“City” means the city of Everett.

“Code enforcement officer” shall mean that person responsible for the interpretation, enforcement or both interpretation and enforcement of this chapter, and shall include, but is not limited to, the building official, fire marshal, or code official or any designated agent thereof whom the mayor gives authority to enforce the provisions referenced in this chapter.

“Code” shall mean any code section referenced in EMC 1.20.020.

“Day” or “days” means one or more calendar days, unless expressly stated otherwise in a given section or subsection. In addition, any portion of a twenty-four-hour day shall constitute a full calendar day.

“EMC” shall mean the Everett Municipal Code.

“Emergency” means an action that must be undertaken immediately or within a time frame too short to allow full compliance with this chapter, in order to avoid an immediate threat to public health or safety, to prevent an imminent danger to public or private property, or to prevent an imminent threat of serious environmental degradation.

“Enforcement actions” means the actions ascribed in EMC 1.20.080(B).

“Owner” shall mean any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the personal representative or executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court, as well as a bankruptcy trustee.

“Person” shall mean an individual, a firm, partnership, association, institution or corporation or any other group acting as a unit, or agent thereof.

“Person responsible” or “responsible person” means the owner, occupier, tenant, manager, agent or other person who caused or is causing the code violation under this chapter or other regulation.

“Repeat violation” shall mean a violation of the same regulation in any location by the same person, for which a notice and order has been issued and was not timely appealed or was denied on appeal, within twenty-four months of the issuance of such order. A repeat violation may involve the same condition, action, or omission as a previous violation. A repeat violation may also involve noncompliance with the corrective action noted in the notice and order which results in the issuance of an additional order.

“Stop work order” shall mean an order issued pursuant to this chapter by the code enforcement officer under the city’s police power authority in response to an actual or potential threat or risk to the health, safety, or welfare of people, property, city infrastructure or the environment.

“Violation” shall mean any condition, act, failure to act or omission that is inconsistent with any code provisions referenced in EMC 1.20.020. (Ord. 3901-22 § 2 (Exh. A), 2022.)