New state rule could cost Washington coffee stands thousands, business owner warns

A new state rule could force mom and pop coffee stands to shut down if they can’t comply with a new public health and safety rule, one business owner warns.

STANWOOD, Wash. — A quiet change to the Washington Administrative Code has coffee stand owners across the state foaming.

The state’s administrative code now requires coffee and food stand operators to have “permanent plumbing” in their mobile businesses, including toilets. One Snohomish County coffee stand owner is now worried countless stands could close if the rule doesn’t change. 

“It totally happened under the radar. I think maybe they thought it wouldn’t cause much of

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