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(c) The complaint shall be returnable before the Housing and Building Administrator issuing said complaint . This officer may determine that the dwelling, building or structure is unfit for human habitation or other use, if he finds that conditions exist in such building or structure as defined in Section 2.24.010 of this chapter after applications of the stand- ards as defined in Section 2 .24.011 of this chapter. (d) After a hearing as provided for herein before the Housing and Building Administrator issuing the complaint, said officer shall enter findings in writing. If the determination is that the dwelling is unfit for human habitation or the build- ing or structure is unfit for otheruse, or must be demolished, repaired, or improved; then such determination shall be set forth in findings of fact by the Housing and Building Administrator. Said Housing and Building Administrator shall issue and cause to be served upon the owners or other parties in interest as pro- vided herein and shall post in a conspicuous place on said prop- erty an order which requires the owners or other parties in interest to repair, alter or improve such building, dwelling or structure, to render it fit for human habitation or other use, or to vacate and close said dwelling, building, or structure, within the time specified in said order, if such course of action is deemed proper on the basis of the standards set forth in this chapter. The Housing and Building Administrator shall remove or demolish such structure, dwelling or building if this course of action is deemed proper on the basis of said standards . If no appeal is filed within the time set forth in this chapter, a copy of such order shall be filed with the Auditor of Snohomish County. (e) It shall be the responsibility of the Housing and Building Administrator to diligently prosecute the terms of such order after the same has been entered, and to enforce the penalty provisions of this chapter. (f) It shall be the duty of the Housing and Building Administrator and all other inspectors or officers as defined in this chapter, making reports to the Housing and Building Adminis- trator of dangerous buildings, to appear at all hearings before the Housing and Building Administrator, the Board of Appeals hearings, in the Municipal Court, and to further appear in any Superior Court at the instance and direction of the City Attorney, to testify as to the condition of "dangerous buildings . ' Section 3 : That ECC 2.24.030 be, and the same is hereby amended, to read as follows, to wit: 2.24.030 Notice of Complaint - Service. The complaint of the Housing and Building Administrator shall be served either personally or by registered mail upon all persons having any in- terest in the subject property upon which the alleged building is situated as shown upon the records of the Snohomish County Auditor. A copy of said complaint, together with a hearing notice, shall be posted in a conspicuous place on such property. If the whereabouts of such person or persons in interest in the property is unknown and the same cannot be ascertained by the Housing and Building Administrator in the exercise of reasonable diligence, the Housing and Building Administrator shall make an affidavit to that effect . The serving of such complaint and notice or order upon such person or persons may then be made by publishing the same once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in tifie City of Everett, and in the event of inability to publish, such hearing notice and complaint shall be posted in three public places in the municipality of the City of Everett . Such complaint and notice shall state that a hearing - 3 -