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

Subsection B of Section 17.60.020 sets the general operating standards for short-term rentals across the seven zone districts where the use is permitted: G-1, G-5, R-2, R-3, RR, LQ and C-2. Item B.5, headed "Parking," requires a minimum of one on-site parking space per bedroom. The parking count ties directly to the occupancy formula in B.3, which caps overnight sleeping occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons, or the number the environmental health division allows under the on-site sewage system, whichever is less, so a larger rental with more bedrooms must show correspondingly more on-site parking before it qualifies for a permit.

The property-management conditions in subsection C reinforce the standard: the in-unit notice required under C.2 must show guests the designated on-site parking areas, and C.1 separately bars using the rental for commercial events where adequate parking cannot be provided on-site. Subsection B.4 bars all exterior signage, so a rental cannot post overflow-parking directions outside the building; guests must be directed to the designated on-site spaces through the posted floor plan and parking-area notice instead. Parking compliance is reviewed by the administrator when a permit is issued or renewed under subsection E, and a rental found not to meet the ratio can be denied a permit or cited for a standards violation under subsection G, which allows any legal or equitable remedy available to the county.