Spokane County's nuisance code sets no fixed lawn-height limit for unincorporated properties. Overgrowth is handled mainly through the state noxious-weed law (RCW 17.10) via the county weed board, plus the nuisance rules on accumulated dead or decaying plant material.
Unlike many cities, Spokane County's nuisance chapter (SCC 6.13) contains no specific 'grass over X inches' standard; your city or town sets any lawn-height limit. What the county does regulate is noxious weeds and yard-debris accumulation. Washington's noxious-weed law, RCW 17.10, requires landowners to control state-listed and county-listed noxious weeds, enforced by the Spokane County Noxious Weed Control Board. Separately, SCC 6.13's solid-waste definition includes 'yard debris... cut brush or wood, dead or decaying plant materials,' so heaped dead vegetation can be abated as a solid-waste nuisance.
Noxious-weed non-compliance can trigger a county notice and cost-recovery under RCW 17.10; nuisance yard-debris accumulation is a $250/day class 1 civil infraction under SCC 6.13.
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