Home Business in Grays Harbor County, WA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Grays Harbor County, Washington.
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Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Grays Harbor County allows a home occupation in any residential zone, and a broader version in general development or agricultural zones, only if it stays secondary to the dwelling's residential use under County Code Section 17.60.050. Residential-zone home occupations may employ just one non-resident and cannot use equipment over five horsepower.
Grays Harbor Home Occupation Zoning Rules
Some RestrictionsGrays Harbor County Code Section 17.60.050(A)(1)-(5)
A.In any residential zone a home occupation may be permitted; provided, that the use meets the following criteria:1.The occupation is secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes.2.Not more than one person not a resident of the property may be employed in the occupation on the property.3.There is no external display of merchandise.4.The occupation does not employ the use of any on...
Signage Rules
A home occupation sign in a Grays Harbor County residential zone cannot exceed four square feet; in general development or agricultural zones, the cap rises to eight square feet, under County Code Section 17.60.050. Any freestanding sign must stand under three and a half feet tall and stay unlighted.
Grays Harbor Home Business Sign Size Limits
Light RestrictionsGrays Harbor County Code Section 17.60.050(A)(6), (B)(4)
6.The home occupation shall in no way affect the appearance of the building as a residence, provided that signs in connection with the use may be permitted provided that the sign is unlighted, not more than four square feet and either attached flat to the main building or if free standing is less than three and one-half feet tall from ground level. Not more than one sign is permitted. ... 4.The...
Home Daycare
Grays Harbor County's zoning code treats a home day care as a permitted use, not a conditional one, in every residential and agricultural district in unincorporated Grays Harbor County: A-1, A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3, RR and the Lake Quinault district. County Code § 17.08.010 caps a home day care at twelve or fewer children counting the operator's own children under eleven who live in the house.
Home Day Care Rules in Grays Harbor County
Light RestrictionsGrays Harbor County Code §§ 17.08.010, 17.28.020
"Home day care" means a facility in the family dwelling of the childcare licensee providing regularly scheduled care for twelve or fewer children, with ages ranging from birth through eleven years of age, for periods of less than twenty-four hours. The licensed capacity of a home day care shall include the children with ages ranging from birth through eleven years of age who reside at the dwell...
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