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

70-1 lets an attached garage whose door does not face the street use the same setback as the rest of the house. Maximum lot coverage climbs with density, from 30 percent in R-1 up to 60 percent in R-4 and MFR, and minimum lot size drops from 40,000 square feet in R-1 to as little as 4,300 square feet in R-4. 040 governs how these numbers are applied on the ground: each lot gets only one front setback and one rear setback, with every other yard treated as a side setback, and a double-frontage lot running through from one street to another must provide the front setback on both streets.

Setbacks are measured from the property line unless a border easement exists, in which case the measurement starts at the easement line instead, and where a private street or driveway easement abuts the lot, the setback is measured from the inner edge of that easement, except the flanking street setback, which stays a flat five feet. When a lot's orientation makes it unclear which yard is the front or rear, the city manager or designee assigns the setbacks based on the pattern of surrounding development. 030(B): a 35-foot height cap, 15-foot front setback, and 10-foot side and rear setbacks.