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Pasco, WA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

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Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Housing code source
International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by reference
Governing section
PMC 16.30.010
Local amendment
adds garbage/rubbish storage failure as unfit trigger
Enforcing officials
CED Director, designee, or Health Officer
Appeals body
Mid-Columbia Building Appeals Commission (PMC 16.30.020)

Summary

Pasco enforces rental and residential habitability standards by adopting the International Property Maintenance Code as its official housing code under PMC 16.30.010. The City separately amended one IPMC trigger so that inadequate garbage and rubbish storage or removal is itself a basis to find a dwelling unfit.

The most current state-adopted International Property Maintenance Code, prepared by the International Code Council, as hereinafter amended or revised, is adopted by the City as its official housing code.

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Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).

Full Breakdown

" That single-sentence adoption incorporates the IPMC's habitability standards, covering working sanitary facilities, heat, structural soundness, light, ventilation, and pest control, directly into City law without reprinting that text in the PMC. The City made two local amendments. 040, the seven-member Mid-Columbia Building Appeals Commission jointly appointed with Franklin and Benton Counties. 70 PMC when conditions go uncorrected.

Violations & Fines

A dwelling found to lack adequate garbage and rubbish storage or removal facilities, or that otherwise fails IPMC standards, can be declared unsanitary and unfit for human habitation by the Community and Economic Development Director, a designee, or the Health Officer under PMC 16.30.030. That finding can trigger the repair-or-vacate and abatement procedure in Chapter 16.70 PMC, including a Code Enforcement Officer's order to repair, vacate, or demolish the structure.

Frequently Asked Questions

What housing code applies to rentals in Pasco?
PMC 16.30.010 adopts the most current state-adopted International Property Maintenance Code as Pasco's official housing code, covering sanitation, heat, structural condition, light, ventilation and similar habitability requirements for all dwellings in the City, including rentals.
Can a landlord be cited for not providing trash storage?
Yes. PMC 16.30.030 rewrites the IPMC's unfit-dwelling trigger so that a dwelling lacking adequate garbage and rubbish storage and removal facilities can be determined unsanitary and unfit for habitation by the Community and Economic Development Director, a designee, or the Health Officer.
Who decides if a Pasco rental is unfit to live in?
The Community and Economic Development Director, that Director's designee, or the City Health Officer make the unfitness determination under the adopted International Property Maintenance Code (PMC 16.30.010) as locally amended by PMC 16.30.030, and unresolved cases move into the abatement process in Chapter 16.70 PMC.
Can I appeal a housing code violation finding in Pasco?
Yes. PMC 16.30.020 removes the IPMC's own appeals section and substitutes the Mid-Columbia Building Appeals Commission established under PMC 16.05.040, a seven-member board jointly appointed with Franklin and Benton Counties that hears building and housing code appeals.

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