10.75.060 Voluntary abatement agreement.
(1) An owner and person in charge who receives notice pursuant to this section must, within 10 calendar days, contact the enforcement official to establish a plan of action in the form of an abatement agreement under the terms of which the owner and/or person in charge will eliminate the conditions, behaviors or activities which constitute nuisance activities.
(2) An abatement agreement shall be signed by the owner and/or person in charge and shall include the following:
(a) The name and address of the owner and/or person in charge of the property;
(b) The street address or a legal description sufficient for identification of the property;
(c) A description of the nuisance activities to be abated and whether the property is abandoned;
(d) The necessary corrective action to be taken, and a date and time by which the correction action must be completed;
(e) An agreement by the owner and/or person in charge that, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, the enforcement official may inspect the property as necessary to determine compliance with the abatement agreement; and
(f) An agreement by the owner and/or person in charge that the county may abate the nuisance and recover its costs and expenses and penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter from the owner and/or person in charge if the terms of the abatement agreement are not met.
(3) Corrective action under an abatement agreement may include, but is not limited to:
(a) Executing no trespass orders for persons responsible for nuisance activities;
(b) Evicting persons responsible for nuisance activities, provided, however, that eviction is a remedy available to the owner pursuant to any lease or other agreement, and provided further that such actions are consistent with state and local laws, including but not limited to RCW 59.18.580, the Victim Protection Limitation on Landlord’s Rental Decisions; and
(c) Any other remedy available under state and local law to the owner and/or person in charge. (Added by Amended Ord. 18-013, Mar. 28, 2018, Eff date Apr. 9, 2018).