22.208.120 - Occupying or renting building or premises unfit for habitation—Termination of utilities
A.
No one shall use, occupy, rent or cause, suffer, or allow another to use, occupy,
or rent any building or premises found to be unfit for human habitation or other use
from and after the date specified in a Director's order to repair, alter, or improve,
vacate and close, or demolish and remove a building or correct or improve the condition
of the premises until the Director has certified that the building or premises is
fit for human habitation or other use.
B.
The Director may, by written notice directed to the owner and to the Director of Seattle
Public Utilities, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light, or to
Puget Sound Energy, request that service of water, electricity or gas to the building
or premises be terminated or disconnected on or before a specified date. Upon receipt
of such notice the Director of Seattle Public Utilities, General Manager and Chief
Executive Officer of City Light, or Puget Sound Energy is authorized to terminate
or disconnect the service, and to restore the service upon the issuance by the Director
of a certificate of compliance in accordance with Section 22.208.080, or upon written notification by the Director that water, electricity or gas service
should be restored.
C.
It is unlawful for anyone other than the Director of Seattle Public Utilities, General
Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light, or Puget Sound Energy, or their
authorized representatives, to restore any water, electricity, or gas service that
has been terminated or disconnected by notice from the Director.