Chapter 8.84
CONDEMNATION OF UNSANITARY PREMISES

Sections:

8.84.010    Condemnation of building.

8.84.020    Notice that building has been condemned.

8.84.010 Condemnation of building.

When any building or premises have been inspected or caused to be inspected by the Director of Public Health and the plumbing or sewage disposal unit or system of such building or premises is found to be defective or insanitary, notice to that effect shall be served upon the tenant occupying the premises, if there be a tenant, or the owner or his agent, and the said notice shall specify the character of repairs and alterations to be made in order to eliminate the defective or insanitary condition. If such repairs and alterations, as specified in said notice, are not commenced in good faith within five days from the date of the service of such notice and completed within the time specified therein, the Director of Public Health may condemn the said building or premises as being insanitary and unfit for human habitation, and its occupancy thereafter is prohibited. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 69.101)

8.84.020 Notice that building has been condemned.

Except as provided in PMC 8.84.030, when any building or premises have been condemned by the Director of Public Health, the occupants shall immediately vacate the premises until such time as all repairs and alterations required by the Director of Public Health have been made. When a building or premises has been condemned for any cause said Director shall place or cause to be placed thereon a placard reading as follows:

WARNING

THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN CONDEMNED AS BEING INSANITARY AND UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION, AND IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO RESIDE IN OR OCCUPY THE SAME.

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Director of Public Health

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Sanitarian (Inspector)

(Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 69.102)