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(1) Unfit Building Complaint. In the event that the owner does not respond to the notification or the city and owner cannot agree on a voluntary correction agreement for the repair or demolition of the unfit building, the building official shall prepare an unfit building complaint against the property and owner.

(2) Content of Complaint. The complaint shall contain, among other things, the following information:

(a) Name of owner.

(b) Street address and legal description of the property on which the building is located.

(c) General description of type of building, wall, or structure deemed unfit.

(d) A complete, itemized statement or list of particulars which caused the building, wall, or structure to be an unfit building as defined in ECMC 15.25.040.

(e) Whether or not the building should be vacated by its occupants, and the date of such vacation.

(f) Whether or not the statement of list of particulars, as provided for in subsection (2)(d) of this section, can be removed or repaired.

(g) Whether or not the building constitutes a fire menace.

(h) Whether or not it is unreasonable to repair the building and whether or not the building should be demolished.

(i) A notice that a hearing shall be held before the building official at the City Hall, Electric City, Grant County, Washington, not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days after the serving of such complaint, or in the event of publication, not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days from the date of the first publication and that all parties in interest shall be given the right to file an answer to the complaint, to appear in person or otherwise, and to give testimony at the time and place fixed in the complaint.

(3) Service.

(a) The complaint issued by the building official must be in writing and shall be sent either by certified and regular mail or served personally upon all persons having any interest in and to the property, as shown by the records of the Grant County assessor, of any building or structure found by the building official to be an unfit building within the standards set forth in ECMC 15.25.040.

(b) If the whereabouts of such persons having an interest in the property are unknown and the same cannot be ascertained by the building official in the exercise of reasonable diligence and the building official makes an affidavit to that effect, then the complaint shall be served by publishing the same once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the city.

(c) The complaint shall also be posted in a conspicuous place on the property.

(d) Service by mail of any complaint, notice, order, notice of appeal, or other paper under this chapter shall be deemed complete at the end of the third business day following its deposit in the U.S. mail, correctly addressed, with postage prepaid.

(4) Filing with Auditor. A copy of such complaint shall also be filed with the Grant County auditor, which filing shall have the same force and effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law. (Ord. 594 § 1, 2022)