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Seattle Municipal Code § 22.214.020

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Seattle Municipal Code § 22.214.020
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Seattle (municipal)
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Washington State home inspector under chapter 18.280 RCW; or

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Other individuals with credentials acceptable to the Director as established by rule.

"Rental housing unit" means a housing unit that is or may be available for rent, or
is occupied or rented by a tenant or subtenant in exchange for any form of consideration.

"Housing unit" means any structure or part of a structure that is used or may be used
by one or more persons as a home, residence, dwelling, or sleeping place; including
but not limited to single-family residences, duplexes, triplexes, and four-plexes;
multi-family units, apartment units, condominium units, rooming-house units, micro
dwelling units, housekeeping units, single-room occupancy units, and accessory-dwelling
units; and any other structure having similar living accommodations.

"Rental housing registration" means a registration issued under this Chapter 22.214.

"Rooming house" means, for the purposes of this Chapter 22.214, a building arranged or used for housing and that may or may not have sanitation
or kitchen facilities in each room that is used for sleeping purposes.

"Shelter" means a facility with overnight sleeping accommodations, owned, operated,
or managed by a nonprofit organization or governmental entity, the primary purpose
of which is to provide temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific
populations of the homeless.

"Single-room occupancy unit" has the meaning in Section 22.204.200.

"Tenant" has the meaning given in Section 22.204.210.