The following shall constitute the required forest management disclosure:

Your real property is on, adjacent to, or within 500 feet of designated forest land, on which a variety of forest management activities could occur that may not be compatible with residential development for certain periods of limited duration. These forest management activities include, but are not limited to, timber harvest, road and trail construction, the operation of machinery, trucks and aircraft, brush control, slash burning, the application by spraying of forest chemicals, and other forest management activities, which activities are lawful if conducted in compliance with Title 222 WAC.

In addition, forest management activities may cause physical and aesthetic risks to residences and other structures within 200 feet of forest lands including falling timber and increased fire hazard. Due to these risks, Snohomish County encourages landowners to locate structures at least 200 feet from adjacent forest land boundaries.

Snohomish County has adopted Forest Lands Regulations (chapter 30.32A SCC) which may affect you and your land. You may obtain a copy of chapter 30.32A SCC from Snohomish County.

A provision of chapter 30.32A SCC provides that "forest management activities conducted on the designated forest land in compliance with best management practices as defined by the current Washington Forest Practices Rules and Regulations (Title 222 WAC), and Washington’s pesticide regulations (WAC 16-228-1220(5)), and established prior to surrounding non-forestry activities, are presumed to be reasonable and shall not be found to constitute a nuisance unless the activity has a substantial adverse effect on the public health, safety, or environment."

This disclosure applies to real property upon any development or building permit approval; or, in the case of real property transfers, the disclosure applies to the subject property as of the date of the transfer. This disclosure may not be applicable thereafter if areas designated forest land are changed from designated forest land.

Nothing in chapter 30.32A SCC shall affect or impair any right to sue for damages. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 04-119, Nov. 17, 2004, Eff date Dec. 10, 2004).