Contents of Bothell Municipal Code

Title 1 General Provisions
- Ch. 1.01 Code Adoption
- Ch. 1.04 General Provisions
- Ch. 1.08 Classification of City
- Ch. 1.12 Initiative and Referendum
- Ch. 1.16 City Datum
- Ch. 1.20 Imprisonment
- Ch. 1.24 General Penalty
Title 2 Administration and Personnel
- Ch. 2.04 City Manager
- Ch. 2.12 City Council
- Ch. 2.13 Code of Ethics – City Council, City Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch. 2.14 Bothell Municipal Court
- Ch. 2.16 City Clerk
- Ch. 2.20 City Treasurer
- Ch. 2.24 Bonding
- Ch. 2.25 Indemnification of Employees and Officers
- Ch. 2.26 Fire Department
- Ch. 2.27 Emergency Management
- Ch. 2.28 Police Department
- Ch. 2.30 Jail Facilities
- Ch. 2.32 Investment Board
- Ch. 2.34 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
- Ch. 2.36 Library Board
- Ch. 2.44 Parks and Recreation Board
- Ch. 2.45 Bothell Arts Commission
- Ch. 2.48 Civil Service Commission
- Ch. 2.52 Planning Commission
- Ch. 2.54 Hearing Examiner
- Ch. 2.56 Lobbyists
- Ch. 2.60 City Hall Office Hours
- Ch. 2.64 Personnel Policies
- Ch. 2.72 Affirmative Action
- Ch. 2.76 City Engineer
- Ch. 2.80 Disposition of Lost and Unclaimed Personal Property and Moneys
- Ch. 2.84 Bothell Public Corporation
- Ch. 2.88 Leoff-1 Disability Board
- Ch. 2.90 Board of Adjustment
- Ch. 2.92 Salary Commission
- Ch. 2.94 Policy and Procedures for Disposition of City-Owned Real Property
Title 3 Revenue and Finance
- Ch. 3.04 Local Improvements and Assessments
- Ch. 3.05 Assessment Reimbursement Areas
- Ch. 3.08 Funds
- Ch. 3.09 Equipment Rental Fund
- Ch. 3.12 Advance Travel Expenses
- Ch. 3.13 Imprest Cash Fund
- Ch. 3.16 Claims against City
- Ch. 3.18 Registration of Bonds
- Ch. 3.19 Local Option Sales or Use Tax
- Ch. 3.20 Sales or Use Tax
- Ch. 3.21 Leasehold Tax
- Ch. 3.23 Sales and Use Tax for Affordable and Supportive Housing
- Ch. 3.25 Excise Tax on Lodging
- Ch. 3.30 Excise Tax on Real Estate Sales
- Ch. 3.40 Park Reservation Fee
- Ch. 3.50 Bothell Pioneer Cemetery
- Ch. 3.60 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Utility
- Ch. 3.65 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) District
- Ch. 3.70 Budget System
- Ch. 3.75 Percent for the Arts
- Ch. 3.80 Admissions and Entertainment Tax
- Ch. 3.90 Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 Business Licenses and Regulations
- Ch. 5.04 Licenses and Fees
- Ch. 5.06 Special Event Permits
- Ch. 5.08 Utilities Business Tax
- Ch. 5.12 Ambulances
- Ch. 5.14 Licensing and Operation of Adult Entertainment Facilities
- Ch. 5.16 Cabarets
- Ch. 5.17 Public and Teen Dancehalls
- Ch. 5.18 Adult Entertainment Studios
- Ch. 5.20 Gambling
- Ch. 5.24 Games and Amusement Devices
- Ch. 5.28 Pawnbrokers
- Ch. 5.32 Peddlers
- Ch. 5.36 Private Security Systems
- Ch. 5.40 Trampolines
- Ch. 5.44 Taxicabs, Sound Amplifying Trucks, Circuses and Carnivals and Dancehalls
- Ch. 5.50 Cable Television
Title 6 Animals
- Ch. 6.04 General Provisions
- Ch. 6.08 Dog and Cat Licensing
- Ch. 6.12 Regulation of Animal Businesses, Facilities, and Services
- Ch. 6.16 Nuisances
- Ch. 6.20 Cruelty
- Ch. 6.24 Enforcement
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 Health and Safety
- Ch. 8.04 General Provisions
- Ch. 8.08 Food Establishments
- Ch. 8.20 Garbage and Solid Waste
- Ch. 8.21 Compost Procurement
- Ch. 8.22 Unauthorized Vehicles and Junk Vehicles
- Ch. 8.23 Nuisance Vehicle Abatement
- Ch. 8.24 Public Nuisances
- Ch. 8.26 Noise, Regulation
- Ch. 8.28 Conditions Dangerous to Children
- Ch. 8.36 Explosives
- Ch. 8.37 Fireworks
- Ch. 8.40 Self-Service Gas Stations
- Ch. 8.44 Litter Control
- Ch. 8.48 Prohibited Smoking
- Ch. 8.52 Civil Defense
- Ch. 8.56 Land Clearing
- Ch. 8.60 Park Use Rules and Regulations
- Ch. 8.64 Performance Standards
- Ch. 8.68 Law Enforcement Vehicle Impounds
Title 9 Criminal Code
- Ch. 9.01 Adoption of Codes by Reference
- Ch. 9.03 Offenses against Governmental Authority
- Ch. 9.04 Stay Out of Drug Areas
- Ch. 9.05 Offenses against Persons
- Ch. 9.07 Offenses against Property
- Ch. 9.09 Offenses against Public Morals
- Ch. 9.11 Miscellaneous Offenses
- Ch. 9.13 False Alarms
- Ch. 9.15 Costs and Penalties
Title 10 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch. 10.10 Model Traffic Ordinance
- Ch. 10.20 Miscellaneous Traffic Regulations
- Ch. 10.25 One Way Streets and Alleys
- Ch. 10.30 Miscellaneous Parking Regulations
- Ch. 10.35 Speed Regulations
- Ch. 10.40 Schedule of Street Designations
- Ch. 10.45 Parking Restrictions on Residential Streets
- Ch. 10.50 Weight Limits
- Ch. 10.55 Parades, Processions or Other Organized Formation of Persons or Vehicles on the Public Streets and Ways
- Ch. 10.60 Penalties and Court Costs
- Ch. 10.65 Automated Traffic Safety Cameras
Title 11 Administration of Development Regulations
- Ch. 11.02 Definitions
- Ch. 11.04 Types of Project Permit Applications
- Ch. 11.06 Processing of Project Permit Applications
- Ch. 11.08 (Reserved)
- Ch. 11.10 Consistency with Development Regulations and SEPA
- Ch. 11.12 Open Record Public Hearings
- Ch. 11.14 Open and Closed Record Decisions, Reconsiderations, and Administrative and Judicial Appeals
- Ch. 11.16 Development Agreements
- Ch. 11.18 Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulation Amendments
- Ch. 11.19 Public Notice
- Ch. 11.20 Enforcement
Title 12 Zoning
- City-Wide Regulations
- Subarea Regulations
Title 13 Shoreline Management
- Ch. 13.00 Reader’s Guide
- Ch. 13.01 Authority and Purpose
- Ch. 13.03 Definitions
- Ch. 13.05 Shoreline Jurisdiction
- Ch. 13.07 Shoreline Environment Designations
- Ch. 13.09 General Regulations and Performance Standards
- Ch. 13.11 Use-Specific and Modification Regulations and Performance Standards
- Ch. 13.13 Critical Areas in Shoreline Jurisdiction
- Ch. 13.15 Legal Pre-Existing Uses and Structures
- Ch. 13.17 Administration, Permits, and Enforcement
- Ch. 13.19 Shorelines Board
Title 14 Environment
- Ch. 14.02 State Environmental Policy Act
- Ch. 14.04 Critical Area Regulations
- Ch. 14.06 Commute Trip Reduction
Title 15 Subdivisions
- Ch. 15.02 General Provisions
- Ch. 15.04 Boundary Line Adjustments
- Ch. 15.06 Short Plats
- Ch. 15.08 Preliminary Plats
- Ch. 15.10 Final Plats
- Ch. 15.12 Binding Site Plans
- Ch. 15.14 Plat Vacation and Alteration
- Ch. 15.16 General Requirements for Subdivision Approval
- Ch. 15.18 Enforcement and Appeals
Title 16 (Reserved)
Title 17 Transportation
- Ch. 17.01 Definitions
- Ch. 17.02 Adoption of Bothell Standards
- Ch. 17.03 Concurrency
- Ch. 17.04 Transportation Mitigation
- Ch. 17.045 Transportation Impact Fees
- Ch. 17.05 Streets
- Ch. 17.06 Driveways
- Ch. 17.07 Dedication of Right-of-Way
- Ch. 17.08 Construction
- Ch. 17.09 Frontage Improvements
- Ch. 17.10 Street Cleaning
- Ch. 17.12 Street Vacation Procedure
- Ch. 17.16 Sidewalks and Pathways
- Ch. 17.18 Street Assessment Reimbursement Agreements
- Ch. 17.20 Public Area Use Permits
- Ch. 17.21 State Highway Access Permits
- Ch. 17.22 Street Lighting Service
- Ch. 17.23 Variance Process
- Ch. 17.24 Public Utility Right-of-Way Placement Permit
- Ch. 17.25 Bothell Transportation Benefit District
Title 18 Utilities Infrastructure
- Ch. 18.01 Definitions
- Ch. 18.02 Adoption of Bothell Standards
- Ch. 18.03 Sanitary Sewer
- Ch. 18.04 Storm Water and Drainage Control Code
- Ch. 18.05 Grading
- Ch. 18.06 Bothell Water
- Ch. 18.07 Cross-Connections to the City’s Water System
- Ch. 18.08 Variance Process
- Ch. 18.10 Bothell Storm and Surface Water Utility
- Ch. 18.11 Storm Water Capital Facilities Charges
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 Buildings and Construction
- Ch. 20.02 Construction Administrative Code
- Ch. 20.04 Building Regulations and International Codes
- Ch. 20.08 Community Risk Reduction (CRR)
- Ch. 20.09 False Fire Alarms
- Ch. 20.10 Automatic Sprinkler, Fire Detection and Smoke Detection Requirements
- Ch. 20.20 Billboards
- Ch. 20.24 Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs
- Ch. 20.28 Plumbing Code
- Ch. 20.32 Fire Hydrants
- Ch. 20.34 Floodplain Management
Title 21 Development Impacts
- Ch. 21.04 Methods to Mitigate Development Impacts
- Ch. 21.06 Option for Deferred Payment of Impact Fees
- Ch. 21.08 Park Impact Fees
- Ch. 21.12 School Impact Fees
- Ch. 21.16 Fire Impact Fees
Title 22 Landmark Preservation
- Ch. 22.04 General Provisions
- Ch. 22.08 Definitions
- Ch. 22.12 Landmark Preservation Board Created
- Ch. 22.16 Designation Criteria
- Ch. 22.20 Nomination Procedures
- Ch. 22.24 Designation Procedures
- Ch. 22.28 Changes to Property on Register or Inventory
- Ch. 22.32 Special Property Tax Valuation
Tables
- Statutory References
- State Code Citation Table
- Ordinance Table