A. The property owner or other persons to whom the order was directed shall take all necessary action to maintain the property, secure against entry by closing, boarding up, fencing, barricading, locking or otherwise securing the property.

In the event that the property owner or other persons to whom the order was directed do not comply, the Health Officer may take all necessary actions to maintain the property, secure against entry by closing, boarding up, fencing, barricading, locking, or otherwise securing the same.

B. Once an order is issued by the Health Officer relative to the subject property, the Health Officer shall thereafter be entitled to enter or access such property as reasonably necessary for the sake of further inspections, posting the property, securing the property, and/or abating the condition. This right of access shall expire at such time as the property has been subjected to an approved decontamination.

C. The Health Officer may prohibit the moving or removal of vehicles or any other personal property and may secure such property by attachment of a locking device or any other means to prevent the property from being removed.

D. If the property owner or other persons to whom the order was directed have failed to decontaminate or dispose of contaminated property as ordered by the Health Officer, the Health Officer may direct or cause the property to be decontaminated, closed, vacated, boarded up, removed, disposed of or demolished, pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 64.44 RCW and Chapter 246-205 WAC. [Res. 03-21. Res. 03-19. Prior code § 11.3(VII)].