2022/10/12 Council Agenda Packet

14. Any other information the Code Enforcement Officer deems relevant. 1.20.130 Supplementation, revocation, modification of notice and order or stop work order. A. The city may add to, revoke, in whole or in part, or otherwise modify a notice and order or stop work order by issuing a written supplemental for the following: 1. If the original notice and order or stop work order was issued in error; 2. Whenever there is new information or change of circumstances; or 3. If a party to a notice and or order or stop work order was incorrectly named; or 4. For any other reason as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer. B. The supplemental notice and order or stop work order shall be governed by the same procedures and time limits applicable to all notice and orders and stop work orders contained in Chapter 1.20 EMC. 1.20.140 Recording. A. A notice and order, voluntary compliance agreement, or stop work order may be recorded by the city with the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office, or its successor agency, when violations continue to exist on the property, which the property owner did not abate. B. If the notice and order, voluntary compliance agreement, or stop work order is recorded, the Code Enforcement Officer shall record a release of the notice and order, voluntary compliance agreement, or stop work order only when all violations specified in the recorded document have been corrected or abated, and all the civil penalties have been paid in full. 1.20.150 Stop Work Order. A. Authority. The city is authorized to issue a stop work order to a person responsible for a code violation. Issuance of a notice and order is not a condition precedent to the issuance of the stop work order. B. Enforcement Status. The city may enforce a stop work order pursuant to any provision of this code and enforce it in superior court. The stop work order may be appended to or incorporated by reference in any other enforcement action. The stop work order shall be subject to immediate enforcement by the city police as necessary. C. Emergencies. Where an emergency exists, the Code Enforcement Officer shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the activity but will follow up an oral stop work order with a written stop work order within 24-hours. D. Content. The stop work order shall state the reasons for the order, the conditions under which the activities cited may be permitted to resume if applicable, and may be appended to, or incorporate by reference, a notice and order. E. Effect.