otherwise permitted by Issaquah Municipal Code Title 18, shall not be permitted to be used as storage buildings. Cargo containers which are permitted by the land use regulatory code to be used as storage buildings shall be provided with a foundation system that provides adequate clearance from the ground to prevent deterioration and shall be provided with an anchorage system to prevent sliding or overturning by wind or seismic forces prescribed by the building code.

302.10.2 Semi-trailers. Semi-trailers shall not be used as storage buildings.

D. Add Section 302.11, Additional nuisances, to read as follows:

302.11 Additional nuisances. The following shall be considered nuisances:

A. Causing or allowing any human or animal waste, poison, poison oak or ivy or noxious substance to be collected or to remain in any place, street, highway or alley in the City in a manner which is reasonably offensive to the public; or

B. Obstructing or encroaching upon or rendering unsafe for passage any public highway, private way, street, sidewalk, trail, alley, park, square, driveway, lake or stream in the City; or

C. Excavating or maintaining on public or private property any hole, excavation or pit which is reasonably dangerous to the public or adjacent property.

(Ord. 3050 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 2936 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021).