Ordinance 3901-22 - Laserfiche WebLink

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