Spokane County zoning allows two tiers of home-based business in residential zones: a low-impact "home profession" (often permitted outright) and a larger "home industry" (usually a conditional use permit). Both must keep the residential character of the property.
Under Spokane County Zoning Code (SCC Title 14), a "home profession" is a profession or craft carried on within a residence by the occupants, clearly incidental to the dwelling and giving no outward appearance of a business. A "home industry" is a broader occupation, profession, bed-and-breakfast, or craft in association with a residence of such intensity that public-hearing (conditional use permit) review is required. Which is permitted, limited, or conditional depends on the zone (LDR, MDR, HDR, RT, R-5, RAC, RCV, UR and resource zones each list them), but in every residential zone the use must remain subordinate to the home.
Operating a business exceeding the home-profession/home-industry standards without the required permit is a zoning violation enforced by the Division of Building and Planning through code-enforcement action.
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Home composting is allowed in Spokane County and is not separately permitted. Compost must be managed so it does not become a nuisance, attract vermin, or cr...
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Spokane County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating artificial turf on residential property. Synthetic lawns are allowed. In regulated develop...
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Spokane County's Zoning Code actively favors native vegetation. Chapter 14.806 states that whenever possible native vegetation should be used and existing ve...
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Collecting rooftop rainwater is legal in Spokane County without a water-right permit. Under Washington Department of Ecology's 2009 policy, on-site storage a...
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Spokane County itself publishes no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering rules are set by each water purveyor: the City of Spokane and local wa...
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State law (RCW 17.10) requires every Spokane County property owner to eradicate Class A noxious weeds and control designated Class B and C weeds on their lan...
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