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Food Safety related fees effective 11/9/2022, all others effective 01/01/2023
- Food safety
- Solid waste
- Schools, Pools, Safe environments
- Septic, Water, Land use
- Miscellaneous
- Vital Records
Title | Fee | Description |
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Bakery (Baked Goods Only) | $400 | Annual permit fee |
Bed & Breakfast | $400 | Annual permit fee |
Campground/Park Food Service (seasonal - no more than 6 consecutive months) |
$420 | Seasonal permit fee |
Campground/Park Food Service (year-round) | Use general food fees | Annual permit fee |
Caterers - low risk | $400 | Annual permit fee |
Caterers - medium risk | $600 | Annual permit fee |
Caterers - high risk | $830 | Annual permit fee |
Catering endorsement | $205 | Additional annual fee for permitted food businesses that also cater. |
Mobile food vehicle - low risk | $400 | Annual permit fee |
Mobile food vehicle - medium risk | $600 | Annual permit fee |
Mobile food vehicle - high risk | $830 | Annual permit fee |
Food service with on-site sewage disposal review | $205 | Additional review fee charged with annual food service permit. |
Vending machines with potentially hazardous food, risk level low | $205 | Annual permit fee |
General Food Service |
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All sizes, low risk | $400 | Annual permit fee |
0-50 seats, medium risk | $600 | Annual permit fee |
0-50 seats, high risk | $830 | Annual permit fee |
51-150 seats, medium risk | $695 | Annual permit fee |
51-150 seats, high risk | $955 | Annual permit fee |
151+ seats, medium risk | $760 | Annual permit fee |
151+ seats, high risk | $1,035 | Annual permit fee |
Food Safety Education |
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Food worker cards - 2-year initial or 3-year renewal | $10 | |
Food worker cards - replacement for lost card | $10 | |
Plan Reviews |
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Tap/tasting room | $205 | Plan review and pre-operation inspection fee |
General plan review | $815 | Plan review and pre-operation inspection fee |
Additional permit for multiple-permit facility | $205 | Fee for each additional permit, in addition to initial permit fee. |
Change of ownership | $410 | Plan review and pre-operation inspection fee |
Variance without Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) | $205 | |
Variance with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) (when required by WAC for menu items) | $2,000 | Plus lab fees |
Remodel/Plan revision | $205 | For alteration to existing establishment or revision of approved plan. Includes pre-operation inspection. |
Plan review consultation | $205 | On or off site |
Schools/Youth |
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School central kitchen, no direct food service | $640 | Annual permit fee |
School satellite kitchen with food service | $410 | Annual permit fee |
School kitchen with food service | $485 | Annual permit fee |
School/youth concession stand - low risk | $155 | Annual permit fee |
School/youth concession stand - medium risk | $255 | Annual permit fee |
School/youth concession stand - high risk | $365 | Annual permit fee |
Temporary Food Service |
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Low risk, single event | $85 | Event permit fee |
Low risk, recurring event (1 location) Farmers Markets only | $170 | Event permit fee |
Low risk, recurring event (additional location) Farmers Markets only | $85 | Seasonal permit fee |
Medium risk, single event | $125 | Event permit fee |
Medium risk, recurring event (1 location) Farmers Markets only | $255 | Event permit fee |
Medium risk, recurring event (additional location) Farmers Markets only | $130 | Seasonal permit fee |
High risk, single event | $220 | Event permit fee |
High risk, recurring event (1 location) Farmers Markets only | $590 | Event permit fee |
High risk, recurring event (additional location) Farmers Markets only | $295 | Seasonal permit fee |
Blanket event permit | $560 | Judged cooking events |
Food demonstrator permit, single event (non-potentially hazardous foods) | $60 | Event permit fee. Non-potentially hazardous foods only. |
Food demonstrator permit, recurring event (non-potentially hazardous foods) | $120 | Annual permit fee. Non-potentially hazardous foods only. |
Exempt from permit | $50 | Processing fee only |
Expedited Review fee |
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Add 50% to normal fee. | Available for limited grocery, general, and multiple permit facility plan review. May apply to additional fees as approved by division director on a case-by-case basis. | |
Operating without a permit |
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Double normal permit fee | ||
Late charges |
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Late charge for annual permit renewal | $317 | Additional charge if annual permit renewal fee has not been received by 5 p.m. on the last day permit is valid. |
Late charge for temporary permits | $60 | Non-refundable fee if application is not received at least 13 days before the event. |
Reinspection and reinstatement |
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Reinspection and office conference | $340 | Per III.B.3 enforcement procedures. |
Reinstatement following closure by Health Officer order | $410 | Reinstatement fee |
Food service establishment reinspection | $205 | Reinspection fee. Applies to all permitted food service operations. |
Title | Fee | Description |
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Permits for Solid Waste Sites |
Valid July 1 to June 30 | |
Closure (engaged in) or closed (prior to 2/10/2003) landfill | $615 | Includes abandoned landfill permit review and inspection |
Composting facility - 30,000 tons or less incoming raw material | $3,876 | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Composting facility - Over 30,000 tons incoming raw material | $5,310 | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 26 |
New conditionally exempt sites & facilities | $615 | |
Existing conditionally exempt sites & facilities | $410 | |
Energy recovery & incineration - Mixed Municipal Waste | $6 per ton | Annual permit fee |
Energy recovery & incineration - Demolition/Industrial Waste | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Inert waste landfill | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Intermediate solid waste handling (transfer station, baling and compaction facility, drop box) | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Land application | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Limited purpose landfill (contaminated soil, woodwaste landfill, etc.) | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Moderate risk waste - fixed (for facilities not operated by Snohomish County) | $410 | Annual permit fee |
Moderate risk waste - limited (for facilities not operated by Snohomish County) | $205 | Annual permit fee |
Municipal solid waste landfill | $6 per ton | Annual permit fee |
Piles for storage and treatment (solid waste, road sweeping, etc.) | $3,875 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 19 |
Snohomish County facilities | * | *System-wide negotiated fee |
Surface impoundment & tanks | $3,875 | Annual permit fee |
Waste tire storage | $2,035 | Annual permit fee |
Plan Review |
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Application review (applies to initial permit application) | $2,450 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 11, plus costs for publishing SEPA notices in newspaper |
Revised or amended plan review (applies to application review of approved plans and permitted sites/facilities) | $615 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 3, plus costs for publishing SEPA notices in newspaper |
Waste screening determination |
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Application review | $205 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 1 |
Less than full year permit |
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Permits issued on or after the preceding January 1 are charged one-half of the annual permit fee | For permits expiring June 30 | |
Late charge |
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Late charge for renewal of annual permits | $317 | Additional charge if annual permit renewal fee has not been received by the Health District by the end of the last day that the permit is valid. |
Multiple solid waste & toxic permits |
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Fees for multiple solid waste and toxic facilities at one location | Highest permit fee plus 2/3 the fee for each additional permitted operation |
Title | Fee | Description |
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Child Care Health Program STARS Credit | $10 per credit | Classes hosted through online learning portal |
Group Camps |
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Group camp permit | $340 | Annual permit fee |
Group camp plan review | $525 | Annual permit fee |
Group camp plan review - expedited | $790 | |
Illegal Drug manufacturing or storage sites response |
These fees do not include civil penalties for violations of Chapter 11.3, Section IX of the Health District Sanitary Code | |
Appeal procedure for illegal drug sites only - Step 1 | No fee | |
Appeal procedure for illegal drug sites only - Step 2 | $1,315 | Fee refundable if appellant prevails |
Decontamination workplan review - Stationary Property | $1,020 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 5 |
Decontamination workplan review - Vehicle | $615 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 3 |
Enforcement | $205 per hour | Add other costs, including but not limited to analytical fees, hearing examiner fees, contractor costs of barricading or otherwise securing contaminated properties and contractor fees |
Inspection of suspected contaminated property (requested by property owner) | $410 base fee | Add analytical sample costs plus $205 per hour for each additional hour over 2 |
School safety |
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School safety inspection | $205 per hour | |
School construction pre-occupancy inspection | $205 per hour | |
School construction plan review | $965 | Add food establishment plan review fee if review includes kitchen, and pool plan review if review includes pool |
School construction plan review - expedited | $1,450 | |
Portable classroom plan review | $300 | |
Portable classroom plan review - expedited | $455 | |
Addition or remodel of existing school building | $615 | |
School site review | No fee | |
Water recreation facilities |
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Float pod facility safety inspection - first facility | $515 | No water quality testing |
Float pod facility safety inspection - each additional facility | $115 | No water quality testing |
Office conference | $340 | |
Year-round - 6+ months -pool permits (swimming, spa, wading, spray) | $770 annual permit for first pool | $515 for each additional year round pool |
Seasonal - <6 months - pool permits (swimming, spa, wading, spray) | $515 annual permit for first pool | $320 fee for each additional seasonal pool |
Pool plan review, swimming pool, 50,000 gallons or more | $1,020 | |
Pool plan review, swimming pool, less than 50,000 gallons | $770 | |
Pool plan review, swimming pool, 50,000 gallons or more - Expedited | $1,530 | |
Pool plan review, swimming pool, less than 50,000 gallons - Expedited | $1,155 | |
Pool plan review, spa pools | $385 | |
Pool plan review, spa pools - Expedited | $575 | |
Pool plan review, spray pools | $385 | |
Pool plan review, spray pools - Expedited | $575 | |
Pool plan review, wading pools | $385 | |
Pool plan review, wading pools - Expedited | $575 | |
Pre-occupancy inspection | $260 | |
Plan review | $205 | For alteration to existing facility or revision of approved plan |
Re-inspection/re-opening after closure | $205 | |
EXPEDITED REVIEW FEE |
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Add 50% to original fee unless otherwise specified | Available for plan reviews for schools, camps, pools, spas and float pod facilities. May apply to additional fees as approved by the division director on a case-by-case basis. | |
Less than full year permit |
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Permits issued on or after the preceding December 1 are charged one-half of the annual permit fee | For permits expiring May 31 | |
Late charge |
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Late charge for renewal of annual permits expiring May 31 | $317 | Additional charge if annual permit renewal fee and completed Health District application has not been received by Health District by the last day of the following May. |
Title | Fee | Description |
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Alteration |
Licensed designer submittal | |
Absorption system and/or approved reserve area | $415 | Fee includes application review and permit |
Complete system | * | *See on-site sewage dispersal application fee |
Tank only | $330 | Fee includes application review and permit |
As-built submittal/reserve area designation - concurrent with building clearance review | $205 | |
Building clearance |
For buildling permit | |
Review | $205 | |
Expedited review | $205 | When requested by building department |
GMA drinking water determination | $130 | |
Preliminary clearance review | No fee | |
Other agency clearance review | $205 | Upon request by other agency to review |
Composting toilet non-residential |
No drinking water under pressure to the site | |
Review and permit (DOH approved listing) | $330 | |
Annual monitoring (per site) | $205 | |
Contractors certification |
Installers, M & M specialists or pumpers | |
Installer annual certificate | $440 | per certification |
Monitor & maintenance specialist annual certicate | $440 | per certification |
Pumper annual certificate | $440 | per certification |
Examination | $330 | Installers and pumpers only |
Late fee charge | $317 | For certificate not renewed prior to March 1 |
Food service with on-site sewage system |
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Review | $205 | Fee charged at time of annual food service permit renewal |
Holding Tank |
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Preliminary review | $960 | |
Permit fee | $550 | |
Annual monitoring fee | $410 | |
Late fee | $317 | If not paid by January 1 |
Land use reviews |
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Review | $205 | Including but not limited to boundary line adjustment, conditional use, binding site plan, administrative site plan, grading permit |
On-site sewage dispersal system |
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Community system application review | $1,870 | Includes site review and permit |
Permit | $660 | Per service connection |
Gravity distribution system | $960 | Application review fee. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Gravity distribution system - Expedited | $1440 | |
Pressure distribution system | $960 | Application review fee. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Pressure distribution system - Expedited | $1440 | |
All other systems approved by DOH | $1,095 | Application review fee. Approval valid for 2 years. |
All other systems approved by DOH - Expedited | $1,645 | |
Product development system | $1,210 base fee | Add $205 for each additional hour over 6 hours. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Systems over 1,000 gallons per day | Double OSS fee | |
Operation check |
Request for report on | |
On-site sewage system only | $385 | |
On-site sewage system and drinking water system | $875 | Includes "short list" inorganics and bacteriological |
Drinking water system only | $550 | Includes "short list" inorganics and bacteriological |
Re-inspection | $205 | |
Permit for on-site sewage dispersal system |
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Permit | $330 | All system types except community |
Redesign/ Resubmittal |
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Redesign/ Resubmittal |
$330 | Subsequent resubmittal of previously disapproved application or change in dispersal area or treatment component |
Renewal |
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Within 30 days of expiration | $365 | Approval valid for 2 years. No redesigns. |
Repair |
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Single family residence | $330 | Fee includes application review and permit |
Redesign to repair | No fee | No fee for redesign to repair |
All other repairs or replacement | * | *Use new on-site sewage dispersal application fee. Permit fee not required. |
Report submittal |
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Monitoring & maintenance report submittal | $35 | Paid via OnlineRME |
Septic tank pumping report submittal | $10 | Paid via OnlineRME |
Soil survey |
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Optional service performed at Health District discretion | $715 base fee | Add $200 per acre |
Subdivision of property |
Platting | |
Preliminary soil survey | $715 base fee | Add per lot fee |
Preliminary lot fee | $160 per lot | |
Revision/redesign | $205 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each hour over 1 |
Final plat review fee - on-site sewage system subdivision | $135 per lot | |
Short subdivision - Method A (4 lots or less) | ||
Preliminary soil survey | $715 | Base fee plus per lot fee |
Preliminary lot fee | $160 | per lot |
Final short subdivision review fee | $135 | per lot |
Short subdivision - Method B (4 lots or less) | ||
Final short subdivision review fee | $135 | per lot |
Vault privy |
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Review and permit | $330 | |
Additional privy on same site | $140 | |
Annual monitoring | $205 per site | |
Waiver review |
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Review | $205 base fee | Add $205 per hour for each additional hour over 1 |
Water |
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Individual water system treatment process | $385 | |
Sanitary survey | $800 | Amount set by Washington State Department of Health. Includes arsenic, nitrate and bacteriological samples |
Well site review |
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Individual water supply site inspection - Individual / GMA | $320 | Concurrent with onsite application. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Individual water supply site inspection - Individual / GMA - Expedited | $480 | Expedited concurrent with onsite application. Must be submitted with expedited OSS application. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Individual water supply site inspection - Individual / GMA non-concurrent | $450 | Non-concurrent submittal. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Renewal | $195 | Within 30 days of expiration. Approval valid for 2 years. |
Request for review: Individual water supply | No fee | Application must be submitted with bacteriological, short list, and well log. |
Expedited Review Fee |
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Add 50% to the standard application review fee. | Available for new on-site sewage disposal system applications and well site revisions. May apply to additional fees as approved by the division director on a case-by-case basis. |
Title | Fee | Description |
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Appeal procedure - Step One | No fee | Except for illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites |
Appeal procedure - Step Two | $1,315 | Fee refundable if appelant prevails |
Hourly charge | $205 per hour | For project, permit, enforcement investigations and reviews |
Miscellaneous permit | Set by Health Officer | Health Officer may establish fees on an individual basis for operations that do not precisely conform to any of the defined categories. Such fees to be determined by the Health Officer to be the closest related fee or $205 per hour. |
Record retrieval - duplicating | 15 cents per page | Fee set by RCW |
Record retrieval - color copies | 26 cents per page | Fee set by RCW |
Other (oversized document, postage, etc.) | Varies | |
Refund processing fee | $35 | May be waived upon approval by director |
Service charge | $30 | Returned check, bank service charge |
Title | Fee | Description |
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Certified birth certificate | $25 | per copy |
Informational birth certificate | $25 | per copy |
Stillborn birth certificate | $25 | per copy |
Certified death certificate | $25 | per copy |
Certified death certificate - reissue | $10 | per copy |
Informational death certificate | $25 | per copy |
Short death certificate | $25 | per copy |
Review and file of each Snohomish
County Death – Administration Fee
(EDRS) |
$15 | per death record |
VitalChek Fee - Online | $15 | |
VitalChek Fee - Kiosk | $3.50 | Fee set by vendor |
Over the counter identity verification
and record retention fee |
$15 | Charged once per customer per
order for certificates ordered over
the counter and through the mail |
Postage and handling | $2 | |
Notary fee | $1 | |
Vital records data sharing | $1,100 | Annual fee. Must have a signed data sharing agreement with
SHD, an emailed list will be
provided weekly. |
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Environmental Health Division
Physical Address
3020 Rucker Avenue
Suite 104
Everett, WA 98201
Phone: 425-339-5250Fax: 425-339-5254
Related pages and documents:
Food Safety
- Food Safety Program page
- Food fees (PDF)
- Food Fees in Chinese (PDF)
- Food Fees in Khmer (PDF)
- Food Fees in Korean (PDF)
- Food Fees in Punjabi (PDF)
- Food Fees in Russian (PDF)
- Food Fees in Spanish (PDF)
- Food Fees in Tagalog (PDF)
- Food Fees in Thai (PDF)
- Food Fees in Vietnamese (PDF)
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