Port Townsend, WA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum
- 1 extra space per unit
- Maximum
- 1 space per sleeping room
- Location
- Entirely on same lot
- RV/device storage
- Off-street paved surface only
Summary
Port Townsend requires bed and breakfast inns and tourist homes to add at least one parking space beyond what the residence already needs, up to one per sleeping room, all kept on the same lot.
10. Parking. All off-street parking associated with a tourist home shall be entirely on the same lot as the tourist home. Parking requirements shall be as set forth in Chapter 17.72 PTMC, Off-Street Parking and Loading. | Table 17.72.080 — Bed and breakfast inns/tourist homes: Minimum Recommended Parking Spaces: 1 space in addition to the spaces required for the residential unit. Maximum Permissible Parking Spaces: 1 space per sleeping room in addition to the spaces required for the residential unit. Required Bicycle Spaces: None.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 3364, passed May 18, 2026).
Full Breakdown
PTMC 17.72.080's parking table sets a minimum of one space in addition to the spaces already required for the residential unit, and a maximum of one space per sleeping room in addition to those residential spaces, for bed and breakfast inns and tourist homes; no bicycle spaces are separately required for the use. PTMC 17.57.020(B)(10) further requires that all off-street parking tied to a tourist home sit entirely on the same lot as the home. RVs and similar vehicles may only be stored on off-street paved parking areas on that same lot, per PTMC 17.57.020(B)(12), and never in the public right-of-way.
Violations & Fines
Enforced through the short-term rental's conditional use permit and business license; parking that spills into the right-of-way or off the host lot is a code violation the city can act on, up to permit revocation under Chapter 17.84 PTMC.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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