Pasco, WA Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- PMC 19.10.070 (residential parks)
- Applies to
- Fences and site screens on mobile/factory-home sites
- Standard followed
- Pasco Building Code or WA L&I rules
- Restriction
- No encroachment into required yard setbacks
Summary
Pasco's residential (mobile/factory-assembled home) park rules say a permit may be required to erect, enlarge, alter, or repair a fence or site screen on a home site, with the work following the Pasco Building Code or the state Department of Labor and Industries. No general citywide fence-permit section appears outside this park-specific rule.
Permits may be required to erect, construct, enlarge, alter or repair any additions, carport, patio, utility shed, fence or site screen on a home site. All such work shall be accomplished in accordance with the Pasco Building Code and/or the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. No portion of any structure shall be permitted to encroach upon the required front, side or rear yards of any home site.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
070, in the chapter governing residential parks for factory-assembled and mobile homes, provides that "permits may be required" for a list of home-site improvements that includes fences and site screens alongside additions, carports, patios, and utility sheds. Any such work must be accomplished in accordance with the Pasco Building Code (PMC Title 16) or the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries standards that govern manufactured housing installations. The same section bars any portion of a fence or other structure from encroaching into the required front, side, or rear yard of the home site, tying fence placement to the yard setbacks that apply to the park generally.
090's buffering and screening standard, which lets a residential park reduce its required 20-foot perimeter planting strip to 10 feet if a solid wall or fence is substituted, giving park operators a specific incentive tied to fence height and siting. 070 is the specific, quotable permit-requirement text this jurisdiction's code contains for fences.
Violations & Fines
Constructing a home-site fence in a Pasco residential park without a required permit, or in a way that encroaches on the required front, side, or rear yard, is enforced through the Building Official under PMC Title 16's general permit administration; work must also meet Washington Department of Labor and Industries manufactured-housing installation standards where applicable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a fence in a Pasco mobile home park need a permit?
Can a fence encroach into my mobile home site's yard in Pasco?
Is there a general fence-permit rule for all Pasco properties?
Sources & Official References
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