Pasco, WA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Sit-Lie Rules (2026)

and midnight, within a list of designated downtown zones running along West Lewis Street, North and South Tacoma through Tenth Avenues, and West Clark and West Columbia Streets. Separately, at all hours, it bans sitting or lying on any drinking fountain, trash container, planter, bicycle rack, or building entrance, exit, or loading dock. Seven exceptions are built in: medical emergencies or a sensory, mental, or physical disability; use of a wheelchair or walker; operating or patronizing a business with sidewalk permission; participating in a permitted parade, festival, or rally; sitting on a bench supplied by a public agency or abutting property owner; waiting at a bus stop; and sitting on a privately owned fixture with the owner's permission.

Enforcement requires a warning first: a law enforcement officer must notify the person the conduct violates the section and give a reasonable time to comply before citing them. 030, separately bans sitting, lying, or sleeping on any public right-of-way at any hour of the day within a defined area bordered by the railroad tracks, 14th Avenue, Bonneville Street, and "A" Street, with exceptions only for medical emergencies, right-of-way repair work, or a special City permit. Both sections are charged as misdemeanors rather than civil infractions.