All buildings or structures in the city which by reason of decay, dilapidation, or damage by fire, the elements or any other cause, are now or hereafter shall become, in the judgment of the council of the city, dangerous to the lives and safety of persons or property or unsafe for the purpose or purposes for which they are being used, are declared to be public nuisances.
(Ord. 87 § 1, 1958)
Whenever any building or structure has become a nuisance as herein defined, the council of the city shall by resolution condemn the same and cause notice to be given to the record owner of such property, or if the record owner is a nonresident of the state, then his agent or person having charge or control thereof to forthwith remove or abate the same and it shall be the duty of the owner of such property to abate or remove such nuisance within 30 days after receiving such notice. The notice shall be served in the manner provided for the service of summons by the laws of the state. If the person so notified neglects or refuses to abate said nuisance within the time above specified, council of the city shall by resolution authorize the abatement thereof or the institution in the name of the city of such proceedings as may be necessary in the superior court of the state of Washington for Thurston County to secure the abatement of the same.
(Ord. 87 § 2, 1958)
The cost of the abatement of such nuisance shall be paid out of the treasury of the city and charged to the owner of the property subject to abatement. Such cost shall be levied as a special assessment against the real property subject to abatement and the same shall be collected in the manner provided for collection of local improvement assessments.
(Ord. 87 § 3, 1958)
Hereafter the erecting, continuing or using any building or other place in the city, for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture, which by occasioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells or other annoyances becomes injurious and dangerous to the health, comfort or property of individuals or the public; the causing or suffering any offal, filth or noisome substance to be collected or to remain in any place, street or highway or alley in the city, to the prejudice of others; the ruins of any house, shop, stable or other structure which cannot be occupied or rented and is offensive to the sight or increases the danger of incendiarism, in the city, shall be deemed and are public nuisances.
(Ord. 7 § 1, 1925)
Any person or persons, owner, lessee or agent causing or maintaining a nuisance as aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof, on complaint in writing under oath before any committing magistrate of said city, be fined in any sum not exceeding $100.00 and in addition to such fine the committing magistrate before whom such conviction is had may order that such nuisance be abated or removed at the expense of the defendant, in the same manner and with like proceedings as are in the laws of the state of Washington in such cases made and provided.
(Ord. 7 § 2, 1925)