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Only such solid waste operations as are exempt from the permit requirements and other regulations of the health department are exempt from the provisions of this chapter; PROVIDED, That such operation may be subject to prosecution under SCC 7.35.120 and 7.35.130 or otherwise subject to civil and/or criminal prosecution for the maintenance of a nuisance or a violation of any provision of the Snohomish County Code not contained in this chapter. Any exempted solid waste operation must be established, maintained, managed and/or operated in compliance with all other requirements of local, state or federal health rules.

The following shall remain exempt from the operation of this chapter, provided that this exemption shall not affect any authority of the health department to control, through permits or otherwise, any of the following solid waste disposal operations.

(1) Dumping or depositing solid waste generated by a single family or household produced incidental to routine household activities onto or under the surface of the ground owned or leased by that family or household.

(2) Wrecking automobiles and parts thereof including storage and handling facilities, minor reclamation of scrap metal, glass, discarded clothing, paper, and their associated facilities which leads to resale or reuse of said material.

(3) Depositing soil, rock, tree stumps, gravel, broken concrete, broken asphalt, and similar inert wastes onto the surface of the ground whereby such depositing is to be temporary in nature, graded, and otherwise worked to fill an existing depression or low area of ground.

(4) Depositing agricultural solid waste onto or under the surface of the ground when said waste is being utilized primarily for fertilizer or a soil conditioner, or is being deposited on ground owned or leased by the person responsible for the production of said waste, as long as depositing such waste does not create a nuisance.

(5) Depositing sewage and/or sewage sludge onto or under the surface of the ground at a disposal site which has otherwise been issued a permit by a local, state or federal agency to be operated, maintained or managed for that purpose.

(6) Depositing hazardous waste onto or under the surface of the ground at a disposal site which has otherwise been issued a permit by a local, state or federal agency to be operated, maintained or managed for this purpose.

(7) Establishment and operation of a woodwaste landfill site. (Added by Ord. 83-151 § 1, Dec. 28, 1983; Amended by Amended Ord. 22-062, Oct. 26, 2022, Eff date Jan. 1, 2023).