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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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If two or more rental housing units selected for inspection, or twenty percent or
more of the inspected units, whichever is greater, fail the inspection due to not
meeting the same checklist item(s) required by subsection 22.214.050.L, an additional
20 percent of the units on the property, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall
be inspected. If any of the additional rental housing units selected for inspection
fail the inspection due to the same condition(s), 100 percent of the units in the
building shall be inspected.

b.

If any single rental housing unit selected for inspection has five or more failures
of different checklist items required by subsection 22.214.050.L, an additional 20
percent of units on the property, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
inspected. If any of the additional rental housing units selected for inspection also
contain five or more failures, 100 percent of the units in the building shall be inspected.

c.

If the Director determines that an inspection failure in any rental housing unit selected
for inspection indicates potential maintenance or safety issues in other units in
the building, the Director may require that up to 100 percent of units be inspected.
The Director may by rule determine additional criteria and methods for selecting additional
units for inspection.

H.

Notice of inspection to tenants

1.

Whether inspecting 100 percent of the units or only a sample, the owner or owner's
agent shall, prior to any scheduled inspection, provide at least two days' advance
written notice to all tenants residing in all rental housing units on the property
advising the tenants that:

a.