Lynnwood, WA Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

Lynnwood does not run a standing lawn-watering-day schedule in its code; instead the Lynnwood Municipal Code gives the water utility emergency authority to cut back irrigation whenever the water supply runs short. 030, Emergency conditions, lets the utility "forbid, restrict, or regulate the use of water for irrigation, cooling, or other uses" during any shortage, and lets it apply those restrictions citywide, in specific districts, or only to particular classes of customers. The same section authorizes rationing, either instead of or on top of other restrictions, once a shortage is declared.

16, Conditions of Service, inside Title 13 Water, and are administered by the Lynnwood public works water utility rather than a separate water-conservation office. Because the restriction authority is triggered by an actual shortage rather than running on a fixed calendar, a resident checking for a permanent odd/even watering schedule will not find one in city code; the binding rule is that the utility can impose irrigation cutbacks or rationing on short notice once it determines supply conditions require it, and that the duty to avoid wasteful irrigation use applies at all times, shortage or not.