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e s, City Clerk
Rubstello, City A
RESOLUTION NO
1821
A RESOLUTION directing staff to initiate a comprehensive Life
Safety/Code Enforcement Program within a certain
defined area of the City of Pasco
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has adopted various codes to provide
minimum standards to safeguard life, property and public welfare, and
WHEREAS, concern has been raised in the community over the safety
and potential threat to the general public posed by the state of disrepair
of some of the older buildings within the city, and
WHEREAS, the downtown area between Tacoma Avenue and Fifth
Avenue and Columbia Street to Clark Street has a disproportionate number
of structures built prior to the mid 1950's, and
WHEREAS, the downtown area as described herein is characterized by
common wall construction with the lack of building setbacks and open areas
for fire separation, and
WHEREAS, the buildings within the area described herein contain a
wide range of occupancies as well as several vacancies, thus compounding
the potential hazards to life, property and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, the 3-R Plan recommends that priority be given to
enforcement of ordinances dealing with the condition of property within the
3-R Area, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO
The City Manager is hereby directed to institute a comprehensive
Life Safety/Code Enforcement Program for all properties located in the
geographic area bounded by Tacoma Avenue on the east, Fifth Avenue on
the west, Columbia Street on the south and Clark Street on the north
P ED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this
day of ‘,•1../ , 1988
Ed Hendler, Mayor
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Gre • Rubstello, City A torney
ATT
e s, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO
1821
A RESOLUTION directing staff to initiate a comprehensive Life
Safety/Code Enforcement Program within a certain
defined area of the City of Pasco
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has adopted various codes to provide
minimum standards to safeguard life, property and public welfare, and
WHEREAS, concern has been raised in the community over the safety
and potential threat to the general public posed by the state of disrepair
of some of the older buildings within the city, and
WHEREAS, the downtown area between Tacoma Avenue and Fifth
Avenue and Columbia Street to Clark Street has a disproportionate number
of structures built prior to the mid 1950's, and
WHEREAS, the downtown area as described herein is characterized by
common wall construction with the lack of building setbacks and open areas
for fire separation, and
WHEREAS, the buildings within the area described herein contain a
wide range of occupancies as well as several vacancies, thus compounding
the potential hazards to life, property and general welfare, and
WHEREAS, the 3-R Plan recommends that priority be given to
enforcement of ordinances dealing with the condition of property within the
3-R Area, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO
The City Manager is hereby directed to institute a comprehensive
Life Safety/Code Enforcement Program for all properties located in the
geographic area bounded by Tacoma Avenue on the east, Fifth Avenue on
the west, Columbia Street on the south and Clark Street on the north
P ED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this
'7
day of , 1988
Ed Hendler, Mayor