Kitsap Nuisance Abatement Team
614 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone: (360)337-7181 * Fax: (360)337-4925
 
 

Team Members

 

Our Goals

  • To establish an interagency entity that can provide a unified response to a variety of complaints related to public nuisances.
  • Identify, prioritize and reduce the number of nuisance properties more effectively.
  • Utilize staff time and resources more efficiently.
  • Reduce the number of contacts, revisits and repeat inspections for violations.
Memorandum of Understanding
Kitsap County Ordinance 261-2001 - relating to the abatement of conditions which constitute a public nuisance and adding a new chapter 9.56 "Public Nuisances" to the Kitsap County Code.
Revised Code of Washington
Definition of a Public Nuisance

Distinguishing Characteristics of a Chronic Public Nuisance

  • Imminent and persistent Health and Safety concerns
  • Complaints that initiate response by multiple agencies
  • Frequency of complaints by multiple reporting parties
  • Duration of time and effort to resolve problems

Examples:  Conditions of Property

Before During  After

Examples:  Conditions of Structure

Before During After
Monthly KNAT Status Report as of 25 April 2007
Chronic Public Nuisance Locations Map (1.5Mbytes Acrobat.pdf)
Contact Steve Mount for more Info or to submit a Chronic Public Nuisance Report...

Chronic Public Nuisance Locations Map


 

Last Updated:  December 10, 2007