PDS Rules

The zoning code grants PDS the authority to make rules and policies governing the detail or specificity for existing code sections or requirements. The following rules are listed as Planning and Development Services Rules (PDS Rules) and Department of Public Works Rules (DPW Rules).

Rules

Rule NumberTitleRelated ChapterAdoption Date
23-01 (PDF)Incidental Use30.91l and 30.22April 26, 2023
20-01 (PDF)Allowing Model Homes in Short Subdivisions30.82January 19, 2021
18-01 (PDF)Implementing SCC 30.28.120 Marijuana Retail First-in-Time Determination30.28January 26, 2018
18-02 (PDF)Allowing Construction Approval without the Final Placement of Hot Mix Asphalt on New Public and Private Road Network Elements for Certain Development Types13.10 and 30.84May 11, 2018
18-03 (PDF)Recreational Vehicle as a Use within Chapter 30.22 of the Snohomish County Code (SCC), and Chapter 30.65 SCC30.22.130 and 30.65.120November 30, 2018
3046 (PDF)Vegetative Maintenance30.91LAugust 24, 2011
6230 (PDF)Use of Wetland Delineation Manuals30.62AMarch 26, 2009
6225 (PDF)CAR Infiltration Standards30.62AAmended December 29, 2010
1010 (PDF)Building Official Authority and Functional Delegation30.50March 9, 2005
1030 (PDF)Decisions of the Building Official30.52AMarch 9, 2005
3006 (PDF)Requirement for Vertical Datum on Land Development Projects Within Snohomish County30.4, 30.5, 30.6March 9, 2005
3020 (PDF)Requirements for Plat Recording Under a Plat Bond or Assignment of Funds in Lieu of Plat Bond30.5, 30.6March 9, 2005
3044 (PDF)Standards for Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans30.63AAmended November 22, 2010
3110 (PDF)Use of Residential Basic Plans30.86March 9, 2005
3501 (PDF)Revised Innocent Purchaser Provisions for Lots Created in Violation Short Plat and Platting Codes30.41A , 30.41BMarch 9, 2005
3502 (PDF)Establishment of Lots Created by Testamentary Provision or the Laws of Descent30.41A, 30.41BMarch 9, 2005
3510 (PDF)Lot Status, as Effected by Public Road Right of Way Which Bisects the Property, May be Granted Upon the Request of the Property Owner30.41BMarch 9, 2005
3520 (PDF)Minimum Net Density Provisions and Subdivisions/Short Subdivisions in Urban Growth Areas (UGA's)30.23March 9, 2005
3521 (PDF)Snohomish County Residential Design Manual30.23AJune 18, 2010
3530 (PDF)Applicability of Perimeter Landscaping Provisions of Chapter 30.25 SCC to Multiple Family Residential Development in the LDMR, MR, NB, CB, PCB, and GC Zones30.25 , 30.91March 9, 2005
3531 (PDF)Acceptable Plant Species for Landscaping Required Pursuant to Chapter 30.25 SCC30.25March 9, 2005
3600 (PDF)Fees for Drainage Plan Review of Mines, Pits, or Quarries30.86Repealed November 22, 2010
4025 (PDF)Application of School Mitigation Fees to Pre-Existing Single Family Lots30.66March 9, 2005
5510 (PDF)Allowing Construction Approval Without the Final Placement of Hot Mix Asphalt Paving on New Public Roads within a Subdivision or Short Subdivision30.41A, 30.41B, 30.84, 30.86, 13.05March 24, 2010
5610 (PDF)Subdivision Driveway Access Combined Review13.60March 9, 2005
5650 (PDF)Acceptable Plant Species for Planned Residential Development (PRD) Landscaping30.42BMarch 9, 2005
5660 (PDF)Standards for Construction of Pin Piles for Foundation Construction30.50, 30.52A, 30.63A, 30.63CAugust 15, 2006
5700 (PDF)Providing Interpretations on WAC 197-11-800 - SEPA Exemptions on Land Covered by Water30.62March 9, 2005
6500 (PDF)Providing Administrative Interpretations of Code Language within Chapter 30.41D SCC - Binding Site Plans30.41DMarch 9, 2005
6502 (PDF)Providing Interpretation of the Term "Expressly Depicted" within Chapter 30.41D SCC - Binding Site Plans30.41DMarch 9, 2005


Policies

Policy NumberTitleDate
6100 (PDF)Providing Interpretations of Policies Contained in the Adopted General Policy PlanN/A
6300 (PDF)Forest Practices ActN/A