Ordinance 1732-90 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • • • 1 Emergency Procedure. 2 City Council Action. Nothwithstanding any other provisions 3 of this Code, in cases where it reasonably appears that there is immediate danger to the life or safety of any person or property 4 unless a substandard building is immediately repaired, secured, vacated or demolished, the Building Official shall report the 5 facts to the City Council of the City of Everett and the City Council may cause a resolution to be passed authorizing the 6 Building Official or his designee to effect the immediate repair, securing, vacation or demolition of the substandard building. 7 The costs of the emergency repair, securing, vacation, or demolition of such dangerous buildings shall be collected in the 8 same manner as provided in Chapter 16. 9 Section 3: Chapter 10 of the Uniform Housing Code, 1988 Edition, which 10 was adopted by reference in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1613-89, is hereby 11 amended by the following addition: 12 13 Minimum Standards for Vacant Buildings. 14 A. Definition. 15 "Vacant building" means a building that is unoccupied and is not used as a place of residence or business. At the 16 discretion of the Building Official , a portion of a vacant building may be occupied if the occupied portion meets the 17 standards specified in this code and the vacant and closed portion complies with the minimum maintenance standards for 18 vacant buildings specified in this section. 19 B. Public Nuisance - Substandard Building. 20 Any vacant building which is not maintained in compliance with the minimum maintenance standards for vacant buildings 21 imposed by this Section or such more stringent standards imposed by the Building Official is a substandard building and as such, 22 is deemed and hereby declared to be a public nuisance which the Building Official is authorized to summarily abate in accordance 23 with the abatement provisions for substandard buildings found in this code. 24 C. Maintenance Standards. 25 Every vacant building shall conform to the standards of 26 this section except when more stringent standards are imposed by the Building Official . 27 1 . Sanitary facilities. 28 a. All plumbing fixtures connected to an approved water 29 system, an approved sewage system, or an approved natural gas utility system shall be installed in accordance with applicable 30 codes and be maintained in sound condition and good repair. 31 b. All plumbing fixtures connected to an approved system, sewage system, or approved natural gas utility system, 32 2