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The following specific acts, omissions, places, conditions, and things are hereby declared to be public nuisances and are per se violations of this Chapter:

A. The discharge of sewage, human excrement, or other wastes in any location or manner, except through approved means of sewage disposal which are constructed and maintained in accordance with the regulations of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and/or the Pierce County Planning and Public Works Department.

B. Any residence, business, or place where people congregate, reside, or work that does not have an adequate and lawful source of potable water as required by State or local regulations.

C. Any residence, business, or place where people congregate, reside, or work that is not serviced by a sewage disposal system constructed and maintained in accordance with the regulations of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and/or the Pierce County Planning and Public Works Department.

D. Any poisonous material or poisonous thing on any property accessible to any animal or person.

E. Unsecured hazards accessible to and posing a danger to minor children, animals, and any person with, or regarded as having, a sensory, physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, which include, but are not limited to: unused, abandoned, or discarded refrigerators, freezers, or large appliances, or any unsecured or abandoned excavation, pit, mine, cistern, storage tank, or shaft.

F. Property where solid waste has accumulated or is handled, stored, treated, processed, or buried except for properly permitted solid waste handling sites or facilities that are operated and maintained in full compliance with the terms of any permit, license, statute, regulation, or ordinance regulating such activity and solid waste securely stored in receptacles or containers designed to prevent threats to human health or safety or to the environment until such solid waste enters a solid waste handling system.

G. Property used or maintained for the purpose of dismantling, salvaging, storing, or repairing of machinery, metals, or vehicles except where the landowner has obtained all licenses, permits, and approvals necessary to conduct such activity on the property.

H. Property used or maintained for the purpose of dismantling, salvaging, storing, or repairing of machinery, metals, or vehicles where the landowner is not in compliance with the conditions set forth in any permit, license, statute, or ordinance regulating such activity.

I. Property where one or more abandoned or derelict vessels, junk vehicles, or vehicle or vessel parts are accumulated, dismantled, parked, placed or stored unless the abandoned or derelict vessels, junk vehicles, or parts thereof pose no threat to human health or safety or to the environment, and are:

1. Completely enclosed within a building sited, constructed and maintained in full compliance with the terms of any permit, license, statute, regulation, ordinance or order regulating such activity; or

2. Stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the legal business of a licensed dismantler, motor vehicle wrecker, licensed vehicle dealer, junk, salvage or wrecking yard, which is operating in full compliance with the terms of any permit, license, statute, regulation, ordinance or order regulating such activity, including the property fencing and screening provisions in RCW 46.80.130.

J. Any building or structure where construction was commenced and then ceased and the building or structure was left unfinished, or any building or structure that has been constructed or modified without required permits.

K. Any property or vehicle that has been found contaminated and declared unfit for use by a local health officer pursuant to RCW 64.44.030.

L. Any violation of any of the following in the Pierce County Code: Title 17A, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Site Development and Stormwater Drainage; Title 17B, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Road and Bridge Design and Construction Standards; Title 17C, Construction and Infrastructure Regulations – Building and Fire Codes.

M. Any violation of any of the following in the Pierce County Code: Title 18, Development Regulations – General Provisions; Title 18A, Development Regulations – Zoning; Title 18B, Development Regulations – Signs; Title 18D, Development Regulations – Environmental; Title 18E, Development Regulations – Critical Areas; Title 18F, Development Regulations – Land Divisions and Boundary Changes; Title 18H, Development Regulations – Forest Practices; Title 18I, Development Regulations – Natural Resources Lands; Title 18J, Development Regulations – Design Standards and Guidelines.

N. Any violation of Title 18S PCC, Shoreline Management Use Regulations.

O. Property maintained in violation of the terms of a permit or authorization issued by the Pierce County Planning and Public Works Department, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, or the Pierce County Fire Prevention Bureau.

P. Property maintained in violation of the terms of a written order issued by the Pierce County Planning and Public Works Department, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, or the Pierce County Fire Prevention Bureau.

(Ord. 2021-43s § 3, 2021; Ord. 2017-12s § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-56s § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2015-25s § 2 (part), 2015; Ord. 2008-61 § 3 (part), 2008)