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• ORDINANCE NO. 6-57- AN 5f-AN ORDINANCE amending the Uniform Fire Code, 1976 Edition, as adopted in Ordinance No. 531-78 to provide for the disposition of buildings which constitute dangerous buildings and are declared a public nuisance as set forth in the U.F.C., 1976 Edition, Section 1.207 (b). WHEREAS, the City of Everett adopted the Uniform Fire Code, 1976 Edition; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Everett desires to redefine which unsafe buildings constitute a public nuisance; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That Section 1.207 (b) of the Uniform Fire Code, 1976 Edition, reads as follows: (b) All buildings or structures which are structurally unsafe or not provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life, or which in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health, or public welfare, by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard, disaster damage, or abandonment, as specified in this Code or any other effective ordinance, are, for the purpose of this Section, unsafe buildings. All such unsafe buildings are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal in accordance with the procedure specified in Chapters 4 through 9 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings or by any other procedures provided by law. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) Dangerous buildings or places defined and declared to be a nuisance, and standards of repair and correction or demolition. All buildings, structures, premises, places and yards which have any or all of the following conditions, shall be deemed dangerous buildings or places and are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be repaired, corrected, vacated, removed or demolished as hereinafter provided. (1) Dangerous or unlawful amounts of combustible or explosive or otherwise hazardous material; (2) Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improperly installed equipment for handling or using combustibles or explosives or otherwise hazardous materials; (3) Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, waste paper, boxes, shavings, underbrush or other highly flammable materials; (4) Accumulations of dust or waste material in air conditioning or ventilator systems or grease in kitchen or other exhaust ducts;