Right to Farm in Yakima County, WA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Yakima County, Washington.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Yakima County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Yakima County protects working farmland by forcing new houses, schools and other 'especially sensitive' uses to set back 60 to 500 feet from adjoining agricultural, forest or mineral resource land, and by recording a covenant warning new neighbors about normal farm noise, dust and chemical use.
Yakima County Farmland Buffer & Ag Zoning Rules
Some RestrictionsYakima County Code § 19.18.205(2)(a)
(a) Where any existing or proposed lot borders on agricultural, mineral resource or forest land, a building setback for especially sensitive land uses is required from the adjoining resource land or use as follows: (i) 60 feet from any adjoining lot containing a commercial agricultural use in a rural zoning district; (ii) 150 feet from an agriculture (AG) zoned lot, unless the application is to...
All Yakima County ordinances
See every category we cover for Yakima County: parking, noise, fences, fires, animals, pools, and more.
Yakima County Ordinance Hub →