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• Ted de Budden From: Ted de Budden Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 2:33 PM To: Donald Cunningham Cc: Anne Weech; Edward Golden; Eileen Hinkley;Tony Lee; Kurtis Brown Subject: Unlawful and Unsafe structure @ 2217 Madison St. Don, Per our discussions: Here is the background on the concerns we discovered at 2217 Madison St. We received a complaint from the Everett Utilities Department concerning a recently created duplex without record of approval. ("Water was being shut off due to non-payment, our worker discovered this is now a 2 unit place w/renovations") We visited the site yesterday to investigated the concerns.The occupants of a recently altered basement apartment allowed us to conduct an inspection of their area. Here is a brief summary of our observations,findings, and determinations. 1. A records search of the property indicates that the building is recognized as a 3 bedroom 1 bathroom single family home. ( Current Snohomish County tax Assessor's records--Zillow online Real Estate advertisement dated 8/24/18-- Everett permit records.) 2. A Building Inspection conducted yesterday reveals that the structure has been altered from the previous 3 bedroom 1 bathroom single family configuration.The building has been divided into 2 separate dwellings (one unit on the main level and one unit the basement level.)with a total of 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. My research indicates that required permits and approvals for this alteration work has not been obtained. As you know,alteration and occupancy of this type is a violation of Code. (R105.1.) (IPMC 108.1.4) 3. During the course of the inspection it was observed that the two dwellings lack required fire resistive separation between the apartments, in fact a single oil furnace is being used to heat both apt. units. The absence of required fire separations creates life safety hazards to all of the occupants, and are violations of Code. (R302.3 and R302.4.1) (IPMC 703.1) 4. Bedrooms created in the basement dwelling were observed to lack suitable Emergency Escape and Rescue Openings as required by code. (R310.1) (IPMC section 702. ) 5. Electrical work has been conducted without required permits and inspection approvals.At the time of inspection both tenants were experiencing tripping breakers at the electrical service panel.A single service panel located in the basement apartment is serving both dwellings.The electrical panel lacks required working clearances and is not readily accessible to the upper apartment.All of these conditions are violations of code and present life safety hazards to all of the occupants. (R105.1) (IPMC 605.1) (WAC 296-46B-901) 6. One of the greatest concerns and egregious code violations observed within the building is a mechanical equipment hazard that presents severe life safety hazards to the occupants of the structure.An oil fired furnace and a domestic clothes dryer located in the basement are sharing a common vent. S 1 •