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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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Chapter 08.02
Section 08.02.067
 

Title 08 Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 08.02 Fees and Charges

Article VI. Land Use and Occupancy

Section 08.02.067 Existing Building and Conservation Code
  1. General.

There may be charged against the owner and assessed against the land of a boarded-up, substandard, unfit, abandoned, or otherwise a nuisance building all costs and expenses incurred by the City in administration and enforcement of this code.

  1. Boarding and Securing.

Cost incurred by the City for the securing and/or boarding of an unfit, substandard, or abandoned building and charged against the property are separate from the annual hearing processing fee and the annual property monitoring fee. These costs are nonrefundable.

  1. Property Monitoring.

If the building official orders the monitoring of any boarded, unfit, substandard, or abandoned building, an annual property monitoring fee of three hundred dollars shall be charged against the property.

  1. Annual Hearing Processing Fee.
    1. The annual hearing processing fee applies to properties the building official determines are substandard, unfit, or abandoned building(s) during the hearing required under SMC 17F.070.440. The fee covers the costs of administration, notices, inspections, and the hearing process and other lienable functions within the meaning of RCW 35.80.030(1)(h).
    1. A property that has been placed on the building official’s review agenda and has been determined under SMC 17F.070.440 to be substandard, unfit, or abandoned shall be charged an annual fee of one thousand five hundred dollars. A new fee will be assessed the beginning of each twelve-month period the building remains substandard, unfit, or abandoned as determined by the building official at a public hearing.
    1. Up to five hundred dollars of the annual fee may be refunded if the property is repaired and removed from the building official process within one year from the first hearing. The building official or his designee is authorized to officially remove a property from the building official process and authorize the refund, or release of a lien, of a portion of the fee.
      1. A building may be removed from the building official process when conditions are corrected and the building is no longer determined to be substandard, unfit, or abandoned.
    1. The annual hearing processing fee is lienable under SMC 17F.070.500.
    1. If the hearing processing fee has been recorded as a lien against the property, and no payments have been received by the City, the refunded portion of the fee shall be reflected as a reduction in the lien amount.

Date Passed: Monday, March 15, 2010

Effective Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010

ORD C34572 Section 1