Edmonds, WA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2021 International Property Maintenance Code
- IPMC §302 (exterior areas)
- Deleted locally
- IPMC §303 (pools)
- Deleted locally
- IPMC §308 (rubbish/garbage)
- Deleted locally
- IPMC §309 (pest elimination)
- Deleted locally
- Enforcement path
- Chapter 20.110 ECDC civil violation process
Summary
Edmonds enforces minimum property maintenance standards through the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, but the city deleted the IPMC's exterior-property, swimming pool, rubbish/garbage and pest-elimination sections and routes enforcement through its own civil code-compliance chapter instead.
The International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition, published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted. ... ... B. Section 109, Violations, is deleted and replaced as follows:Violation of any provisions of this code are subject to the Civil Violation – Enforcement procedures in Chapter 20.110 ECDC. ... ... E. Section 302 is deleted. F. Section 303 is deleted. G. Section 308 is deleted. H. Section 309 is deleted.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4444, passed August 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
000 adopts the 2021 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code published by the International Code Council in full, setting minimum maintenance and habitability standards for existing structures citywide. 005 and that nothing in the IPMC cancels or modifies any ECDC provision. 040(C). The city also deleted four substantive IPMC sections outright: Section 302 (exterior property areas), Section 303 (swimming pools), Section 308 (rubbish and garbage) and Section 309 (pest elimination) are each struck without local replacement text in this title, meaning those specific IPMC standards are not enforced through Title 19 as written; other IPMC chapters governing light, ventilation, sanitation, and structural, mechanical, electrical and fire-safety requirements remain adopted and enforceable.
Violations & Fines
IPMC violations are not prosecuted under the code's own Section 109; ECDC 19.40.005(B) routes them instead through the Civil Violation-Enforcement procedures of Chapter 20.110 ECDC, and any appeal goes through ECDC 20.110.040(C) rather than the IPMC's deleted Section 107.
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