Title 16 - BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION ... - King County

the violations have been corrected.
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WARNING! The removal, mutilation, destruction or concealment of this notice is a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 17420 § 63, 2012: Ord. 14914 § 364, 2004: Ord. 14111 § 169, 2001: Ord. 12560 § 136, 1996.
Formerly K.C.C. 16.20.170; 16.04.050133).
16.14.240 Unsafe structures, premises and equipment - Compliance. Section 108.4 of the
International Property Maintenance Code is supplemented with the following:
Compliance (IPMC 108.4.2). Whenever such notice is posted, the code official shall include a
notification thereof in the notice and order issued by him/her under K.C.C. Title 23, reciting the emergency
and specifying the conditions which necessitate the posting. No person shall remain in or enter any
building or any premises which has been so posted, except that entry may be made to repair, abate,
demolish or remove such nuisance or building under permit. No person shall remove or deface any such
notice after it is posted until the required repairs, abatement, demolition or removal has been completed
and, if required, a certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to the provisions of the building code. Any
person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 14914 § 366, 2004: Ord. 14111 §
170, 2001: Ord. 12560 § 137, 1996. Formerly K.C.C. 16.20.180; 16.04.050134).
16.14.250 Emergency measures – Imminent danger. Section 109.1 of the International
Property Maintenance Code is not adopted and the following is substituted:
Imminent danger (IPMC 109.1). When, in the opinion of the code official, there is imminent
danger of failure or collapse of a building or structure which endangers life, or when any structure or part
of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure, or when there is actual
or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any structure because of
explosives, explosive fumes or vapors or the presence of toxic fumes, gases or materials, or operation of
defective or dangerous equipment, the code official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and
require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith. The code official shall cause to be posted at each
entrance to such structure or premises a notice as provided in Section 108.4. It shall be unlawful for any
person to enter such structure except for the purpose of securing the structure or premises, making the
required repairs, removing the hazardous condition or of demolishing the same. (Ord. 14914 § 367,
2004).
16.14.260 Emergency measures – Temporary safeguards. Section 109.2 of the International
Property Maintenance Code is not adopted and the following is substituted:
Temporary safeguards (IPMC 109.2). Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, whenever,
in the opinion of the code official, there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition, the code official
shall order the necessary work to be done, including the boarding up of openings, to render such structure
temporarily safe whether or not the legal procedure herein described has been instituted; and shall cause
such other action to be taken as the director deems necessary to meet such emergency. (Ord. 14914 §
368, 2004).
16.14.270 Emergency measures – Closing streets. Section 109.3 of the International Property
Maintenance Code is not adopted and the following is substituted:
Closing streets (IPMC 109.3) When necessary for public safety, the code official shall
temporarily close structures and close, or order the authority having jurisdiction to close, sidewalks,
streets, public ways and places adjacent to unsafe structures, and prohibit the same from being utilized.
(Ord. 14914 § 369, 2004).
16.14.280 Emergency measures – Emergency repairs. Section 109.4 of the International
Property Maintenance Code is not adopted and the following is substituted:
Emergency repairs (IPMC 109.4). For the purposes of this section, the code official shall employ
the necessary labor and materials to perform the required work as expeditiously as possible as authorized
in K.C.C. Title 23. (Ord. 14914 § 370, 2004).
16.14.290 Emergency measures. Sections 109.5 and 109.6 of the International Property
Maintenance Code are not adopted. (Ord. 14914 § 371, 2004).