Pasco, WA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

050 governs setbacks for every permitted housing type and residential accessory building in Pasco's applicable residential zones (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4). 050(1) sets the standard for detached single-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes, attached single-family units accessed directly from public streets, and multifamily buildings accessed directly from public streets: a 15-foot front setback for living area (20 feet where a garage faces the front), a 15-foot rear setback, 15 feet from an alley or private driveway for living area (5 feet for a garage), and a 5-foot side setback.

A second row of the table applies to attached SFDUs and multifamily with shared driveways or rear/alley-accessed parking: a 12-foot front setback, 15-foot rear setback, and a 5-foot side setback, except attached multifamily or mixed-use buildings may have no minimum front setback where they abut a sidewalk 8 feet or wider and garage or parking sits at the back or side of the site (a 5-foot landscaping buffer applies where the sidewalk is narrower than 8 feet). Accessory structures generally match the setbacks of the primary housing unit but need only 5 feet from the rear line and may sit at 0 feet from an alley (5 feet if the garage door faces the alley) and 5 feet from the side line.

Front yard setbacks are measured from the lot line, except where a sidewalk is built on the property, in which case the setback is measured from the edge of the sidewalk. Structures housing rabbits or chicken hens must sit at least 10 feet from any property line and behind the rear building line of the dwelling, and may not exceed 6 feet in height or 30 square feet in size. 161 PMC. The attached side of an attached SFDU may be built directly to the property line under footnote 2 of the table.