Kitsap County, WA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Driveway clearance
- No parking within 5 ft of curb radius
- Fire hydrant clearance
- 15 feet
- Crosswalk clearance
- 20 feet
- Two-way street parking
- Right wheels within 12 in. of curb
- Parking-resolution fine
- $5/day, $10 if unpaid within 7 days
- Failure to respond penalty
- $25 (KCC § 46.04.040)
- Jurisdiction
- Unincorporated Kitsap County only
Summary
Unincorporated Kitsap County enforces on-street parking through the state Model Traffic Ordinance, adopted by reference in Kitsap County Code § 46.02.010. Drivers may not stop in front of a driveway or within five feet of its curb radius, and on two-way streets a vehicle must sit with its right-hand wheels within twelve inches of the curb, facing the direction of travel.
(1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall: ... (b) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: (i) In front of a public or private driveway or within five feet of the end of the curb radius leading thereto, except that a city or county may, by ordinance or resolution, allow residential property owners within their jurisdiction to park, or allow another to park, across the point of ingress or egress of the driveway entering on to the residential property, provided that the driveway is no longer than 50 feet and that such parking does not obstruct a sidewalk, another driveway, or the roadway; (ii) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; (iii) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk.
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance, WAC Chapter 308-330, by reference for unincorporated county roads, along with every future legislative amendment to it. 590, the state statutes governing stopping, standing and parking, so those RCW sections are the operative parking law on unincorporated Kitsap roads. 570 bars stopping or parking in front of a public or private driveway or within five feet of the end of its curb radius (a county may by ordinance allow residential owners to park across a driveway no longer than 50 feet if it does not block a sidewalk, another driveway, or the roadway), within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk, or within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or signal.
575 sets the manner of parking that produces a wrong-way violation: on a two-way roadway, the right-hand wheels must be parallel to and within twelve inches of the right-hand curb; on a one-way roadway, parking must follow the direction of authorized traffic movement, with wheels within twelve inches of whichever curb the vehicle parks against. 020.
Violations & Fines
Parking against RCW 46.61.570 or .575 as adopted by § 46.02.010 is a traffic infraction, cited by Kitsap County Sheriff's Office deputies and contestable in Kitsap County District Court. Violating a board-passed parking resolution under Chapter 46.04 draws a monetary penalty of five dollars for each day or portion of a day the violation continues, rising to ten dollars if unpaid within seven calendar days (§ 46.04.030), plus a twenty-five dollar penalty for failing to respond to the infraction notice (§ 46.04.040).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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