11.20.004 Duty to enforce, right of entry.
A. Enforcement Authority. The director may call upon the police, fire, building, public works or other appropriate city departments to assist in enforcement. As used in this chapter, “director” shall also mean either the director of community development or the director of public works, and the director’s duly authorized representative(s).
1. It shall be the duty of the community development director to enforce this chapter and the provisions of BMC Titles 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, and the Bothell shoreline master program.
2. It shall be the duty of the public works director to enforce this chapter and the provisions of BMC Titles 17 and 18.
B. Upon presentation of proper credentials, the director may, with the consent of the owner or occupier of a building or premises or pursuant to a lawfully issued inspection warrant, enter at reasonable times any building or premises subject to the consent or warrant in order to perform the duties imposed by this chapter.
C. This chapter shall be enforced for the benefit of the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not for the benefit of any particular person or class of persons.
D. It is the intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the owner, occupier or other person responsible for the condition of the land and buildings within the scope of the Bothell Municipal Code and/or the Bothell shoreline master program.
E. No provision of or any term used in this chapter is intended to impose any duty upon the city or any of its officers or employees that would subject them to damages in a civil action. (Ord. 2238 § 2, 2017; Ord. 2023 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1628 § 1, 1996).