Lynnwood, WA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing zone
- Light Industrial (LI) only
- Waste visibility limit
- not visible at eye level from property line
- First-day civil penalty
- $100, rising to $500/day
- Related citywide nuisance rule
- LMC 10.08.200(B)(12), pest harborages
Summary
Lynnwood's light industrial (LI) performance standards flatly prohibit storing animal or vegetable waste that attracts insects or rodents, and require that no waste products be visible at eye level from any property line, under LMC 8.30.0620(B)(7).
7. Storage of animal or vegetable waste which attracts insects or rodents or otherwise creates a health hazard is prohibited. No waste products can be visible at eye level from any property line.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 3512, passed May 26, 2026).
Full Breakdown
0620(B) meant to keep manufacturing and wholesaling impacts off neighboring residential areas in this Snohomish County city. 2 grain per cubic foot of gas measured at the property line), subsection (B)(7) bars storing animal or vegetable waste in a way that attracts insects or rodents or otherwise creates a health hazard, and requires that no waste products be visible at eye level from any property line. Open storage more broadly must sit within the lot's setbacks and be enclosed by a fence, hedge, or similar screen at least six feet high.
200(B)(12), also treats unkempt vegetation that creates "pest harborages" as a public nuisance subject to abatement anywhere in the city. Neither provision comes from the expired Title 21 zoning code.
Violations & Fines
Violating the rodent-attracting waste storage standard is a Unified Development Code violation subject to LMC Chapter 1.40 code enforcement. The development and business services department can issue a notice of violation with a corrective deadline, and if the condition is not corrected, civil penalties accrue daily starting at $100 the first day and rising to $500 per day thereafter, cumulative until the violation is verified as resolved, with the city able to place a lien on the property for unpaid penalties after 30 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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