Everett, WA

Everett exempts temporary construction-site noise from its Chapter 20.08 limits only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends: outside those hours it…

Everett exempts noise from powered yard and maintenance equipment, including leaf blowers, from its nuisance noise chapter only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. and 10…

Everett limits noise from District III industrial and agricultural zones (AG, LI, HI, WRM) to 60 dB(A) reaching residential District I, 65 dB(A) reaching mixed-use District II, and 70…

Everett requires every motor vehicle on a public highway to run a working muffler and exhaust system at all times, bans tire squeal from rapid acceleration or cornering, and bars…

Everett's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft noise. EMC 20.08.100(A)(1) exempts noise from aircraft in flight and airport sounds directly tied to flight operations at all…

Everett bans knowingly letting a pet's frequent, continuous or repetitive barking or noise unreasonably disturb the peace and comfort of neighboring property owners, with a carve-out…

Everett bars frequent, repetitive or continuous sound from audio equipment, musical instruments, band sessions and outdoor events once it's plainly audible across a property line or 50…

Everett cuts its noise limits by 10 dB(A) for sound reaching residential District I properties between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. and 9 a.m. on weekends, under Everett…

Everett allows LP-gas and natural-gas fire pits, fire bowls and fire tables when used as intended, but bars them from balconies and decks and within 10 feet of combustible construction…

Everett caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at any one installation to 2,000 gallons of water capacity under its fire code, and every LP-gas system must also comply with the zoning…

Everett bans the sale, possession, and discharge of fireworks within city limits: consumer fireworks are allowed only for licensed public displays or narrow permitted religious or…

Snohomish County has no single 'clear your brush' ordinance countywide, but the 2021 Washington Wildland-Urban Interface Code applies to new commercial and residential permits on…

Washington law requires smoke detection devices inside all dwelling units. Owners must install them; tenants must maintain them and replace batteries. Any dwelling sold on or after…

Land-clearing burning is permanently banned countywide. Residential yard-waste burning (pile no larger than 4x4x3 feet) is allowed only outside Urban Growth Areas and no-burn zones…

Washington's Wildland-Urban Interface Code applies to parcels mapped high or very-high wildfire hazard. On those parcels, new construction requires class-1 ignition-resistant roofs…

Everett bans new manufactured home, mobile home, RV park, and tiny home communities citywide. A tiny house is allowed as a primary residence only inside a manufactured/mobile home…

Everett treats a carport as an accessory building. Its footprint is capped at the smallest of 15% of the lot, 3,000 square feet, or the house's own footprint, and it must meet the same…

Everett cuts its parks impact fee in half when a homeowner adds one or two accessory dwelling units to a lot that keeps its principal house, capped at two ADUs per lot under the city's…

Everett requires accessory dwelling units to meet the same setbacks as the main house, and its NR-C zone allows up to two ADUs per lot exempt from density limits, though Washington's…

Converting a garage into habitable space in unincorporated Snohomish County is treated as creating an accessory dwelling unit and must meet SCC 30.28.010 ADU standards, including the…

Everett lets neighborhoods petition for a Residential Parking Zone (RPZ), letting resident permit-holders park beyond posted time limits while non-permitted vehicles stay restricted…

Everett bans stopping or parking within 5 feet of driveways, at crosswalks, near fire hydrants, and in dozens of other specified places on city streets.

Everett bars trucks, motor homes, and trailer combos over 16,000 pounds, 20 feet, or 8 feet wide from parking on residential streets, with narrow work-vehicle exceptions.

Everett's off-street parking code lets electric vehicle spaces count toward a project's required parking total, but it defers charging-station design and installation standards to the…

Everett manages downtown on-street parking under an 85 percent occupancy rule, tightening restrictions in the central business district whenever stalls stay too full for visitors.

Everett lets homeowners store RVs, campers, trailers, and boats on a residential lot, but any parked in the front or street-side setback must sit on an approved driveway, and only the…

Everett doesn't ban overnight parking outright, but no vehicle may sit in one spot on a city street or right-of-way for more than 72 continuous hours, and storing a vehicle on-street…

Everett requires off-street parking areas to use durable, city-approved surface materials, and any parking between a home's street-facing front and the street must be fully paved.

Everett prohibits leaving a junk motor vehicle on private property over 24 hours without the owner's permission, or on public right-of-way for 24+ hours without notifying police, under…

Only the airport manager may paint or mark curbs at Snohomish County Airport: SCC 15.08.652(3) makes it unlawful for any person, company, or private organization to paint curbs or…

Washington caps what a private-property tow can cost. Under RCW 46.55.118, a class A, D or E tow truck operator's filed hourly towing rate cannot exceed 135 percent of the State…

Everett Municipal Code 19.13.250 requires a city business license to operate a short-term rental, caps any one operator at two rental sites citywide, limits occupancy to eight guests…

Everett's Unified Development Code sets a specific off-street parking count for every short-term rental. Renting a whole dwelling unit needs three off-street spaces if the site has…

Everett limits every short-term rental to eight overnight guests per site, requires a city business license to operate, and caps each operator at two rental sites citywide under…

Lodging rented for less than one month in Snohomish County is subject to two stacked 2% county lodging excise taxes (SCC 4.40.010 and 4.41.010), a combined 4% hotel-motel tax, in…

Snohomish County has no STR-specific noise cap, but SCC 30.28.020(3)(e) requires a bed-and-breakfast to be run so as not to disturb neighbors' peaceful occupancy. General county noise…

Snohomish County's bed-and-breakfast rules require a host to be present: SCC 30.28.020(3)(c) directs that the owner operate the facility and reside on the premises. Meal service is…

Unincorporated Snohomish County effectively requires an owner-occupied STR: SCC 30.28.020(3)(c) states the owner shall operate the facility and reside on the premises. The lodging must…

The county's bed-and-breakfast code sets no specific liability-insurance requirement for STRs. It instead requires compliance with fire, health and building codes, and at three or more…

Unincorporated Snohomish County imposes no cap on rental nights. SCC 30.28.020(3)(f) states there is no limit on the number of days a guest may stay at the establishment. However…

Everett Municipal Code § 6.04.120 bans possessing, breeding or selling primates, big cats, bears, wild canids, venomous reptiles, large constrictors, and crocodilians. Violation is a…

Everett bans letting a dog run at large anywhere off its owner's property unless it is on a leash, tether or other physical control device no longer than eight feet, under EMC…

Everett requires every cat over six months old to be licensed annually, with proof of current rabies vaccination, under EMC 6.04.030. A licensed cat is then the only animal exempt from…

Everett prohibits retail pet stores from selling or offering for sale any dog, cat, or rabbit, though stores may still host adoptions of animals from public agencies or nonprofit…

Everett's commercial use table splits veterinary uses by animal size: small-animal vet clinics and animal day cares can locate in NR, urban residential, mixed-use and light-industrial…

Everett caps backyard chickens, fowl, rabbits and miniature goats or pigs on a sliding scale tied to lot size. A 10,000-square-foot lot can hold six chickens; larger lots get more…

Everett's dangerous-dog ordinance evaluates dogs on documented behavior, not breed: the code bars declaring a dog dangerous based solely on breed, and Everett repealed its old…

Everett's park code makes it unlawful to feed fowl, farm animals, or wildlife anywhere in a city park except at spots the parks and recreation director designates for that purpose…

Everett lets households keep up to two adult dogs or cats without a license; keeping more requires an animal-control facility license under Chapter 6.04.

Everett requires every animal adopted from the city shelter to be spayed or neutered before the adoption is completed, with four narrow exceptions for underage or medically unfit…

Beekeeping is allowed in unincorporated Snohomish County. There is no county-specific hive ban, but all colonies must be registered with the Washington State Department of Agriculture…

Microchipping is not required for an ordinary pet in unincorporated Snohomish County, but the county rewards it: an altered dog or cat with a microchip costs $15 to license instead of…

Any grooming parlor in unincorporated Snohomish County needs a license under SCC 6.06.015 and pays $200.00 a year (SCC 6.01.050(2)). Operators cannot board animals overnight, must…

Everett Municipal Code 19.13.220(A)(12) bans signs of any kind for a home occupation, tying into the section's broader requirement that the business give no outward appearance of…

Everett allows home occupations by right in any residential zone under Everett Municipal Code 19.13.220, capped at 25 percent of the home's floor area or 600 square feet, run only by…

Everett Municipal Code 19.13.220(A)(6)(g) bars any home occupation that operates as an office receiving client visits outright, and the remaining occupations that are allowed must keep…

SCC 30.91F.100 caps a family day care home at 12 or fewer people total, counting both children and adults in care, unless the operator gets a state DCYF waiver under RCW 43.216.692…

Washington runs a cottage food permit through the state Department of Agriculture, not through the local health district. Under RCW 69.22.030 the permit is issued for two years and…

Washington has no microenterprise home kitchen permit. WAC 246-215-08300 bars operating a food establishment without a permit from the local health jurisdiction, and the one permit…

Before erecting or re-erecting any fence in Everett, Washington, property owners must obtain a building and/or electrical permit from the city building department. Everett Municipal…

Everett caps residential fences at 42 inches within 20 feet of the front lot line, 6 feet in street-side setbacks, and 7 feet in interior side or rear setbacks, with taller transparent…

Everett limits how tall a fence can be built on top of a retaining wall or berm: the normal fence-height max applies above walls 6 feet or under, but the fence is capped at 42 inches…

Everett bans barbed wire, razor wire and similar materials on residential fences (except around utility, communications or government security facilities) and bars chain link and wire…

Snohomish County Code does not assign shared-fence cost or ownership between neighbors, but it does limit what can sit near a property line: fences over six feet must meet the building…

Everett's utilities division can set specific hours for lawn and garden sprinkling, or ban it outright, during a water shortage or pressure emergency, with a shutoff and penalty for…

Everett property owners must remove or trim any trees, shrubs, or vegetation that overhang or obstruct a public sidewalk or street, under Everett Municipal Code Section 8.08.020…

Everett requires every property owner to clear dead grass, weeds, shrubs, bushes, or trees that become a fire hazard or a menace to public health, safety, and welfare, under Everett…

Development near a wetland, stream or slope buffer in Everett must fence off and protect any significant evergreen tree at least eight inches in trunk diameter under the city's…

Everett's landscaping code requires plant species native to the Pacific Northwest on any lot adjacent to a critical area or its buffer, excluding geologically hazardous areas.

Snohomish County doesn't require rainwater harvesting, but it pays commercial property owners for it: install a qualifying rooftop system under SCC 25.10.040 and the county's surface…

Snohomish County treats artificial turf as non-vegetative landscape material under SCC 30.25.015(3). It can help satisfy required site landscaping, but the county caps decorative…

Washington requires jurisdictions over 25,000 to provide organics collection and bans certain organic waste disposal under RCW 70A.205.545.

Unincorporated Snohomish County requires a building permit before installing an in-ground or deep residential swimming pool. SCC 30.50.103(1)(g)-(h) exempts only prefabricated pools…

Every swimming or wading pool in unincorporated Snohomish County, aside from hot tubs and spas, must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high and strong enough to keep children…

Everett requires billboard lighting to be shielded so it doesn't affect nearby homes or drivers, bans blinking and flashing lights, and caps exposed bulbs at fifteen watts.

Inside Everett's Central Waterfront Planning Area, in the Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial zones, site lighting must meet dark-sky standards under Everett Municipal Code…

Everett requires parking-area security lighting to use full cut-off, dark-sky-rated fixtures mounted no higher than thirty feet, with light kept off adjacent private property.

Everett requires buildings with passenger elevators to keep at least one elevator running whenever the building is occupied, under the city's amendment to the International Property…

Everett requires LEED silver certification for new city-owned buildings over 5,000 square feet, while only encouraging, not mandating, green building practices in private development…

Everett requires a separate electrical permit from the Building Official before any electrical work is installed, altered, replaced or extended, with narrow exceptions for like-kind…

Everett adopts the International Building Code and International Residential Code by reference, as amended by the Washington State Building Code Council, and the building division…

Plumbing work in Everett requires a permit under the Uniform Plumbing Code, adopted by reference in EMC 16.005.030 and administered by the city's building division.

Scaffolding built over or into a county road right-of-way during construction, demolition, or repair needs a Type C2 permit and must carry a tarp underneath to stop debris from falling…

Unincorporated Snohomish County regulates day care centers as a distinct land use under SCC 30.28.030. Outdoor play areas must be fenced or otherwise controlled, landscaping must meet…

In unincorporated Snohomish County, the building official runs every required construction inspection, from a preliminary site check before a permit issues through follow-up…

Everett requires a special event permit before any street closure, including one for filming, and the application must include a traffic control plan when the shoot uses the…

Everett authorizes automated cameras at arterial intersections, railroad crossings and school speed zones to cite red-light and speeding violations, with signed warnings and a $124…

Everett Municipal Code § 46.28.030(A)(1)(m) bans stopping, standing or parking a vehicle on or in a bicycle lane anywhere in the city. It's one of thirteen specific prohibited-place…

Everett limits where e-bikes and motorized foot scooters may operate inside city parks and sets brake, speed, and right-of-way requirements for riders.

Snohomish County bans motorized foot scooters, including shared/rental units, from every county park and county-owned property, from all sidewalks, and from bike paths and hiking…

Washington splits small street-legal vehicles into three statutory classes by top speed, and the rules for each are different. A golf cart tops out at 20 mph and may use public streets…

Everett defines a neighborhood block party as a one-day resident event that closes a city street, and it waives the special event permit fee while still requiring 30 days' advance…

Sidewalk cafes in Everett cannot fence off public right-of-way space without a public works permit and joint review and approval from the city engineer and planning director, and any…

Groups expected to fill a tenth or more of a city park or facility's capacity must reserve the space in advance with a permit from Everett's parks and recreation director.

Everett requires a special event permit for any parade or organized assembly of 25 or more people on a public right-of-way, issued and coordinated by the city clerk under EMC Chapter…

Everett street fairs and festivals operate under the special event permit, and only vendors the permit holder authorizes may sell goods, food, or drinks inside the event venue.

Everett bars grass over twelve inches and non-flowerbed vegetation over forty-two inches on any property, including vacant lots, when it's visible from a street, alley, or neighboring…

Everett's health officer can declare an occupied building an unsafe public nuisance over insanitary conditions and order the owner to fix it within 24 hours, abating it at the owner's…

Everett, Washington property owners, agents, or occupants must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk fronting their building or lot by noon and keep it clean, under a Snohomish County…

Everett mobile food vendors operating carts, booths, tents or kiosks need a city business license and a Snohomish County health permit, plus hour and location limits.

Street-food carts, stands and kiosks in Everett need a city business license and a Snohomish County health permit, and can't set up on a public street or sidewalk without a separate…

Everett bars mobile food carts from bus stops and disabled parking spaces, and within five feet of alleys or driveways and fifteen feet of fire hydrants, on top of its street-vending…

Everett confines marijuana retail stores to MU, LI-MU, LI, and HI zones, with a 2,500-foot separation between stores and residential-adjacency limits.

Everett bars marijuana producers and processors from locating within 1,000 feet of residential zones, schools, parks, and similar sites.

Washington uniquely prohibits recreational home cultivation of cannabis statewide, with cultivation only permitted by licensed producers and qualifying medical patients.

Everett lets a functionally obsolete nonresidential building sitting in a residential zone add one extra dwelling unit above what the underlying zoning density allows, if the city…

Everett ties downtown building design to street type under Everett Municipal Code Section 19.09.220, applying different parking-frontage, weather-protection, and window-transparency…

Everett Municipal Code § 13.08.010 places the duty, burden and expense of repairing, renewing, maintaining and clearing obstructions and snow from a sidewalk on the property owner…

EMC § 13.30.020 bars any special or private use of an Everett street, alley or sidewalk without first getting a permit from the public works department and paying the permit fee…

Everett, Washington makes it unlawful to place or leave any object on a public sidewalk area without approval from the director of public works, subject to a short list of pre-approved…

Everett requires anyone peddling, canvassing or soliciting door-to-door within city limits to hold a city license before starting. The Chapter 5.36 license costs $25 a year, or $5 a…

Everett exempts garage sales from its temporary use permit process entirely, but caps them at two events per year per property, each running no more than four days, under EMC…

Everett, Washington sets aside a dedicated Agriculture (AG) zone under Everett Municipal Code § 19.03.030(A) to protect land for farming that is not suited to urban-intensity…

Snohomish County's right-to-farm law presumes agricultural activity on designated farmland is reasonable and not a nuisance under SCC 30.32B.200, shielding farmers from neighbor…

Everett's landscaping code, EMC 19.35.055(D)(3), bars any Snohomish County Class A, B or C noxious weed from required landscaping citywide and names English ivy cultivars, Atlantic ivy…

Everett Municipal Code § 19.36.050(E) caps commercial window signs, permanent and temporary combined, at twenty-five percent of the window area, restricts them to specific materials…

Any sign within 660 feet of Interstate 5 in Everett, Washington may need Washington State DOT sign-off before the city will issue its own sign permit.

Electronic changing message signs are legal in Everett but tightly boxed in: no animation or video imaging, a mandatory 2-1-2 message transition, automatic dimming with nit caps that…

Everett, Washington treats political and yard signs the same as any other temporary sign: residential lots get up to four signs and six square feet total, with no election-specific…

Everett's sign code bans balloons or inflated displays over 24 inches in diameter as prohibited 'carnival'-style signage, unless the display qualifies as an exempt reasonable seasonal…

In unincorporated Snohomish County a single-family residence may display one unlighted name sign up to two square feet per face. Real-estate signs advertising sale or lease may be up…

Everett's fire code makes all outdoor burning within city limits unlawful, but carves out real exceptions for cooking and recreational fire features. Barbecue grills, pits and smokers…

A charcoal or wood-fired smoker on private property is a cooking fire under Puget Sound Clean Air Agency rules: keep it under three feet in diameter and two feet high, burn only…

Everett makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than a washroom or toilet room, under EMC 10.24.200. The offense carries a fine of up to…

Opening a package of marijuana or consuming it anywhere in view of the general public is a civil infraction in Everett under EMC 10.35.110(A), penalized under the state's class 3 civil…

Everett makes it a misdemeanor to beg in a way that intentionally blocks someone's path, or to beg using words or actions meant to intimidate a person into giving money or goods, under…

Everett Municipal Code § 10.42.020 makes it an infraction, fine of $50 plus statutory assessments, to open a package containing liquor or consume liquor in a public place anywhere in…

Everett bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and coasters entirely from sidewalks and roadways in the central business and other business districts, with escalating fines…

Under Everett's noise ordinance, whoever is in possession of a property is liable for allowing a public nuisance noise, including a loud party, to originate there, whether or not they…

At Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field), lighting up is banned within 100 feet of aircraft being fueled, fuel trucks, or fuel-storage buildings, inside hangars except in marked…

Snohomish County's only loitering ordinance covers its own airport, Paine Field: no one may disrupt, slow, or impede normal airport operations, and the county can direct anyone…

Everett's park code sets uniform hours for every city park: open from six a.m. to dusk, defined as thirty minutes after sunset, under EMC 9.06.208(B). Anyone who knowingly enters or…

Everett bars minors under 18 from public streets, parks and other public places between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., with exceptions for work, errands and supervised events.

Everett requires stormwater drainage review for any project adding 2,000+ square feet of new or replaced hard surface, disturbing 7,000+ square feet, or converting large areas of…

Everett requires a floodplain development permit before any construction or fill begins in a mapped special flood hazard area, administered by the city planning director under…

Outside Everett's shoreline master program area, new docks are capped at 4 feet wide, 25 feet long and 5 feet high, with only one dock permitted per residential lot.

Everett requires a city-approved grading plan before any site work disturbs natural features, under Everett Municipal Code Section 19.26.080, and holds erosion-control plans to city…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Everett's AE and A1-30 flood zones must elevate the lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation, per the…

In unincorporated Snohomish County, running or idling a stationary truck over 10,000 pounds GVWR for more than ten minutes at a stretch at night is classified as a public disturbance…

Washington's Shoreline Management Act (RCW 90.58) requires Shoreline Substantial Development Permits for most construction within 200 feet of marine and freshwater shorelines statewide.

Everett's noise code defines 'plainly audible' to explicitly include detection of rhythmic bass alone: officers don't need to identify a song's lyrics or title, just hear the bass, to…

Everett bars truck loading areas from required building setbacks and requires noise mitigation, barriers, berms, walls, or limited hours, wherever a loading berth sits within 100 feet…

Everett prohibits the frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any vehicle horn, siren or alarm that's plainly audible across a property line or 50 feet from the source, unless…

Everett's noise ordinance exempts emergency standby and backup equipment, including backup generators, from all noise limits at all times, so long as the noise is tied to genuine…

Everett regulates HVAC condensers and other fixed mechanical equipment the same way as commercial and industrial noise sources generally: through decibel-based measurement against the…

Everett property owners must keep piping and fixtures on their side of the meter leak-free, and must fix a leak once the utilities division flags it or face a shutoff and penalty.

Everett requires franchised haulers to offer yard debris pickup to apartment buildings, condos, and trailer parks with five or more units, matching the single-family program, but it's…

Everett's franchised recycling haulers must service multifamily recycling containers on a regular schedule, clean up spills within three business hours, and get a missed pickup redone…

Recycle bins for Everett multifamily properties can't sit in the front-yard setback or the corner-lot street-side setback, except on pickup day, and must be screened from view of the…

Dumping garbage, refuse or waste anywhere in Everett outside the authorized disposal system is a criminal offense, punishable by up to a $500 fine and six months in jail under the…

SCC 7.42.040(4)(a) requires every licensed hauler serving unincorporated Snohomish County to offer bulky materials collection, appliances, furniture and other oversize items, for…

Snohomish County won't let a hauler sell garbage-only service in the recycling zone: SCC 7.42.040(2)(a) requires recycling to be bundled with every garbage account, and subsection…

In unincorporated Snohomish County, garbage service can't be sold without recycling collection bundled in. SCC 7.42.040(2) requires haulers to collect newspaper, mixed paper…

SCC 7.42.040(2)(b) sets the pickup cadence in the county's recycling service zone: weekly recycling collection for single-family homes and at least biweekly for multi-family buildings…

Unincorporated Snohomish County requires every outdoor dumpster, recycling, or storage area to be screened under SCC 30.25.024. Options are a six-foot sight-obscuring fence with gaps…

Everett sets minimum building setbacks by zoning district under Table 6-2: single-family NR-C lots need a 20-foot front setback and 5-foot side setbacks, while many mixed-use and urban…

Everett caps how much of a residential lot a building can cover: 35 percent in the NR-C zone and 50 percent in the NR zone, with a 5 to 10 percent bonus for lots with two or more…

Everett caps building height by zone under Everett Municipal Code Section 19.22.020: Neighborhood Residential (NR) and NR-C zones top out at three floors and thirty-five feet, rising…

Everett maintains its own local historic register under Everett Municipal Code Section 19.28.130, open to buildings, structures, sites, objects, cemeteries, and districts at least…

Everett requires certain land divisions to form an incorporated homeowners' association under Everett Municipal Code Section 19.26.120, with recorded covenants covering maintenance of…

In unincorporated Snohomish County subdivisions with a homeowners association, SCC 30.41A.675 makes membership and payment of dues or other maintenance assessments a mandatory…

Washington requires HOA board meetings to be open to owners and gives owners broad record-access rights. WUCIOA communities follow RCW 64.90.445 (open meetings) and RCW 64.90.495…

Washington HOAs may adopt and enforce rules and architectural standards and enforce the recorded declaration. Under WUCIOA, RCW 64.90.405 authorizes rule adoption and enforcement…

This right applies only within Washington homeowners' associations governed by the Homeowners' Association Act, chapter 64.38 RCW: communities formed before July 1, 2018, excluding…

Washington homeowners associations and condo boards may not prohibit or unreasonably restrict a unit owner's electric vehicle charging station installed for personal, noncommercial use…

Washington's older Homeowners' Association Act, chapter 64.38 RCW, applies to HOAs formed before July 1, 2018 that have not opted into the newer Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act…

Both Washington regimes let HOAs impose reasonable fines, but only after notice and an opportunity to be heard and only under a fine schedule already adopted by the board and furnished…

Washington associations do hold a super-lien. Under RCW 64.90.485(3)(a)(i) of the Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, an association's lien jumps ahead of a first…

Washington condominium and HOA boards cannot cap or ban unit leasing by ordinary board rule. RCW 64.90.510(10)(c) lets a board restrict leasing only to the extent the rule mirrors…

Everett's paraphernalia law makes it a civil infraction, fine up to $500, to sell or give any drug paraphernalia to another person. But Everett Municipal Code § 10.35.055(D) carves out…

Everett's parks and recreation director runs the city's public tree management program, which sets planting standards for street trees, parkway strips, parks and other public…

Everett bars pruning or cutting any tree in a critical area buffer that is an active nest site for a species of local or state concern, or that provides critical habitat like an eagle…

Everett's property maintenance code lets the code official order repair, boarding, or demolition of any structure found vacant, dilapidated, or unfit for human habitation, under the…

For nonpayment of rent, a Washington landlord must serve a 14-day pay-or-vacate notice in the form set by RCW 59.18.057 before filing an unlawful detainer under RCW 59.12.030…

Washington RCW 59.18.650 requires landlords to have one of 16 enumerated lawful causes to terminate most residential tenancies statewide.

RCW 59.18.150 requires a Washington landlord to give at least two days' written notice before entering to inspect, repair, or maintain the unit, and at least one day's notice to show…

Under RCW 59.18.170, a Washington landlord may not charge any late fee on rent paid within five days of its due date; a fee may begin only once rent is more than five days past due…

Under RCW 59.18.200, a Washington tenant may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 20 days' written notice. A landlord, however, cannot end a periodic tenancy at will: RCW…

Washington bars cities from passing local rent control under RCW 35.21.830, and that preemption still stands. But in 2025 the state enacted its first statewide rent-increase cap. Under…

Under RCW 59.18.140, a Washington landlord must give at least 90 days' prior written notice before raising rent (30 days for income-based subsidized housing). The 2025 Rent…

Washington sets no dollar cap on residential security deposits, but it controls how they are collected and returned. A landlord may collect a deposit only with a written rental…

Washington's general adverse possession period is 10 years under RCW 4.16.020, requiring possession that is actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous. A shorter…

Everett requires a city license to operate as a pawnbroker, with an annual fee of $250 and a background check for fraud or moral-turpitude convictions within the past decade.

Everett secondhand and junk dealers need a $50 annual city license, must operate from a fixed location, and must log buyer ID and item detail for every transaction.

Everett allows home vehicle repair only on the resident's or a family member's own registered vehicle, one at a time, inside or screened from view, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., with…

Everett requires a $350 annual city license for every adult entertainment business and bars adult use businesses from locating within 1,000 feet of residential zones, schools, parks…

Everett requires tow truck companies to hold a city license, carry at least $100,000 in liability insurance, and keep an in-city storage yard before towing any vehicle.

Every massage parlor in unincorporated Snohomish County needs a license under SCC 6.07.020, subject to health authority inspection and sheriff fingerprinting before it issues. Parlors…

Washington RCW 70.345 requires licensing for vapor product retailers, distributors, and delivery sellers, with state Department of Revenue oversight and tax collection.

Everett's code enforcement officer investigates and acts on reliable complaints about violations of city codes covering nuisances, rubbish, junk vehicles, zoning, building and more.

Everett's business and occupation tax sorts every business into one of seven activity classes, extracting, manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, retail services, printing/publishing…

Everett bans sitting, lying down, or setting up bedding, tents or similar items on city property within designated buffer zones around homeless-service and high-impact locations.

Everett bans sitting, lying down, or placing bedding, backpacks, or furniture on designated public sidewalks and rights-of-way, with narrow exceptions.

Flying drones, remote-control aircraft, or model rockets in any Everett city park is unlawful unless the parks director designates the spot or issues a permit.

Flying a drone or any other model aircraft on Snohomish County Airport grounds without the airport manager's authorization is banned outright under SCC 15.08.305(3). The same section…

Commercial drone operations in Washington are governed by FAA Part 107, with state law adding criminal liability for invasive uses and limited authority over state-owned land.

Snohomish County requires a Type C11 right-of-way use permit before anyone places a license plate reader or other data collection device in the opened county right-of-way. The county…

Unincorporated Snohomish County levies a 2% excise tax on hotel, motel and short-term lodging charges under SCC 4.40.010, plus an additional 2% regional tourism tax under SCC 4.41.010…

Snohomish County has frozen all new data center applications countywide. SCC 30.28.032 bars the county from filing, accepting, processing, or approving any application to establish…

SCC 30.28.032 imposes a countywide moratorium blocking the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of any application to establish, expand, or convert a use to a data center in…

Rooftop solar photovoltaic systems on detached single-family homes in unincorporated Snohomish County skip the mechanical permit if they meet the eleven-point checklist in SCC…

Washington RCW 64.38.055 voids homeowner association rules prohibiting solar panel installation, allowing only reasonable placement rules. RCW 64.90.510 gives the same protection to…

Washington RCW 49.46 sets a statewide minimum wage adjusted annually for inflation; as of 2026 it is $17.13 per hour. Washington does not preempt local minimum wages, so several cities…

Washington RCW 49.46.200 mandates paid sick leave for nearly all employees, and RCW 50A.04 provides paid family and medical leave funded by payroll premiums.

Washington issues concealed pistol licenses under RCW 9.41.070 on a shall-issue basis to qualified applicants, with statewide preemption preventing local concealed carry rules.

Washington RCW 9.41.290 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, reserving authority over firearm laws to the state legislature with very limited exceptions.

Washington allows open carry of firearms by qualified adults without a permit, with limited statutory restrictions and broad preemption barring most local open carry rules.

Washington RCW 9.41.050 governs carrying firearms in vehicles statewide, requiring a concealed pistol license to carry a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle.

Washington's Gambling Commission is the only licensing authority for commercial card rooms statewide. RCW 9.46.070(2) lets the commission issue one-year licenses to food-and-drink…

Washington exempts bona fide charitable and nonprofit organizations from Gambling Commission licensing when raffle, bingo, or amusement-game revenue stays under $5,000 a year…

Washington law defines a "player" under RCW 9.46.0265 as someone who gambles on equal terms with no profit beyond personal winnings. A private card game among friends is legal without…

Sports betting is legal in Washington only at tribal casinos operating under a class III gaming compact amended to include it, as RCW 9.46.0364 authorizes following ESHB 2638 (2020 c…

Washington does not operate sobriety checkpoints, and no section of the Revised Code of Washington authorizes one. The only suspicionless power to stop a driver that the Legislature…

Washington is an all-party consent state, and the rule lives in the Washington Privacy Act at RCW 9.73.030. That section reaches only a private communication or a private conversation…

Washington has no general stop-and-identify statute. Someone stopped on a sidewalk in Seattle, Spokane or Tacoma and asked who they are has no statutory duty to answer, and staying…

Washington has no statute telling an adult driver what happens when an officer asks to search the car, and there is no logging or written-consent requirement of the kind Texas and…

Washington RCW 70A.530 bans single-use plastic carryout bags statewide and requires retailers to charge a pass-through fee for compliant paper or reusable bags.

Washington RCW 70A.245 bans expanded polystyrene foam food service containers, packing peanuts, and coolers in phases starting June 2024 to combat plastic pollution.

Washington RCW 70A.550 limits single-use food service ware including plastic straws and utensils to upon-request distribution at restaurants and food service businesses.

Washington RCW 26.28.080 sets the minimum age for purchasing tobacco and vapor products at 21, aligning with federal Tobacco 21 standards statewide.

Washington has not enacted a statewide flavored tobacco ban, leaving flavor restrictions to limited Department of Health authority and federal FDA enforcement on flavored vapor…

Washington splits its extra-lighting rules between the statute and the State Patrol's rules, and the part most drivers care about lives in the rules. RCW 46.37.180 allows up to two…

Washington has no statute that names dash cameras, so mounting one is governed by a single test in RCW 46.37.410(2): no sign, poster or other nontransparent material may sit on the…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Washington. RCW 46.61.608(3) states flatly that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Washington bans license plate covers outright. RCW 46.16A.200(7)(c)(i) makes it unlawful to use license plate holders, frames, covers, or other materials that conceal, obstruct…

Nothing in Washington law restricts a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. Chapter 46.37 RCW, the vehicle equipment chapter that fixes fog lamp mounting heights to the inch…

Washington allows metal studded tires only in the winter half of the year. RCW 46.37.420(2) makes it unlawful to use metal studs imbedded within the tire between April 1st and November…

Washington lets you tint every window except the windshield down to 24 percent light transmission, with outward reflectance capped at 35 percent, but RCW 46.37.430(5)(a) measures that…