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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Section 10.57.090
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.57 Regulation of Residential Rental Housing

Section 10.57.090 Residential Rental Property Mitigation Program
  1. The department of Community, Housing and Human Services is authorized to operate a rental property mitigation program, which is intended to assist in the repair of residential rental properties that are damaged during a tenancy and where damage occurs through no fault of the landlord.
  1. The City’s fund will be supplemental to any similar state or federal program, and will only be used after the applicant has completed a timely and complete application for those funds, exhausted the tenant’s damage deposit, and still has not been fully compensated for the damage.
  1. The department of Community, Housing and Human Services is authorized to establish public rules for the operation of the rental property mitigation fund, and shall publish and accept public comment on such rules for sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of the rules for the program. 
  1. Landlords applying for funding from the rental property mitigation fund must meet the criteria established by the Community, Housing and Human Services department pursuant to subsection (C) of this section. Within a calendar year, disbursement of such funds shall prioritize assistance to landlords where a government, nonprofit operated program, or privately operated program under government contract that provides housing support to low income individuals referred the tenant to the landlord or provided a portion of their rent or damage deposit, with remaining funding disbursed to all other qualifying applicants thereafter.
  1. The City may contract with another entity to administer its Residential Rental Property Mitigation Program.

Date Passed: Monday, March 27, 2023

Effective Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

ORD C36366 Section 1