Grant County, WA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

UDO § 23.08.220(c)(7) requires 'at least one (1) additional, ADA accessible off-street parking space' for a transient residence, specifying that it comes 'in addition to the parking required for the primary residence.' That means Development Services calculates the home's ordinary residential parking requirement first, under the county's general zoning parking rules, and then adds one more space dedicated to the short-term rental use, with the ADA-accessibility requirement applying to that added space specifically. The subsection also ties the space back to design standards elsewhere in the UDO: all parking spaces must meet the standards of GCC § 23.12.130, the chapter governing off-street parking surfacing, dimensions and layout for every use in the county, not just short-term rentals.

This differs from how the same UDO section treats bed and breakfast inns and residences, which instead reference the county's general Table 5 parking-space count in § 23.12 rather than a flat one-space add-on. Because the requirement is phrased as a minimum, a rental with more bedrooms or expected guests than a single-family home ordinarily hosts can still be required to supply the Table 5 count for its underlying residential use plus the transient-residence add-on, and Development Services confirms the space during the short-term rental's GCC Chapter 15.03 licensing review before an operator can list the property.