Pasco, WA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- PMC 25.185.030(4)
- Front yard car limit
- Under 5 cars in single-family front yards
- Surface requirement
- Hard surfaced, all primary areas/driveways
- R-15/R-S-12 exception
- First 20 ft from ROW must be hard surfaced
- Extra parking area
- 10 ft by 20 ft strip near side line
- Circular drives
- Allowed on lots with 100+ ft frontage
Summary
Pasco bars single-family front yards from parking five or more cars and confines vehicle storage there to the area between the garage or parking slab and the right-of-way, per PMC 25.185.030(4). All primary parking areas and driveways in front yards must be hard surfaced, except R-15 and R-S-12 lots, which need only the first 20 feet from the right-of-way hard surfaced.
(4) The required front yard in the single-family residential districts shall not be used for off-street parking for five or more cars. The storage and parking of vehicles in front yard areas of single-family properties shall be limited to that area formed and bounded by parallel lines extending from the outer dimension of a garage, carport, or parking slab to the right-of-way. An additional area between the nearest side property line and the driveway of not more than 10 feet by 20 feet may be used for additional parking. On lots with 100 feet of frontage or more, parking may be permitted on circular drives. All primary parking areas and driveways in front yards shall be hard surfaced, except in the R-15 and R-S-12 districts, driveways may be of an all-weather surface, provided the first 20 feet from the right-of-way is hard surfaced.
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
030(4) sets the front yard parking rules for single-family residential districts. The required front yard cannot be used for off-street parking of five or more cars. Vehicle storage and parking in front yard areas is confined to the area formed and bounded by parallel lines extending from the outer dimension of a garage, carport, or parking slab out to the right-of-way, and an additional 10-foot-by-20-foot area between the nearest side property line and the driveway may be used for extra parking. Lots with 100 feet of frontage or more may permit parking on circular drives.
All primary parking areas and driveways within front yards must be hard surfaced; the sole exception is the R-15 and R-S-12 districts, where a driveway may use an all-weather surface as long as the first 20 feet measured from the right-of-way is hard surfaced. 030(5), addresses multifamily parking: in the R-2, R-3, and R-4 districts, off-street parking spaces for multifamily dwellings cannot be located in the front yard at all, except that a single two-lane drive may cross the required front yard if no part of it comes within 10 feet of a dwelling unit entry or five feet of any part of a residential structure. 020.
Violations & Fines
PMC 25.185.020 requires a building permit before off-street parking is constructed, located, relocated, or modified, and general Title 25 enforcement runs through the Pasco Code Enforcement Board under PMC 1.40 and 1.45. Parking five or more vehicles in a single-family front yard, extending parking beyond the garage-to-right-of-way boundary, or leaving a required front yard driveway unpaved outside the R-15/R-S-12 exception is enforceable by the Community and Economic Development Department.
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