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Chelan County, WA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Governing section
Chelan County Code § 11.22.040(12)(A)(ii)
Applies to
Multifamily housing developments in Peshastin UGA
Front-yard parking
Prohibited, no exceptions listed
Screening required
Landscaping or architectural screening, no solid board fencing
Minimum on-site parking
1 stall per unit plus 240 cubic feet storage
First-time civil fine
$750 under § 16.16.010

Summary

Chelan County's Peshastin Urban Growth Area multifamily standards, Code § 11.22.040(12)(A)(ii), flatly bar parking in the front yard of any multifamily housing development in unincorporated Chelan County's Peshastin area. The same subsection requires all parking to be screened from public streets and adjacent residential uses with landscaping or architectural screening, and bars solid board fencing as that screening.

These county ordinances apply to unincorporated areas of Chelan County. Incorporated cities within the county may have their own rules that take precedence over county-level regulations.

Multifamily Development. The following regulations shall apply to all multifamily housing developments that may be authorized by this chapter: ... Parking and Storage. ... Parking may not be located in the front yard.

Full Breakdown

040(12) sets out the rules that apply 'to all multifamily housing developments that may be authorized' under Peshastin's zoning chapter. Subsection (A), covering parking and storage, opens with a screening requirement in item (i): parking must be screened from public streets and adjacent residential uses by landscaping or architectural screening, and solid board fencing cannot be used for that screening. Item (ii) then states plainly, 'Parking may not be located in the front yard,' a flat prohibition with no exceptions listed in the text. The remaining items in the same subsection round out the parking and storage package: each multifamily unit must have at least one on-site parking stall plus two hundred forty cubic feet of enclosed storage, parking between structures is allowed only toward the rear of the principal structure served by an alley or private driveway, and surface parking lots must be broken into sublots of no more than six spaces each.

040(1), it applies to multifamily projects and does not by its terms restate a front-yard parking rule for single-family homes in the same zones, which are instead governed by that separate dimensional and setback table.

Violations & Fines

Community Development reviews multifamily site plans against § 11.22.040(12) before issuing a permit, and a project built with front-yard parking is out of compliance with its approved plan. Community Development can issue a notice and order under § 16.06.020 requiring the parking to be relocated, with civil fines of $750 for a first violation and $1,500 for a repeat under § 16.16.010, and each day the noncompliant parking remains counts as a separate violation under § 16.02.030.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a multifamily project in Peshastin put parking in the front yard?
No. Code § 11.22.040(12)(A)(ii) states plainly that 'Parking may not be located in the front yard' for any multifamily housing development authorized under Chelan County's Peshastin zoning chapter, and the text lists no exceptions to that prohibition.
Does this rule apply to a single-family home's driveway in Peshastin?
No. The front-yard parking ban is written specifically for multifamily housing developments in § 11.22.040(12); single-family parcels in Peshastin's R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones are instead governed by the separate front, rear and side yard setback table in § 11.22.040(1).
What other parking standards apply to Peshastin multifamily housing?
The same subsection requires parking to be screened from public streets and adjacent residential uses with landscaping or architectural screening, not solid board fencing, requires at least one on-site stall plus 240 cubic feet of enclosed storage per unit, and limits surface lots to sublots of six spaces or fewer.

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