594 Public Nuisance -108 4th St. SECITY OF YELM
RESOLUTION NUMBER 594
DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF YELM AS PUBLIC NUISANCES
WHEREAS, the Yelm Municipal Code at Section 9.44.015 states it is a violation for any person
to permit, create, maintain, or allow, upon any premises, acts declared to be a public nuisance,
or to fail to abate such a nuisance.
WHEREAS, the code at Section 9.44.020 YMC describes conditions that are declared to be
public nuisances including trash, litter, filth, unsafe structures, and improper storage of
inoperable and/or unlicensed vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Building Official for the City of Yelm has through site visits, photographs, and
conversations with the bank owning the property and members of the community, determined
the residence meets the definition of public nuisance as described above; and
WHEREAS, the bank owning the property has been contacted via phone conversations that
their property could be declared a public nuisance; and
WHEREAS, the property owner Sandra Tritt passed away four years ago and no next of kin
are interested in the cleanup of the property; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Economic Department is requesting the City Council to declare
the property identified below as a public nuisance; and
WHEREAS, the Department will continue to work with the bank owning the property in a
collaborative manner if progress on abatement is being made; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the property in question and has determined that
they meet the definition of public nuisance as defined by Section 9.44.020 YMC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Yelm that the following
property in the City of Yelm is a public nuisance pursuant to Chapter 9.44 YMC and the Planning
& Economic Development Department is authorized to abate the nuisance.
108 Fourth St SE
A OVED n t e 28th da of August, 2018.
W Foster, Mayor
ATTEST
Lori Mossman, City Clerk