Lewis County, WA Privacy & Surveillance: Security Camera Rules (2026)

20B to encourage redevelopment of reclaimed surface coal mine sites into industrial parks. 020(3)(e), which requires fixtures to be pointed downward, hooded and shielded to prevent glare and light from trespassing onto neighboring properties. In the same subsection, it requires that security cameras be aimed to protect the privacy of adjacent parcels and uses, meaning a camera installed for site security cannot be pointed to capture neighboring residences or businesses. The requirement sits alongside the MID zone's other development standards in the same section: on-site parking and loading sized to the use, and landscaping of at least one tree and three shrubs for every four parking spaces.

030, so camera placement and aiming would be reviewed as part of that site plan approval rather than through a separate camera permit. The code has no equivalent residential camera-privacy rule and no county-run doorbell-camera or Ring registry program; this MID standard is the only local camera regulation found in unincorporated Lewis County. The section was renumbered and amended by Ord. 1269 § 11 (2016) and Ord. 1367 (Exh. C) (2025).