*Thanks. These are the same HUD hqs requirements I have already gone over repeatedly. *
*I have searched EVERYWHERE. I have looked at state code, public health, code enforcement, fire marshall/fire dept codes, laws and regulations. NOTHING describes ACTUAL law or regulations as to specifics that apply. IE: required to have 2 feet egress. Required to keep storage at 6 feet or 5 feet in an unused closed off room. etc.*
*Please don't misunderstand. My apartment is clean. We live in a complex surrounded by rats, roaches and all manner of bugs. I do not have ANY in my unit. Not even baby ants. The occasional fruit fly not withstanding, we are infestation free.
My unit does not attract these.*
*I'm trying to locate ANY written legal requirements that says I cannot have a box of photos on the top of my bookshelf, or my sons transformers toy box on a stack of other boxes.
In my living room, the storage boxes ARE BELOW 5 FEET. On top of them is a transformers toy in the box, a headphones box, a empty popcorn tin. Those extend "above 5 feet" thats what he's referring to.
I also have a collection of teddy bears on top of a rolltop desk, which reach above 5 feef
This is my point... Its not unsanitary, not a fall hazard and not "dangerous hoarding" which, by the way, is the compulsive collecting of items that have no value, even when they are no longer useful....IE: stacks of newspapers, bags of garbage, tons of empty laundry bottles. The items in my boxes are from my garage which was storage. These include a coca cola and rubber duckie collection, transformer collection and seasonal clothing. When we moved, mine and my sons collections could not be displayed properly, and were put into storage. *
*I'm WELL aware of this... I'm asking for the legal requirements that determine if a unit is a fire hazard or unsanitary. I do not believe my unit is. While my apartment is fuller than some, it's clean, stacked safely and safe.
Every cord or wire is carefully covered or taped down with black duct tape. My husband and I both have physical disabilities that can cause falls from a cord, so everything is carefully covered. Even a carpet at the door or entrance to the kitchen is carefully taped down for safety.*
*I'm not sure why you're assuming that my unit was some atrocious mess. If I'm attempting to fight my failed inspection and searching for their requirements, one could infer that I believe my house SHOULD HAVE PASSED.
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*I have been on section 8 for many years. Yearly inspections are norm. I'm ACUTELY aware of what's necessary to pass the inspection. This is why this fail has me stumped... But thanks for giving all kinds of information I didn't ask for. If by chance you have SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE of the laws or where to locate these laws, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASSIST. But you're sitting here explaining how an inspection works is a waste of time. I know how it works better than you, I'm sure.*
*actually "how you VIEW" the regulations implies that you can pick and choose your interpretation. This is incorrect. Im not trying to interpret them to fit me. I'm trying to LOCATE THE LEGAL STANDARDS to make sure I'm abiding by THEM, and not whatever personal standards the inspector has.
The inspector felt like MEDICAL DEVICES MEANT TO BE IN MY TUB that WERE in my tub made my bathroom "unsanitary".
My bathroom was clean.
So again... I'm not looking for conjecture, advice, inspection descriptions or your assumptions of how I live. I'm looking for LEGAL REGULATIONS THAT DESCRIBE
Fall/tripping hazard, fire hazard, sanitation and any hqs requirements King County has that HUD does not.*

