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Duties of the City Building Official and City Engineer shall include but not be limited to the following:

A. Permit Review. The City Building Official and City Engineer shall review all applications for permits under this chapter for compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

B. Exceptions. A committee consisting of the City Engineer, Building Official and Planning Director shall review applications for exceptions pursuant to SMC 15.90.160.

C. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter or whenever the City Building Official or his designee has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any lands any condition in violation of this chapter, the Building Official or his designee may enter such building or lands at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed on the Building Official by this chapter; provided, that if such building or lands be occupied he shall first identify himself and request entry; and if such building or lands are unoccupied he shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or person having control of the building or lands and request entry. If such entry is refused, the Building Official or his designee shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.

D. No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or control of any building or lands shall fail or neglect after proper request to promptly permit entry by the Building Official for the purposes authorized above.