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<br />1.20.090 Obligations of Persons Responsible for Code Violations. <br />A. It shall be the responsibility of any person identified as responsible for a code violation to bring <br />the property into code compliance. Payment of civil penalties, applications for permits, <br />acknowledgment of stop work orders, and compliance with other remedies do not substitute for <br />performing the corrective work required and having the property brought into compliance with <br />city ordinances. <br />B. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit, structure, or property who has been issued <br />an enforcement action to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of such dwelling <br />unit, structure, or property to another until the provisions of the enforcement action have been <br />complied with, or until such owner has first furnished the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or <br />lessee a true copy of the enforcement action and shall furnish to the Code Enforcement Officer a <br />signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee, <br />acknowledging the receipt of such enforcement action and fully accepting the responsibility <br />without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by the enforcement action. <br />C. After issuance of an enforcement action and after the person(s) responsible for a violation has <br />come into compliance, the violator shall notify the Code Enforcement Officer in writing and the <br />Code Enforcement Officer may, after an inspection to determine if the violations have been <br />brought into compliance, issue a written determination of compliance. If a written determination <br />of compliance is issued, the Code Enforcement Officer will provide copies of the determination to <br />each person originally named in the enforcement action. <br />1.20.100 Corrective Action Notice. <br />A. Authority. The Code Enforcement Officer may issue a corrective action notice to the person <br />responsible for a violation. The corrective action notice shall not impose civil or criminal penalties, <br />and the correction notice is not subject to appeal. This section is not applicable to repeat <br />violations as defined in EMC 1.20.030. <br />B. Content. A corrective action notice shall contain the following information to the extent known: <br />1. The address and/or location of the code violation. <br />2. A legal description of the real property or the Snohomish County tax parcel number where <br />the violation occurred or is located, or a description identifying the property by commonly <br />used locators. <br />3. The name(s) of the responsible person(s) and the property owner (if different than the <br />responsible person). <br />4. A statement that the city has found the named person has or likely has committed code <br />violation(s), and a brief description of the violation(s). <br />5. A statement of the specific authority (e.g., regulation, administrative order, ordinance, <br />resolution, rule, permit condition, or other provision) that was or is being violated.