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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 13.03
Section 13.03.0310
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03 Sewers

Article III. General Requirements

Section 13.03.0310 Multiple-dwelling Units – Duties of Owners and Occupants

 

  1. Every owner, agent and/or person in possession, charge or control of any hotel, motel, manufactured home park, condominium, apartment house or other multiple-dwelling unit arrangement has the duty to furnish such fixtures or other adequate means of disposing of wastewater originating from the premises as are approved by the Wastewater Director. This section is supplemental to authority which may be exercised by other City officials.
  1. In cases of hotels, motels, manufactured home parks, condominiums, apartment houses, other multiple-dwelling unit arrangements or any other areas the Wastewater Director deems to require public sewer service, the Wastewater Director may require multiple tenants or the property owners to appoint an agent or agents responsible and accountable to the City for making payment for City sewer service whenever multiple billings are deemed unreliable or inconvenient.
    1. Failure of an agent to discharge any duty imposed by this section does not relieve any property owner, tenant, occupant, customer or any other person of any legal obligation imposed herein and the City reserves all rights and remedies at contract and law.

 

Date Passed: Monday, December 8, 2025

Effective Date: Sunday, January 18, 2026

ORD C36776 Section 24