County: Volunteers lack permits for dike improvements
EVERETT — Snohomish County officials has sent a warning letter to volunteers who belong to a diking district along Ebey Island for performing unpermitted work on the dike.
More than a century ago, Ebey Island residents created a diking district to provide flood protection to farms along the Snohomish River. Now, supported by tax assessments from Ebey Island landowners, the district includes county, state and privately owned properties.
On Monday, Snohomish County county officials sent out a press release stating Diking District 1 had been doing unpermitted work, which the county is still investigating.
In 2023, county staff saw land being moved around the dike, according to an email sent by County Planning and Development Services staff to the Daily Herald.
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