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Seattle Municipal Code § 22.214.050

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Seattle Municipal Code § 22.214.050
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Seattle (municipal)
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Inspection of rental housing units for a certificate of compliance according to subsections
22.214.050.A and 22.214.050.B shall be accomplished as follows:

1.

A property owner may choose to inspect 100 percent of the units on the rental property
and provide to the City only the certificate of compliance verifying that all units
meet the required minimum standards. In the alternative, an owner may choose to have
only a sample of the rental housing units inspected. If the applicant chooses to have
a sample of the rental housing units inspected, 20 percent of the rental housing units,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, are required to be inspected, up to a maximum
of 50 rental housing units in each building. When fewer than 100 percent of the rental
units on the property are inspected, the owner agrees to comply with subsection 22.214.050.J
and submit copies of required inspection results in addition to the certificate of
compliance.

2.

For inspections of fewer than 100 percent of the rental housing units on a property,
the Department shall select the rental housing units to be inspected under this Section
22.214.050 using a methodology adopted by rule.

3.

If a rental housing unit selected by the Department fails the inspection, the Department
may require that up to 100 percent of the rental housing units in the building where
the unit that failed inspection is located be inspected for a certificate of compliance
according to this Section 22.214.050. The Department shall use the following criteria to determine when additional units
shall be inspected:

a.