§ 14.60.020. Declaration and purpose.

The board of directors finds and declares that buildings exhibiting slumlike conditions are public nuisances by virtue of their conditions or defects to the extent that the life, health, property or safety of the public or its occupants are endangered. The board further finds and declares that immediate abatement of such buildings by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal is necessary to protect and preserve the safety of the citizens and neighborhoods where such structures are found. The abatement procedures established herein are designed to be used to correct only those conditions and defects which endanger the life, safety and health of the occupants, community and general public. They are not intended for minor or technical code violations. The procedures established in the chapter shall be in addition to any legal remedy, criminal or civil, established by law which may be pursued to address violations of this code. This chapter does not affect or alter other nuisance abatement procedures established in this code.

(Ord. 6468 § 2 (part), 1991)