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AN ORDINANCE relating to bui|dings; adopting by reference the Unifonm Code for
the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988 Edition, published by
thm International Conference of Building Officials, and waking
amendments thereto; defining terns; providing for the repair or
demolition of dangerous buildings; establishing procedures for re-
• covering the cost of such repair or demolition; amending Sections
11,46.010, 11.40,030, and 11.46.040, all of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code,
WHEREAS, R.C.W. 35.21.180 authorizes cities and towns within the State of
Washington to pass ordinances .adopting by reference compilations and codes, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima has heretofore examined and
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understands the scope and purpose of the regulations of the Uniform Code for the
Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988 Edition, by the International Conference of
Building Officials, and deems it in the best interests of the City that such Code
be adopted as the law of the City nf Yakima, and
WHEREAS, one or more Copies of such Code have heretofore been filed in the
office of the Code Administration Manager of the City of Yakima for use and exam-
ination by the public as required by law, now, therefore,
BE IT ]ANED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 11.46.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
o11,46,010 Adoption of Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings. 'Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings', 1988
Edition, of the International Conference of Building Officials, of Mich one
or more copies . are on file' in the office of the Code Administration Manager
of the City of Yakima, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
out in full herein, as the dangerous building code of the City of Yakima,
except as hereinafter amended, and the provisions and regulations thereof are
hereby adopted as the provisions and regulations of the City of Yakima; and
the several sections or nunbers therein shall constitute, and may be referred
to as, the numbers of this chapter."
Section 2. Section 11.46.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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��N� x11,46.030 Definitions. A. Wherever a reference is made to the
'Director of Public Works' or the 'Building Official . in the Dangerous
Building Code adopted by this chapter, such reference shall mean the (lode
Administration Manager of the City of Yakima, or his authorized representa-
tive.
B. Wherever reference is nzado to the 'County Recorder' in the Dangerous
Buildings Code adopted by this chapter, such reference shall mean the Yakima
County Auditor.
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C. Merevor reference is made to the /City Assessor/ or the -1 City Tax
Col lector / in the Dangerous Buildings Code, adopted by this chapter, such
reference sha|| mean the Director of Finance and Budget of the City of
Yakima."
Section 3. Sect ion 11.46.040 of the Citvof Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as fo|lows:
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x11.46.040 Amendment to Section 301, Section 301 of the Uniform Code
for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings adopted by this chapter is hereby
^nnendad to read as fo||mws:
'Sec. 301. Dfini1ion. For the purpose of this code, certain terms,
phrases, words and their derivatives shall be construed as specified in
either this chapter or as specified in the Bui|ding Code or the Housing Code.
Mere terms are not defined, they shall have their ordinary accepted meanings
within the context with which they are used. Webster 's Third New Interna-
tional Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, copyright 1981, shall
be construed as yrighmg ordinary accepted meanings. Words used in the
singular include the plural and the plural the singular. Words used in the
mascul ine gender incl ude the feminine and the feminine the mascul ine,
BUILDING CODE is the Uniform Building Code promulgated by the Inter-
national Conference of Building Officials as anended and adopted by Chapter
11.04 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
DANGEROUS BUILDING /s any bui|dinO or structure deemed to be dangerous
under the provisions of Section 302 of this code as amended and adopted by
Chapter 11.20 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
HOUSING CODE is the Uni form Housing Code promulgated by the Internation-
al Conference of Bui Iding Official s, as amended and adopted by Chapter 11,20
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
SHALL. The word «sha||x is defined to have the fol lowing /meanim?:
(a) With respect to the functions and pomrs of the Code Administration
Manager, any agents, officers and errp|oyaes of the City of Yakima and any
board authorized hereunder, a direction and authorization to act in the
exercise of sound discretion and in good faith;
(b) With respect to the ob|igations upon owners and occupants of
promises and their agents, a mandatory requirement to act in cmnp|iance with
this code at the risk of civi| and cr iminal |iabi|ity upon fa 11 ure so to
act.'"
Section 4. This ordinance shal | be in fu|| force and effect thirty days
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by /aw and by the City
Charter,
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this �i��' day of
c ~ )oC42 ec , 1982 ,
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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