SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119621

• Record No: CB 119621
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119621
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/30/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125954
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to termination of residential rental tenancies; requiring compliance with the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance before issuing notices to terminate a tenancy; and amending Sections 22.206.160 and 22.214.075 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Director’s Report, 2. Presentation, 3. Signed Ordinance 125954

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/11/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/11/2019	1	Mayor	returned
10/4/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
10/3/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/30/2019	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/24/2019	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	pass	Pass
9/10/2019	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	discussed
9/9/2019	1	City Council	referred
8/29/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/6/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/6/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to termination of residential rental tenancies; requiring compliance with the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance before issuing notices to terminate a tenancy; and amending Sections 22.206.160 and 22.214.075 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, in September 2018, the Seattle Women's Commission and the King County Bar Association jointly published Losing Home: The Human Cost of Eviction in Seattle, finding that families who are evicted face material hardships that make it more difficult to secure safe and affordable housing and that the most disadvantaged groups face the highest likelihood of eviction; and
WHEREAS, landlords must be in compliance with the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordnance in order to rent any residential unit; and
WHEREAS, landlords must be in compliance with the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordnance in order to complete an eviction; and
WHEREAS, compliance with the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance before beginning the eviction process provides more opportunity to remedy habitability or other compliance issues; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 22.206.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 125343, is amended as follows:
22.206.160 Duties of owners
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C. Just cause eviction
1. Pursuant to provisions of the Washington State Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (RCW 59.18.290), owners may not evict residential tenants without a court order, which can be issued by a court only after the tenant has an opportunity in a show cause hearing to contest the eviction (RCW 59.18.380). Owners of housing units shall not evict or attempt to evict any tenant, or otherwise terminate or attempt to terminate the tenancy of any tenant, unless the owner can prove in court that just cause exists. Owners may not evict residential te...