22.208.020 - Standards for demolition, repair, or vacation and closure
A.
Whenever the Director determines, according to the procedures established in Section
22.208.030 of this Code, that all or any portion of a building and/or premises is unfit for
human habitation or other use, the Director shall order that the unfit building and/or
premises or unfit portion of the building or premises be:
1.
Repaired, or demolished and removed, if the estimated cost of repairing the conditions
causing the building or structure to be unsafe or unfit for human habitation or other
use is more than 50 percent of the replacement value of a building or structure of
similar size, design, type, and quality, provided that the Director may order a building
or structure, for which the estimated cost of such repairs is 50 percent or less than
such replacement value, to be repaired, or demolished and removed, if the degree of
structural deterioration is as described in subsection 22.208.010.A, 22.208.010.D
or 22.208.010.E, and the owner has failed three or more times in the last five years
to correct the conditions by compliance dates as ordered by the Director;
2.
Demolished and removed, at the owner's expense, if the building has been the subject
of an emergency order to close pursuant to Section 22.206.260, and the building has also been subject to two or more unauthorized entries in the
preceding 12 months, and the Director has received written notice from the Seattle
Fire Department or the Seattle Police Department that the building presents a danger
to the general public or to City staff who might be required to enter the building;
3.