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• • ORDINANCE4224 • AN ORDINANCE amending Everett City Code Chapter 2.24 dealing with dangerous buildings, defining and declaring certain conditions to be public nuisances, fixing standards, and designating the Housing and Building Administrator as the chief en- forcement officer of the said ECC 2.24. (Ord. No. 4001). NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That ECC 2.24.010 be, and the same is hereby amended, to read as follows, to wit: 2.24.010 Dangerous buildings defined: Public nuisances. All buildings or structures which have any or all of :he following defects shall be deemed "dangerous buildings" : (a) Those whose interior walls or other vertical structural members list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity falls outside of the middle third of its base. (b) Those which, exclusive of :he foundation, show thirty-three per cent or more of damage or deterioration of the supporting member or members, or fifty per cent of damage or deterioration of the nonsupporting enclosing or outside walls or covering. ............... (c) Those which have improperly distributed loads upon the floors or roofs or in which the same are overloaded, or which have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the purpose used. (d) Those which have been damaged by fire, wind, or other causes so as to have become dangerous to life, safety, morals, or the general health and welfare of the occupants or the people of the City of Everett. (e) Those which have become or are so dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or which so utterly fail to provide the amenities essential to decent living that they are unfit for human habitation, or are 1=kely to cause sickness or disease, so as to work injury to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of human beings who live or may live therein. (f) Those having light, air, and sanitation and/or heating facilities which are inadequate to protect the health, morals, safety, or general welfare of human beings who live or may live therein. (g) Those having inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic or those having insufficient stairways, elevators, fire escapes, or other means of communication. (h) Those which have parts thereof which are so attached that they may fall and injure members of the public or property. (i) Those buildings which because of their condition are unsafe, unsanitary, or dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of the city. (j) Those buildings existing in violation of any provision of the building code of this city, or the fire prevention code of this city, or any other ordinance of the city, (k) Those buildings or structures which have been so damaged by fire, wind, earthquake or flood, or have become so dilapidated or deteriorated as to become (1) an attractive nuisance to children ; (2) a harbor for vagrants, criminals or immoral persons; or as to (3) enable persons to resort thereto for the purpose of committing unlawful or immoral acts. All "dangerous buildings" within the terms of this section are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and shall be repaired, vacated or demolished as hereinafter provided.