Legislation Details

File #: 2026-2008    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Pending Assignment to Committee
File created: 8/4/2026 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Ordinance 26-039, relating to Growth Management; revising Development Regulations for Sheriff Precincts and Fire Stations; amending Chapters 30.22, 30.23, 30.91f, and 30.91g of the Snohomish County Code; and adding New Sections SCC 30.91F.302 and SCC 30.91S.177
Sponsors: Sam Low, Jared Mead
Code sections: Charter 2.20 - Powers, SCC 30.22.100 - Urban Zone Categories Use Matrix, SCC 30.22.110 - Rural and Resource Zone Categoies Use Matrix, SCC 30.22.120 - Other Zone Categories Use Matrix
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance 26-039, 2. Staff Report, 3. Dept. of Commerce Acknowledgement Letter, 4. DNS and Checklist Fire Code, 5. Planning Commission Approval, 6. Precinct and Fire Station Locations, 7. Ordinance Introduction Slip
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Ordinance 26-039, relating to Growth Management; revising Development Regulations for Sheriff Precincts and Fire Stations; amending Chapters 30.22, 30.23, 30.91f, and 30.91g of the Snohomish County Code; and adding New Sections SCC 30.91F.302 and SCC 30.91S.177
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DEPARTMENT: Council

ORIGINATOR: Deb Bell; CM Low and CM Mead

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: NA

PURPOSE: This ordinance will amend Title 30 of the SCC to update development regulations related to the siting of fire and law enforcement facilities by allowing such uses outright in multiple zoning districts.

BACKGROUND: Snohomish County Code 30.22, under zoning regulations, outlines which uses may be permitted (allowed outright), conditional (requires special review to ensure compatibility with permitted uses in the same zone, granted by the Hearing Examiner), administrative conditional (which requires a special review by the Department of Planning and Development Services), or prohibited (not allowed at all). The proposed code changes would clarify the appropriate process for approving fire stations and sheriff precincts through permitted or conditionally permitted processes. By addressing the need for additional and strategically located "critical facilities", as defined by FEMA, the proposed ordinance would add new definitions for "fire station" and "sheriff precinct", simplify the permitting process, and allow for the siting of such facilities to support necessary emergency responses serving urban and rural areas of Snohomish County.

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