Marysville, WA

Marysville bans sprinkling or irrigating lawns, ground cover or shrubbery between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and on any day outside the annual rotation schedule the city announces…

Marysville requires the adjacent property owner to maintain and irrigate required street trees, and to keep landscaping between curb and sidewalk trimmed clear between three and eight…

Marysville requires xeriscape landscaping in commercial, multifamily, and shared common areas to use at least 50 percent native plants, cutting irrigation demand and favoring low-water…

Marysville doesn't mandate rainwater harvesting, but commercial buildings that install a qualifying system get at least a 10% cut on their surface water utility bill.

When Marysville, Washington approves removing a significant tree from a new subdivision, the applicant must replace its lost function: either with a planting plan on another part of…

Landscaping installed to meet Marysville's development code must be kept weed- and debris-free, with dead or diseased plants replaced within 30 days, under the city's Unified…

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.

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.82.075 makes it unlawful to feed or remove ducks, geese or other waterfowl in any public park or beach area. The same section separately bars teasing…

Marysville doesn't ban retail sales of dogs and cats: pet shops just can't misrepresent an animal to a buyer or knowingly sell one that's sick or injured, under the city's…

Marysville designates Jennings Park and the surrounding city-owned sewer lagoon property as a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, molest, or rob the nests of any…

Marysville requires dogs off the owner's property to be on a leash or tether no longer than 8 feet, or otherwise physically controlled, citywide.

Marysville's zoning code defines a veterinary clinic as any building used for the medical or surgical treatment of animals, including boarding of hospitalized patients, and confines…

Marysville households on lots under one acre may keep up to four dogs and cats combined without a kennel license; larger lots scale up by acreage.

Marysville police can formally declare a dog potentially dangerous or dangerous based on bite reports, witnessed conduct, or a citizen's sworn complaint, triggering registration and…

Marysville households may keep fowl in residential yards without a special permit, but numeric caps apply: one bird per 1,000 square feet or 20 birds, whichever is less, on lots under…

Every cat over three months old in Marysville must carry a city license; unlicensed ownership is a civil infraction, though spayed or neutered cats qualify for a free lifetime license.

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…

You cannot keep dangerous wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, primates, or venomous snakes. Washington's RCW 16.30.030 prohibits owning, possessing, breeding, or importing a…

Snohomish County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but SCC 9.10.040(3)(e) makes it a condition of registering a dog that has been officially declared dangerous. The…

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…

Marysville bars gravel and other unpaved surfaces on single-family, middle housing, and townhouse driveways and parking areas, requiring an all-weather surface specified by the city…

Marysville prohibits parking, keeping, or storing commercial equipment or vehicles over 6,000 pounds in residential zones or on unapproved sites, unless tied to farm use or an active…

Only truck-licensed commercial vehicles may use a Marysville truck loading zone, and even then just for up to 30 minutes of active loading or unloading while zone-hour restrictions are…

Marysville bans stopping, standing, or parking in any city-approved fire lane, the marked no-stopping zones typically painted red at building entrances, hydrants, and access routes…

Marysville treats an unauthorized or junk vehicle left on private property as a public nuisance the city can remove, requiring 10 days' written notice to the owner before impoundment…

Marysville requires electric vehicle charging capability for all new buildings that include on-site parking, applying the technical standard set by Washington's state building code…

Stopping or parking in front of a driveway, within 5 feet of a curb radius, or in dozens of other specified street locations across Marysville is a parking violation under the city's…

In Marysville, RVs, boats, and trailers on a residential lot must sit on an improved surface or driveway if parked in the front yard; side and rear yard parking is allowed if emergency…

Marysville caps recreational vehicle parking on any city street or alley at four hours, effectively barring overnight RV parking, under Chapter 11.08's parking regulations.

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…

Marysville sorts every property into three noise zones, called EDNA classes, under Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.030: Class A is residential, Class B is commercial and…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.070(1) bars operating a motor vehicle on any public highway in violation of the state standards in WAC 173-62-060(1) through (4), adopted by reference…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.060(5) makes it a public nuisance to run a sound amplifier or similar device on public streets to advertise, sell or draw attention to a vehicle…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.060(11) makes construction work before 7:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m. a public nuisance citywide. The chapter defines "construction" broadly to cover…

Marysville has no blanket nighttime quiet-hours ordinance: its curfew targets yelling, shouting, or singing on or near public streets, flagging 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. as the key…

Marysville treats frequent, repetitive, or continuous animal noise that disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance, though sounds from lawfully run shelters, kennels, pet shops, and vet…

Snohomish County has no daytime leaf-blower ban, but operating a leaf blower, saw, drill, sander, grinder, fan, garden tool or similar device at night in a rural or residential…

Aircraft noise gets a blanket pass under Snohomish County's noise ordinance: SCC 10.01.050(1)(a) exempts all sounds from aircraft in flight and airport flight operations from the…

Marysville exempts accessory structures and city-approved accessory dwelling units from its park, recreation, open space and trail impact fees. Marysville Municipal Code §…

Marysville lets an existing detached garage convert to an accessory dwelling unit even if it doesn't meet current setback or building-coverage requirements, waiving those two standards…

Marysville caps residential accessory structures at 80 percent of the primary home's footprint on lots under an acre, with a 5-foot side setback, a 5-foot one-story rear setback, and a…

Marysville allows up to two accessory dwelling units per lot under state-mandated ADU rules, but a detached ADU can't have axles or sit on a chassis: ruling out tiny homes on wheels as…

Marysville imposes no owner-occupancy requirement on the principal home or an accessory dwelling unit -- the standards table lists the requirement as 'None,' reflecting a 2023…

Marysville's accessory dwelling unit code flatly bars using an ADU as a short-term rental, defined as lodging offered for a fee for fewer than 30 consecutive nights. MMC Section…

Marysville allows two accessory dwelling units per single-family lot with no owner-occupancy requirement, a change driven by Washington's 2023 ADU law. Under MMC Section 22C.185.020…

Marysville bans possessing, selling, discharging or igniting any fireworks within city limits under Marysville Municipal Code Section 9.20.020, with no seasonal exception for the…

Before a manufactured home lacking a Washington L&I or HUD insignia, but proven to have stood in Marysville since before 1982, can be relocated, the city building official must inspect…

Backyard campfires, cooking fires, and bonfires burning charcoal or bare untreated wood are allowed on private property in unincorporated Snohomish County as recreational fires…

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…

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…

Snohomish County has adopted the 2018 International Fire Code (SCC 30.53A.010), which governs liquefied-petroleum (propane) gas storage, container sizes, and installation. Small…

Marysville bans barbed wire and razor wire on fences citywide, with narrow exceptions for livestock confinement, utility and transformer sites, and government security installations.

Marysville retaining walls over 4 feet need a building permit, and any wall over 4 feet that is visible from the street or a neighboring property must be terraced with landscaped tiers.

Marysville regulates fence height, setback and materials under Marysville Municipal Code § 22C.010.380. A solid front-yard fence over four feet must sit back at least 20 feet from the…

Marysville caps front-yard fences at four feet solid (six if open-work) on local streets and six feet on side, rear, and arterial-facing lines, plus a no-obstruction sight-triangle…

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…

Marysville limits home-based businesses to no more than 10 average daily round trips by customers: beyond that, the use no longer qualifies as an accessory home occupation.

Marysville allows a home business as an accessory use in every residential zone, capped at 25% of dwelling floor area or 600 square feet, one non-family employee, no outdoor storage…

Home occupation signs in Marysville can't exceed three square feet and must be a wall sign, monument sign, or one mounted to a fence: no pole or freestanding signs allowed.

Marysville requires a nontransferable day care I permit for home-based child and adult family day care, plus a state license, a six-square-foot sign cap, and a four-foot fence around…

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…

Marysville exempts small prefab above-ground pools from a building permit only if under 24 inches deep and 5,000 gallons; bigger or in-ground pools need one.

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…

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…

Occupancy in unincorporated Snohomish County is limited by guest rooms, not headcount. A bed-and-breakfast guesthouse may offer up to 3 guest rooms; a bed-and-breakfast inn up to 6. At…

Unincorporated Snohomish County requires a bed-and-breakfast (STR) to provide 2 off-street parking spaces plus 1 per guest room, per SCC Table 30.26.030(1). No on-street parking 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…

In unincorporated Snohomish County there is no standalone "Airbnb" license. Guest lodging in a home is regulated as a bed-and-breakfast under the Unified Development Code (SCC…

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…

Marysville requires an electrical permit under the 2023 National Electrical Code and 2023 Washington Cities Electrical Code, both adopted by reference at MMC § 16.12.010, governing all…

Marysville requires a building permit for construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, or demolition of any building or structure under the adopted 2021 IBC and IRC.

Marysville's local fire code amendment requires automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings of three-plus stories or five-plus units, congregate residences and hotels of similar size…

Before anyone may live in a manufactured or mobile home in Marysville, the city building official must inspect and approve the installation; installers request the inspection once…

Marysville requires a plumbing permit under the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code, adopted by reference at MMC § 16.08.010, before installing, removing, altering, or repairing plumbing…

Marysville requires larger childcare centers (Day Care II, over 12 children) to sit on lots over half an acre, get a conditional use permit, and meet the same building, fire, and…

In unincorporated Snohomish County, new houses built inside a rural cluster subdivision or short subdivision cannot get an individual building permit until the lot is enrolled in a…

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…

Marysville Municipal Code Chapter 6.36 makes it a misdemeanor to loiter without lawful purpose on or near any public or private school, and separately bans loitering anywhere in the…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.58.010 incorporates RCW 66.44.100, the state ban on opening or consuming liquor in a public place, by reference into city law. Section 6.58.020 extends…

Marysville allows skateboards on city sidewalks but caps speed at 10 mph and bans reckless riding, with a $50 civil infraction for violators anywhere in the city.

Smoking cigarettes, cigars, tobacco or e-cigarettes anywhere within a Marysville city park is unlawful, with signs posted by the parks director to mark the prohibition.

Marysville enforces Washington's ban on opening a package of, or consuming, marijuana in view of the general public, incorporating RCW 69.50.445 directly into the city's controlled…

Entering the roadway outside a marked crosswalk is a misdemeanor at Marysville's designated restricted intersections: highway ramps and ten specific State Avenue and SR 528 crossings…

Urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a washroom or toilet room is a misdemeanor in Marysville, covering streets, sidewalks, parks and parking lots citywide.

Marysville caps window signs at 25 percent of the storefront window, with 12-inch letters and neon-tube illumination only, and requires a sign permit from the community development…

Seasonal decorations, lighting, and other display features are exempt from Marysville's sign permit if they carry no advertising or business identification, so holiday displays on…

Marysville caps garage sales at two per year, six days each, and requires sale signs removed within 24 hours; signs can't be attached to public structures, traffic control devices, or…

Electronic message and changeable-copy signs are capped at 30 percent of sign area, one per street frontage, and can't change more than once every 20 seconds; fully animated signs are…

Marysville lets noncommercial copy expressing a personal, political, or religious viewpoint replace commercial copy on any legal sign structure, overriding the rest of the sign code's…

Marysville requires anyone buying or selling secondhand weapons, tools, electronics, jewelry, or metal junk to hold a business license as a secondhand dealer, log every transaction…

To join Marysville's police rotation list or tow within city limits, a tow truck business needs a city license, an in-city office, and a secured storage yard under MMC Chapter 11.37.

Marysville requires every tattoo, body-piercing and body art business to hold a Chapter 5.02 MMC business license, and bars anyone from working in a tattoo parlor without a valid state…

Marysville requires pawnbrokers to hold a city business license under Chapter 5.02 MMC, keep a detailed daily transaction record, and report all transactions to the police chief before…

Marysville requires a city license before operating an adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, or adult drive-in theater, plus separate licenses for every manager, entertainer…

Snohomish County bars automobile, truck and heavy equipment repair as a home occupation. SCC 30.28.050(3)(g) prohibits fueling, maintenance, repair, auto-body work or painting for home…

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.

Marysville maintains a list of prohibited invasive and noxious plant species for landscaped development and requires removal of any that already exist on site as a condition of…

Marysville caps private, noncommercial docks and boathouses at 20 feet high, 1,000 square feet of roof, and half the lot's shoreline width, with a five-foot side setback on covered…

Marysville adopts the state's 2019 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington as its own minimum drainage standard for new development and construction.

New and substantially improved residential structures in Marysville's special flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor, including the basement, built at least one foot above the…

Marysville requires a development permit before any construction, fill, or other development begins within a mapped area of special flood hazard, covering structures, manufactured…

Marysville requires a clearing and grading permit before moving 50 or more cubic yards of fill and cut, clearing over 1,000 square feet, or disturbing a sensitive area, issued by…

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.

Marysville requires dumpsters and other trash/recycling collection areas to be screened from view of neighbors and the street, with storage kept at least 15 feet from any street lot…

Marysville requires garbage, recycling and yard waste carts to be set at the curb no more than 24 hours before pickup, with two feet of clearance between carts, under Marysville…

New multifamily, office, and institutional developments in Marysville must build dedicated recyclables storage space and collection points, sized by unit count or building floor area…

Dumping garbage or refuse on any street, alley, or public or private property without the receptacle owner's consent is unlawful in Marysville, punishable as a misdemeanor with up to a…

Marysville has no curbside bulk pickup; residents request a temporary container from the city utility department for large cleanouts, capped at four weeks, under Marysville Municipal…

Yard waste pickup in Marysville is opt-in curbside service through the city's contractor, not a mandatory part of garbage collection, under Marysville Municipal Code § 7.08.033.

Marysville's utility department collects residential garbage at least once a week under Marysville Municipal Code Section 7.08.090, with up to daily pickup for business houses and…

Marysville requires every occupied property to use the city's garbage collection service, with a narrow exemption for large rural lots that meet four specific conditions.

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…

Marysville requires a permit from the director of public works before building, extending, or excavating any line, pipe, or railway in city streets, alleys, or public places…

Marysville places the duty, cost, and burden of maintaining, repairing, and renewing a public sidewalk on the property directly abutting it, not on the city, under Municipal Code §…

Marysville bans obstructing a public sidewalk or making it impassable, dangerous, or inconvenient, treating violations as a public nuisance, though temporary retail displays on lightly…

Marysville treats any street fair, festival, or similar publicly attended gathering as a "special event" under Marysville Municipal Code § 5.46.010(11), and anyone selling goods, food…

Any parade, march, run/walk or similar publicly attended event that uses Marysville's streets, sidewalks, or other public property needs a city special event permit before it can go…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.82.090 requires a reservation for any community, special or private event that involves more than routine use of a city park or recreational facility, and…

A Marysville block party stays outside the special event permit system only if it's held entirely on private property, doesn't request a street closure, and doesn't invite anyone from…

A Marysville building found structurally unsafe, fire-damaged or unfit for habitation must be repaired, vacated or demolished under city order; ignoring a final order makes it a public…

Marysville makes it a public nuisance to leave vacant land or a vacant structure in an unclean, unsafe or unsanitary state that causes blight or harms public health.

Marysville taxes utility businesses by classification and rate under Marysville Municipal Code Chapter 3.64: telephone companies pay 6 percent of gross operating revenue, while gas and…

Marysville Municipal Code Chapter 22C.080 sets design standards for the Downtown Marysville subarea, implementing the city's downtown master plan. It applies to new construction and to…

Marysville lets developers earn bonus dwelling units above base zoning density by providing public benefits like affordable housing, park dedication, or green building certification…

Marysville bans mobile food vending from residential zones and the rights-of-way that border them, from all other city rights-of-way, and from private streets, and it blocks…

Every mobile food vendor setting up on private property in Marysville must obtain a city business license, submit a site plan and photographs, hold a Snohomish Health District permit…

Marysville limits mobile food vending units to three days a week per site, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. hours, and bars any obstruction of sidewalks, fire lanes, or parking circulation under the…

Marysville's density and dimension table at Marysville Municipal Code § 22C.010.080(2) sets minimum street, side and rear yard setbacks for every residential zone. Street setbacks run…

Marysville Municipal Code § 22C.010.080(2) caps building coverage and total impervious surface for every residential zone. Building coverage tops out at 40 percent in the NR-4.5…

Marysville sets base residential height limits of 30 feet in the NR-4.5 and NR-6.5 zones and up to 45 feet in R-18 and R-28, letting builders go higher by adding extra setback, but…

Marysville requires street trees along every city street and access easement on new development, planted at a minimum 1.5-inch caliper in a five-foot planting strip or tree pit between…

Marysville caps residential garage sales at two per year, each lasting no more than six days within a 15-day window, as an accessory use to homes in the city.

In Marysville's Downtown Master Plan Area, every outdoor light fixture must be fully shielded so no glare crosses onto neighboring properties, with no post-installation adjustments…

Marysville requires parking lots with 15 or more spaces to use full cut-off, dark-sky-rated light fixtures, capped at 25 feet high, with a full cut-off shield mandatory on any fixture…

SCC 30.27.080(8) caps digital billboard brightness at 5,000 nits by day and only 500 nits between sunset and sunrise as timed by the National Weather Service. Any digital billboard…

Marysville caps motor-vehicle and other audio equipment, tape players, radios, CD players, at a volume audible beyond 75 feet from the source when not on the owner's own property.

Marysville treats a horn or siren that sounds frequently, repeatedly, or continuously on a motor vehicle as a public nuisance under the city's noise ordinance, punishable as a civil…

Marysville treats frequent or continuous sound from musical instruments, audio systems, or band sessions that emanates from a building and disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance, a…

Marysville bans letting property become infested with rodents, insects, vermin, or other vectors, requiring owners to promptly exterminate infestations and take preventive measures…

Snohomish County bars infectious waste, including sharps like needles, scalpel blades and lancets, from every county-owned solid waste disposal facility under SCC 7.41.050(6)…

Marysville levies a 2% special excise tax under RCW 67.28.180 on lodging furnished by hotels, motels, roominghouses, tourist courts and trailer camps for stays under 30 consecutive…

Marysville allows solar panels and arrays as an accessory use on commercial and residential property, but they must stay out of required setbacks and meet building and electrical code…

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…

Farms registered in Marysville's small farms overlay get a nuisance shield: good-practice agriculture is a permitted use, and their machinery and livestock noise is exempt from the…

Marysville lets landowners register at least 2.3 acres of active agricultural land as a Small Farms Overlay ("-SF") zone. Registered farms get a noise-code exemption for farm machinery…

Marysville bans sitting or lying on public sidewalks in the downtown core, downtown commercial, main street, and flex zones between 6 a.m. and midnight, with exceptions for medical…

Camping anywhere on Snohomish County-owned property is unlawful unless it's in a designated park camping area, an authorized spot at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds or Paine Field, or…

Marysville caps turf and other high-water landscaping at 40 percent of a commercial or multifamily project's landscaped area, or 50 percent with drought-resistant grass; private…

Marysville water customers get 48 hours from discovering a leak, or from city notice of one, to fix it before it's a code violation.

Marysville bars peddlers and solicitors from knocking or ringing the bell at any home posted with a "No Peddlers or Solicitors" sign, and restricts all door-to-door hours to 10 a.m.-6…

Marysville prohibits marijuana dispensaries, collective gardens, and cooperatives outright in every zoning district in the city: there is no zone where one can be sited.

Marijuana production and processing facilities in unincorporated Snohomish County must sit back from every property line: 50 feet for outdoor grows and 30 feet for indoor facilities…

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

Marysville recognizes historic properties through a special property tax valuation program under Chapter 3.89 MMC, open to National Register-listed or -contributing properties…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.82.040 opens city parks from 7:00 a.m. until 30 minutes after sunset and closes them to the public at all other times, unless the parks director posts or…

Washington does not impose a statewide juvenile curfew; cities may enact local curfews under general police powers, subject to constitutional limits.

Marysville bans motorized foot scooters, including electric shared scooters, from sidewalks, trails, city property and parks, caps them to 25-mph streets, and closes State Avenue and…

Unincorporated Snohomish County bars garbage and recycling bins from sitting in bicycle lanes, and bars motorized foot scooters from riding outside a marked bike lane. Containers must…

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…

Charcoal barbecues and cooking fires are allowed on private property in unincorporated Snohomish County as recreational fires. Propane and gas grills are ordinary cooking appliances…

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…

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…

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…

SCC 30.41A.675 requires any homeowners association formed to own and maintain subdivision tracts in unincorporated Snohomish County to incorporate as a profit or nonprofit corporation…

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…

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…

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.

Code enforcement in unincorporated Snohomish County starts once a director at Planning and Development Services or Public Works has reason to believe a violation occurred; the director…

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…

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…

RCW 59.18.060 requires Washington landlords to keep rentals 'fit for human habitation': structurally sound, weathertight, with working plumbing, heat, hot water, electrical systems…

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…

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…