For immediate release: September 1, 2005 (05-111)

Contacts:
Allen Spaulding, Facilities and Services Licensing 360-236-2929
Deanna Whitman, Communications Office 360-236-4022

OLYMPIA ¾ The state Department of Health has immediately suspended the license of the Sage ‘N Sun Motel in Pasco because it poses an immediate threat to its occupants. Department investigators discovered the motel has been operating under unsanitary conditions and violating construction, maintenance, electrical, fire and safety codes. The motel must be vacated by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6 and may not offer accommodations until a hearing is held.

Conditions in the motel rooms include mold, exposed electrical wiring, missing or inoperable smoke detectors, broken windows and generally unsanitary conditions. The owner of the Sage ‘N Sun Motel has 20 days to request a hearing and contest these charges.

Motels offering three or more units to guests for less than 30 days must be licensed by the department’s Facilities and Services Licensing Program. The program is responsible for licensing about 1,700 motels, hotels, inns, resorts and bed-and-breakfast facilities in the state, and enforces health and safety standards for those establishments.

For information on actions taken by the City of Pasco in this case, contact Inspection Services Manager Mitch Nickolds at (509) 545-3441.

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