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

Walla Walla County folds loading requirements into the same development chapter that governs off-street parking, WWCC Chapter 17.20, whose stated intent under § 17.20.010 is to prevent street congestion and protect property values across every zoning district referenced in §§ 17.12.030 and 17.16. Article III of that chapter, § 17.20.120, sets a single dimensional standard for every off-street loading space countywide: not less than thirty feet by twelve feet in area, with an unobstructed height of fourteen feet six inches, and the space must be made permanently available for loading rather than repurposed for parking or storage.

The section incorporates the surfacing and maintenance rule from § 17.20.110 by cross-reference, so a loading space must be hard-surfaced and kept in the same repair as the adjoining parking area, with traffic control markings, drainage and lighting reviewed the same way. The code does not set separate loading hours or restrict truck idling; those dimensional and surfacing standards are the whole of the county's loading-area regulation, and they apply at building permit and site plan review under WWCC Title 14 whenever a commercial, industrial or other nonresidential use is proposed.

Because the requirement sits inside the general parking and loading chapter rather than a standalone traffic ordinance, Public Works and Community Development coordinate on access and curb-cut questions separately under Chapter 12.14, while Community Development reviews the loading space size and surfacing itself as part of the underlying zoning approval.