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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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Title 17A
Chapter 17A.010
Section 17A.010.020
 

Title 17A Administration

Chapter 17A.010 General Administration

Section 17A.010.020 General Purpose
  1. This title is intended to establish standards for the design, materials, methods of construction, location and use of buildings and other improvements to land, the type, installation and maintenance of building systems and equipment, and procedures for the approval, inspection and enforcement of such standards. The standards for the design, construction, maintenance, location and use of buildings and land are made to provide a reasonable degree of protection to members of the public against hazards to life, health, and property from fire, collapse, explosion, lack of light and air; to enhance the human environment by prohibiting incompatible vicinal land uses and unreasonable intrusions upon the community’s aesthetics, quiet and comfort; to bolster the economy and prosperity of the community by preserving property values and guiding development by comprehensive planning and programming of public and private utilities and municipal services.
     
  2. This title does not, however, confer upon any individual or group of individuals any particular right or impose upon the City or any of its officers, agents or employees any specifically enforceable duty to a person other than to interpret, apply and enforce its provisions in good faith, with due diligence and with reasonable care and sound discretion.

Date Passed: Monday, February 21, 2005

Effective Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2005

ORD C33580 Section 1