Kitsap County, WA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

050 requires off-street loading and unloading spaces for any commercial, industrial, or multifamily use with a gross area over 4,000 square feet that provides or receives deliveries by trucks or truck-trailer combinations over 35 feet long more frequently than once per month. Lots under 10,000 square feet may share a required loading area with an adjacent property if there is no on-site alternative, the shared area meets the section's dimensional standards, and the property owners have a written agreement. A loading space can double as a designated parking space only if the loading and unloading happens while the business is closed and the parking is not needed.

Design standards in subsection B set each loading and unloading space at a minimum of 45 feet long, 10 feet wide, with 15 feet of clearance, and adequate access to the space; outside that exception, no area required for off-street parking may be used as a loading or unloading space. Subsection C scales the number of required spaces to building size: one space for 4,000 to 9,999 gross square feet, two spaces for 10,000 to 24,999 square feet, three spaces for 25,000 to 99,999 square feet, four spaces for 100,000 to 200,000 square feet, plus one additional space for every 50,000 square feet above 200,000.

This is a zoning and building-permit standard enforced through Kitsap County's Department of Community Development during site plan and building permit review; it governs unincorporated county land only, since Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, and Bainbridge Island each administer their own separate loading and parking codes.