Briefing presentations have been made to the Board of Health in June, July, August, and September of this year on proposed changes to the Snohomish Health District code to establish a new Snohomish County Health Department code. In September, a public hearing was opened for the purposes of collecting feedback from the public on the proposed code. As of 10/3/23, no public comment had been received.
The code is organized into five titles: general provisions, health and safety, public services, water, and wastewater. These changes represent phase 1 of a code revision effort. This effort focuses on changes that are logistical in nature and improving the organization and readability of the code. More substantive changes will occur in future years in phase 2 of the code revision effort. A work plan for phase 2 will be discussed with the Board of Health in the latter part of 2023 and into early 2024.