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 be within the owner's single-family residence, so absentee whole-house short-term rentals are not permitted as bed-and-breakfasts.
SCC 30.28.020(3)(c) requires that "the owner shall operate the facility and reside on the premises." The definitions reinforce this: SCC 30.91B.040 and 30.91B.050 describe guest rooms available "within a single family residence" plus outbuildings. Because guest rooms are part of the owner's home (kitchens are not allowed in individual guest rooms), the county's bed-and-breakfast framework is built around a resident host rather than an investor-owned, unhosted rental. Investors seeking unhosted rentals would generally not qualify under this use in the unincorporated county.
Operating as an absentee, non-owner-occupied rental falls outside the approved bed-and-breakfast use and is a land-use violation subject to county code enforcement.
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