Yakima County, WA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

08 of the Yakima County Code, Approaches to County Roads, Construction and Maintenance, requires a permit before anyone builds, modifies or reconstructs a private connection to a county road. 020 requires permits for both commercial and noncommercial road approaches and allows the county engineer to grant them at any location except on designated limited-access roads, so long as the approach will not conflict with the safety and free movement of road traffic. 030 sets who may apply: the property owner, purchaser or lessee with the owner's consent, or an authorized agent, filing directly with the county engineer's office.

040 makes the permittee responsible for maintaining the approach between the road shoulder or pavement edge and the right-of-way line and gives the county the right to inspect the installation at any time and require repairs at the permittee's expense. 060 sets noncommercial driveways at a minimum 20-foot width at the shoulder line with the same drainage-pipe minimums. 090 lets an applicant appeal a denied permit to the Board of County Commissioners, whose decision is final. 100, punishable by a fine of up to $300 or up to 90 days in jail, or both.