Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council adopts code change to replace the word 'church' with 'religious facility'
Snohomish County Council · February 4, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.
Summary
Snohomish County Council on Feb. 4 approved ordinance 25-077 as amended to replace the term "church" with "religious facility" across multiple county code chapters; staff said the executive proposed a typographical correction and no public testimony was received.
Snohomish County Council on Feb. 4 approved an amendment to county land-use code to replace the term "church" with the neutral phrase "religious facility" across multiple code chapters, a change staff said updates the county's growth-management vocabulary.
Deb Everson Bell, council…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans
