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View the full fee schedule at kitsappublichealth.org/fees
Nov. 8, 2024
KITSAP COUNTY, WA — The Kitsap Public Health Board approved an updated environmental health fee schedule for 2025 at its Nov. 5 meeting. The updated schedule takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.
Environmental health fees are fees charged by the Kitsap Public Health District to cover the cost of providing licensing and permitting services for food service establishments, public pools, drinking water wells, onsite septic systems, solid and hazardous waste facilities, and other activities regulated by the District.
Permit holders and members of the public were invited to review the fee changes and provide feedback prior to Health Board approval.
Adjustments approved by the Board included:
Food and Living Environment fees, including permit fees for food establishments, pools and camps, will increase by 4.4%. This increase is based on a 2024 consumer price index (CPI) of 4.4%. The CPI measures the change in prices that people pay for goods.
The 4.4% fee increase applies to food and water recreation permit holders. The fee changes are anywhere between $5-50 depending on the permit/fee type.
The Health District did not increase food permit fees in 2021 or 2022 to help reduce the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on food businesses. Fees were increased 6% in 2023. Fees were increased by 6% in 2024.
Even with a 4.4% increase in 2025, Food and Living Environment fees will not cover the full cost of administering services.
The annual onsite sewage (septic) system monitoring and maintenance contract fee will be reduced from $30 to $20. This reduction is based on the current level of work needed to regulate these systems and the increasing number of properties that pay this fee. Septic monitoring and maintenance fees have been in place since 1996 and have been adjusted throughout the years to address the Health District’s costs for providing oversight.
Other environmental health fees, including fees for drinking water wells, will not change in 2025.
See the 2025 Fee Schedule for full details.
Tad Sooter | Public Information Officer
Kitsap Public Health District
360-728-2330 - office | 360-728-2235 - main
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