Parking Rules in Washington (2026)
262 rules on the books across Washington, 35 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
RV & Boat Parking
Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.
Auburn
Significant RestrictionsAuburn caps unpermitted recreational-vehicle parking in the public right-of-way at 24 hours and bans overnight…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Significant RestrictionsKirkland bans parking or storing any vehicle, boat, or trailer over nine feet tall and 22 feet long on residential…
Read full rule →Lynnwood
Significant RestrictionsLynnwood Municipal Code Section 11.44.095 bars most towed trailers from residential streets outright, but treats…
Read full rule →Renton
Significant RestrictionsRenton bans parking or storing recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers on residential lots beyond brief loading and…
Read full rule →Seattle
Significant RestrictionsSeattle forbids parking a detached trailer or camper, including boat and RV trailers, on any street or alley. SMC…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Significant RestrictionsYakima County Code Section 9.44.030 bans recreational vehicles, campers, motor homes, boats, trailers and construction…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Clark County you may keep an RV or boat on your own property, but only one boat/personal-watercraft…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds caps recreational vehicles, a category defined to include travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, folding…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett lets homeowners store RVs, campers, trailers, and boats on a residential lot, but any parked in the front or…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way lets residents keep one recreational vehicle, utility trailer or boat outside on a residential lot, but…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, boats, motor homes, camp trailers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, pickup campers…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Grant County, GCC Unified Development Code Section 23.08.020(i) sets the rules for parking or storing…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick lets residents store their own trailers, boats, camper tops, travel trailers, and RVs on residential and…
Read full rule →Kent
Some RestrictionsKent bars parking a recreational vehicle, boat or trailer on any street, alley or public right-of-way in a residential…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood, Washington limits residential properties to storing one recreational, utility or sporting vehicle outdoors…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsIn Marysville, RVs, boats, and trailers on a residential lot must sit on an improved surface or driveway if parked in…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco bans storing a boat, motor home, trailer, camper, or snowmobile on any public street or right-of-way, but allows…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Pierce County, RVs, boats, and trailers may be stored on private residential property, but occupying…
Read full rule →Port Townsend
Some RestrictionsPort Townsend bans storing a tall RV or boat within 5 feet of a side or rear lot line on single-family residential…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsIn Puyallup's single-family (RS) zones, a recreational vehicle, defined to include boats and boat trailers, cannot sit…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Some RestrictionsAs of 2025, RVs may sit on a public road in unincorporated Snohomish County for no more than 72 hours (SCC 11.06). On…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsSpokane County sets no numeric cap on RVs, boats or trailers parked at a home, but an inoperable or damaged RV can…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Some RestrictionsSpokane Valley limits how long a recreational vehicle can sit in a residential front yard: SVMC § 19.65.130(J) caps RV…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Some RestrictionsTacoma caps vehicle parking on single-family lots: up to 4 vehicles or 60% of the paved area in front or side/rear…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsThurston County lets residents store operable RVs, boats and trailers on their property as long as the vehicles don't…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Whatcom County confines recreational vehicle and boat parking or storage to side and rear yards under…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima exempts recreational vehicles from its public-camping ban only while parked on a residential street for 24 hours…
Read full rule →King County
Few RestrictionsUnincorporated King County caps outdoor-stored vehicles at six or eight per lot in R-1 through R-8 zones, but RVs…
Read full rule →Driveway Rules
Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.
Auburn
Some RestrictionsAuburn requires every parking area on private property, including driveways, to be paved with concrete, asphalt, grass…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham prohibits parking any vehicle inside the required front or flanking-side yard of a residentially zoned lot…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsIn urban unincorporated Clark County, parking motor and recreational vehicles in front yards on pervious (unpaved)…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds allows up to four vehicles parked in a front yard on a driveway or other improved surface, but that improved…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett requires off-street parking areas to use durable, city-approved surface materials, and any parking between a…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way requires driveways and parking areas to be surfaced with a material comparable to the abutting…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsGravel driveways cannot touch the public street in unincorporated Franklin County. Franklin County Code Section…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Grant County, boats, travel trailers, RVs, and similar recreational equipment over 6 feet tall cannot…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick requires the driveway to each home's primary parking area be paved with asphalt or concrete, or a Planning…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated King County requires off-street parking areas, including driveways used for parking, to have dust-free…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland limits driveways and parking areas in a required front yard to 20 feet wide, set back at least five feet from…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Some RestrictionsKitsap County bars parking and loading spaces from required front, side and rear yard setbacks countywide, with an…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsEvery residential garage or carport in Lakewood needs a paved apron in front of it, at least 20 feet deep and as wide…
Read full rule →Lynnwood
Some RestrictionsResidential parking surfaces in Lynnwood must be paved with asphalt, concrete, grasscrete, pavers, bricks or…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsMarysville bars gravel and other unpaved surfaces on single-family, middle housing, and townhouse driveways and parking…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco bars single-family front yards from parking five or more cars and confines vehicle storage there to the area…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsDriveway and access standards in unincorporated Pierce County are set by the Title 18A zoning and off-street parking…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup bars any parking area from taking access off an unpaved alley or street. City code requires off-street parking…
Read full rule →Renton
Some RestrictionsRenton requires residential vehicles to park on a lawfully established driveway or approved impervious surface, not on…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsSMC 23.44.160.D bars parking within 20 feet of a front lot line and 5 feet of a side street lot line in Neighborhood…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsFront-yard parking for single-family and duplex homes in Spokane County's residential zones is capped at fifty percent…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Some RestrictionsTacoma requires front-yard vehicle parking on single-family lots to sit on a prepared all-weather surface like…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsAny Thurston County driveway or parking area serving more than four vehicles must be hard-surfaced: asphalt, concrete…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsDriveways and walkways are allowed inside the front-yard building setback county-wide under WCC § 20.80.220(1)(a), and…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima bars parking utility, recreational, or motor vehicles and trailers in the front yard unless the vehicle sits on…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsYakima County Code Section 19.22.070 sets the surface a driveway or parking area must have once it serves three or more…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Light RestrictionsSpokane Valley bans most structures from encroaching into a required yard setback, but walkways and driveways…
Read full rule →Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.
Auburn
Significant RestrictionsAuburn bans parking any commercial vehicle on residential property zoned R-2, R-3, R-4 or planned unit development…
Read full rule →Everett
Significant RestrictionsEverett bars trucks, motor homes, and trailer combos over 16,000 pounds, 20 feet, or 8 feet wide from parking on…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, a residential lot can host at most one commercial semi-tractor/trailer over 14,000…
Read full rule →Kent
Significant RestrictionsKCC 9.38.130 bars parking or storing any truck, van, trailer, or semi-trailer over 14,001 pounds GVWR on any Kent city…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Significant RestrictionsKirkland bans parking or storing a truck tractor or any vehicle of 25,000 pounds gross weight or more on any street…
Read full rule →Lynnwood
Significant RestrictionsLynnwood Municipal Code Section 11.44.095(A)(2) makes it unlawful to park a commercial vehicle on any street within or…
Read full rule →Marysville
Significant RestrictionsMarysville prohibits parking, keeping, or storing commercial equipment or vehicles over 6,000 pounds in residential…
Read full rule →Pasco
Significant RestrictionsPasco bans parking any vehicle of 14,000 pounds or more, on or off the street, in a residential zone, with a narrow…
Read full rule →Renton
Significant RestrictionsRenton bans parking any commercially licensed vehicle, or any vehicle over 12,000 pounds gross weight, on a public…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Significant RestrictionsSnohomish County bars parking or storing large commercial vehicles, trailers, and construction equipment on public…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Significant RestrictionsYakima County bans commercial vehicles from parking in residential zoned areas under Code Section 9.44.040, except…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue bans large trucks, truck-trailer rigs and semitrailer combinations over 8 feet wide, 30 feet long or 32,000…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham bars parking any vehicle wider than 80 inches on a public street outside active loading or unloading, unless…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsClark County restricts oversized vehicles chiefly through its nuisance code: semi-trucks and truck tractors in urban…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds bars parking or storing more than one commercial vehicle, or any single commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way caps residential-lot commercial vehicle parking under FWRC 19.130.250: one vehicle under 10,000 pounds GVWR…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick bans parking or storing commercial vehicles overnight or routinely in any residential (R) zoning district…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated King County, parking a commercial vehicle wider than 80 inches on any county road between midnight…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Some RestrictionsKitsap County caps outdoor heavy equipment storage in rural and village-residential zones to one piece per property…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood, Washington bars parking any vehicle wider than 80 inches, or any commercial vehicle bigger than a…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Pierce County regulates oversized and large-vehicle storage through the Title 18A zoning code and the…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup bars storing an oversized commercial truck, tractor, or trailer, over two axles or wider than 84 inches, on…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsSeattle bans overnight parking of wide trucks and trailers on residential streets. SMC 11.72.070 forbids parking a…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsSpokane County has no ordinance setting a length or weight cap on vehicles parked at a residence. Oversized or…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Some RestrictionsSpokane Valley keeps big trucks out of residential streets through posted 'No Trucks' signs rather than a blanket…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Some RestrictionsTacoma bars leaving any vehicle, boat trailer, recreation trailer, or camper on a public street or alley for more than…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima caps how long a large truck can sit on a residential street: YMC § 9.50.100 bars parking any vehicle over 20…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Light RestrictionsThurston County lets residents keep operable trucks, trailers, and RVs on residential property under TCC 21.57.060, as…
Read full rule →Street Parking Limits
Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.
Auburn
Some RestrictionsOn-street parking in Auburn is governed by ACC Title 10 and RCW 46.55, with a 72-hour limit on continuous parking and…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue bans parking that blocks driveways, intersections, fire hydrants, crosswalks and other clearances under BCC…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham bars parking in front of a driveway or within five feet of its curb cut, and bars parking facing the wrong…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsOn unincorporated county roads it is unlawful to park an automobile longer than 24 hours, or to park an RV for any…
Read full rule →Cowlitz County
Some RestrictionsCCC § 11.04.500 lists specific spots where stopping, standing, or parking is banned on unincorporated county roads…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds bars parking within 30 feet of either side of a private driveway once the traffic engineer marks it with yellow…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett bans stopping or parking within 5 feet of driveways, at crosswalks, near fire hydrants, and in dozens of other…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsFranklin County ties on-street parking directly to road width: Franklin County Code § 10.12.050(D) bars any on-street…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsGrant County Code Section 11.32.020 bars any driver from stopping, parking or leaving a vehicle standing, attended or…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick's on-street parking code, KMC 11.36.030, bars parking in fire zones, within five feet of a driveway's curb…
Read full rule →Kent
Some RestrictionsKent's KCC 9.38.180 bars stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, in intersections, on crosswalks, in bike lanes…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated King County bans parking that blocks a driveway, leaves less than 10 feet of roadway clear, or stops on…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland's core stopping-and-parking rule, KMC 12.45.320, bars blocking driveways, parking within five feet of a…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Kitsap County enforces on-street parking through the state Model Traffic Ordinance, adopted by reference…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsIt's unlawful in Lakewood, Washington to stop, park, or leave any vehicle, attended or not, on the travel portion of a…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsStopping or parking in front of a driveway, within 5 feet of a curb radius, or in dozens of other specified street…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco enforces the state Model Traffic Ordinance's stopping and standing rules on every City street: parking in front…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsStreet parking on public roads in unincorporated Pierce County follows Washington state law, RCW 46.61.570, which…
Read full rule →Port Townsend
Some RestrictionsPort Townsend requires vehicles parked on any street to sit with the right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the curb…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup requires vehicles to park parallel and within 12 inches of the curb, and bars stopping in intersections…
Read full rule →Renton
Some RestrictionsRenton's general parking chapter bars parking an unlicensed vehicle on any street, alley or public property, caps…
Read full rule →Sammamish
Some RestrictionsSammamish adopts the state's prohibited-parking-places statutes, RCW 46.61.570 and 46.61.575, by reference in SMC…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsSeattle bars parking in front of driveways and alley entrances and bars parking against the flow of traffic. SMC…
Read full rule →Skagit County
Some RestrictionsSkagit County bans parking on specific unincorporated road segments named in SCC 10.08.010, including stretches of Old…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Some RestrictionsSnohomish County bans parking on ways signed for pedestrian, animal, or nonmotor traffic, and prohibits parking within…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsSpokane County bans stopping or parking within intersections, crosswalks, sidewalks, and within five feet of a driveway…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Some RestrictionsSpokane Valley bans stopping, standing, or parking within 15 feet of a USPS mailbox under SVMC § 9.40.040, and lets the…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Some RestrictionsTacoma enforces the state Model Traffic Ordinance's on-street parking bans, blocking a driveway, double parking…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsThurston County bars stopping, standing, or parking in intersections, crosswalks, sidewalks, and within five feet of…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Whatcom County enforces the state Rules of the Road as its own law: WCC Chapter 10.40, the Whatcom…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima bars parking in residential alleys that blocks a driveway entrance or leaves less than ten feet of roadway open…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsState law, not a county ordinance, sets Yakima County's on-street parking rules. RCW 46.61.570 bars stopping, standing…
Read full rule →Overnight Parking
Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.
Renton
Significant RestrictionsRenton bans parking trailers, buses and business trucks in residential zones (SR-1, SR-2, R-1 through R-4, T and G)…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue bans parking a vehicle on the same block of a public street for more than 24 consecutive hours under BCC…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham bars leaving any vehicle in one city street spot for more than 72 consecutive hours unless a posted sign…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsLiving in a vehicle overnight on a public street or right-of-way in unincorporated Clark County is unlawful without a…
Read full rule →Cowlitz County
Some RestrictionsOn county-owned parking lots, public ways, and property in unincorporated Cowlitz County, CCC § 11.34.020(B) bars…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds bans leaving trailers and heavy commercial vehicles overnight, between one minute after midnight and 6:00 a.m…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett doesn't ban overnight parking outright, but no vehicle may sit in one spot on a city street or right-of-way for…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way sets no single citywide overnight parking curfew in its code; instead FWRC 8.50.040 lets the public works…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsFranklin County Code § 10.12.060 bans parking at all times, day or night, on the stretches of Argent Road, Court…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Grant County, the Grandview North and Grandview South roadways and culs-de-sac west of SR 17 near…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick bars leaving a vehicle stationary on any public way for more than 72 consecutive hours, though residents may…
Read full rule →Kent
Some RestrictionsKCC 9.38.045 bans parking between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on specific signed Kent streets, including stretches of…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated King County, parking outside the hours posted on time-limit signs is unlawful. There's no blanket…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland defines overnight parking as leaving a vehicle in one spot for more than six continuous hours between midnight…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood, Washington does not set a fixed overnight curfew for street parking, but LMC 10.16.015 lets police tag any…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsMarysville caps recreational vehicle parking on any city street or alley at four hours, effectively barring overnight…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco caps overnight parking to two hours between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. in three named downtown City lots under PMC…
Read full rule →Port Townsend
Some RestrictionsPort Townsend bans parking any vehicle on a street or public right-of-way for more than 24 consecutive hours, absent a…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup has no single citywide overnight parking ban, but it caps how long a vehicle may sit on any public street at…
Read full rule →Sammamish
Some RestrictionsSammamish does not ban overnight street parking outright, but no vehicle may sit on a City street for more than 72…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsNo vehicle may sit on a Seattle street or municipal property for more than 72 hours. SMC 11.72.440 sets the citywide…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Some RestrictionsSnohomish County has no blanket overnight parking ban for passenger cars in unincorporated areas. The real limits are…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsThe unincorporated county has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban, but a 2018 chronic-nuisance code and a…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Whatcom County has no blanket overnight parking curfew; instead, the county council designates specific…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima prohibits parking between the sidewalk and the curb or paved roadway edge from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., a narrow…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsYakima County limits on-street parking to a strict 24 hours under Code Section 9.44.020, and only on the specific…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Few RestrictionsUnincorporated Pierce County has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban; state law RCW 46.61.570 governs where…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Few RestrictionsTacoma has no blanket overnight parking ban. The City Traffic Engineer designates restrictions street by street under…
Read full rule →EV Charging
Rules about installing home EV chargers, running cables across sidewalks, and any incentives or permits required for charging stations.
Washington: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsWashington prohibits homeowner and condominium associations from banning EV charging stations and requires EV-ready…
Read full rule →Auburn
Some RestrictionsAuburn allows electric vehicle charging stations by right in every zoning district under ACC 18.47.020, from the PUD…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham's public electric vehicle charging stations are open to any driver who pays the posted rate, but a vehicle…
Read full rule →Cowlitz County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Cowlitz County, CCC § 18.10.543 sets where electric vehicle charging equipment can go by zoning…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsChapter 17.115 ECDC allows Level I, II and III electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every Edmonds…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way regulates electric vehicle charging infrastructure under FWRC Chapter 19.295, covering principal-use…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsGrant County treats EV charging stations as an accessory use tied to an already-permitted use across the Unified…
Read full rule →Kent
Some RestrictionsKCC 9.38.035 reserves designated electric-vehicle parking spaces for EVs actually connected to charging equipment…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated King County requires electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in new off-street parking: EV-ready spaces…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland allows Level I and Level II electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every use zone in the…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Some RestrictionsNew construction and major redevelopment in unincorporated Kitsap County must provide one Level 2 electric vehicle…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsMarysville requires electric vehicle charging capability for all new buildings that include on-site parking, applying…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in any zone under PMC 25.165.205, but only a…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsPierce County requires new development in unincorporated areas to provide electric vehicle charging infrastructure…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup Municipal Code Chapter 20.56 sets standards for electric vehicle charging stations in parking lots and…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsSeattle Municipal Code § 23.54.034 requires new parking built with new multifamily construction to be EV-ready. Surface…
Read full rule →Skagit County
Some RestrictionsSCC 14.18.790 defines a vehicle charging station, including a battery exchange station, as a distinct land use. In the…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsThurston County allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every zoning district, from…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima Municipal Code § 15.06.035 allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use to an approved…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsLevel 1 and Level 2 home electric vehicle chargers are an allowed accessory use in every zoning district under YCC §…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Light RestrictionsLakewood, Washington rewards developers who install electric vehicle charging stations with a parking-count credit…
Read full rule →Lynnwood
Light RestrictionsLynnwood does not require any electric vehicle charging stations, but where a site installs them, Lynnwood Municipal…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Light RestrictionsUnincorporated Snohomish County lets EV charging equipment go into any off-street lot, but SCC 30.26.065(13) bars the…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Light RestrictionsSpokane Valley sets no fixed count of electric vehicle charging stalls in its own parking code. SVMC § 22.50.020(H)…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Light RestrictionsUnincorporated Whatcom County treats electric vehicle charging stations as an outright accessory use in its commercial…
Read full rule →Benton County
Few RestrictionsBenton County classifies an electric vehicle charging station as a permitted, stand-alone land use, allowed outright…
Read full rule →Everett
Few RestrictionsEverett's off-street parking code lets electric vehicle spaces count toward a project's required parking total, but it…
Read full rule →Port Townsend
Few RestrictionsPort Townsend allows battery charging stations and rapid EV chargers as a permitted accessory use in its commercial…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Few RestrictionsSpokane County's zoning code defines EV charging equipment as "electric vehicle infrastructure" and lists it as an…
Read full rule →Abandoned Vehicles
How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.
Washington: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsWashington's RCW 46.55 governs how abandoned vehicles are impounded, noticed, redeemed, and auctioned, providing a…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Heavy RestrictionsPierce County runs a junk-vehicle removal program in unincorporated areas under the Chapter 8.08 nuisance code, and…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Significant RestrictionsBellingham bans visibly storing a dismantled, wrecked, junked or otherwise inoperable vehicle outdoors on any property…
Read full rule →Kent
Significant RestrictionsA junk vehicle, one that's three years or older and meets at least three statutory conditions like extensive damage…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Significant RestrictionsA vehicle meeting at least three junk-vehicle criteria (three-plus years old, extensively damaged, inoperable, or worth…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Significant RestrictionsLakewood, Washington bans storing junk, wrecked, or apparently inoperable vehicles, plus stray vehicle parts and body…
Read full rule →Lynnwood
Significant RestrictionsLynnwood Municipal Code §§ 10.08.090 and 10.08.100 declare junk vehicles or their parts on private property a public…
Read full rule →Pasco
Significant RestrictionsPasco treats a vehicle held by a tow operator for 96 consecutive hours as legally abandoned, and any junk motor vehicle…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Significant RestrictionsPuyallup makes it unlawful to keep an abandoned vehicle or automobile hulk on public or private property in the city. A…
Read full rule →Renton
Significant RestrictionsRenton bans storing a junk, wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicle on private property under RMC 6-1-3, and treats…
Read full rule →Seattle
Significant RestrictionsSeattle Municipal Code 11.72.500 bans parking a junk motor vehicle on any street, alley, or public property, backed by…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Significant RestrictionsTacoma treats damaged, inoperable, or abandoned vehicles on public or private property as a public nuisance, with…
Read full rule →Yakima
Significant RestrictionsYakima treats any junk vehicle on public or private property as a public nuisance: YMC § 9.47.030 lets the code…
Read full rule →Auburn
Some RestrictionsVehicles left over 72 hours on Auburn streets, or with expired tabs and flat tires, can be tagged and towed as…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue's code compliance officers can order junk vehicles removed from private property under BCC 9.09.040. A junk…
Read full rule →Benton County
Some RestrictionsBenton County treats wrecked, inoperable, or unlicensed vehicles left in public view as a junk-vehicle nuisance…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Clark County, three or more inoperable vehicles in a rural yard, or any inoperable vehicle in an…
Read full rule →Cowlitz County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Cowlitz County, keeping three or more junk vehicles visible from a street, road, or other property…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds bars leaving an abandoned junk vehicle on private property for more than 24 hours without the owner's…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett prohibits leaving a junk motor vehicle on private property over 24 hours without the owner's permission, or on…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way treats junk and junked vehicles as a public nuisance under FWRC 7.20.020, letting code enforcement or…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, only one inoperable vehicle may sit outside on a residential lot unless it's inside…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Grant County caps unlicensed or inoperable vehicle storage at two per lot and bans storing vehicles or…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsAbandoning a vehicle on Kennewick city streets is prohibited, and the City can dispose of it under the vehicle-storage…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated King County bars parking, storing or abandoning a wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle on private…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsA vehicle or hulk left in a Kirkland public right-of-way for 24 hours counts as abandoned under KMC 12.40.010. Police…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsMarysville treats an unauthorized or junk vehicle left on private property as a public nuisance the city can remove…
Read full rule →Port Townsend
Some RestrictionsPort Townsend bans storing worn-out, wrecked, junked, inoperable, or abandoned vehicles on private property as a…
Read full rule →Sammamish
Some RestrictionsSammamish code compliance treats inoperable, wrecked, or disassembled vehicles left on public or private property as a…
Read full rule →Skagit County
Some RestrictionsSkagit County Code Chapter 10.20 lets the Sheriff impound a vehicle or "automobile hulk" left on a highway or another's…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Some RestrictionsA vehicle left on a Snohomish County highway or public property for 24 hours or longer is 'abandoned' (SCC 10.36.020)…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsA vehicle a tow operator holds for 120 hours is legally abandoned under state law, and a certified junk vehicle can be…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Some RestrictionsSpokane Valley bans junk vehicles on public rights-of-way under SVMC § 9.40.040(A)(1) and treats them as a nuisance on…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsThurston County limits how long a junk vehicle can sit outside on residential property. Zoning Code Section…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsWhatcom County treats junk, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles stored in public view as a public nuisance. Washington…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsYakima County treats junk and abandoned vehicles as a nuisance under county code and RCW 46.55. An inoperable, wrecked…
Read full rule →Curb Color Rules
What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.
Seattle
Significant RestrictionsSeattle fixes the meaning of curb colors citywide: red is a tow-away zone. Stop, stand, or park in a space signed or…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsClark County Code does not authorize residents to paint or mark public curbs; official curb markings and signage are…
Read full rule →Federal Way
Some RestrictionsFederal Way requires every designated fire lane to be marked with a yellow-painted six-inch curb or stripe and 18-inch…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsThe county traffic engineer picks where loading zones, passenger-loading zones, and tow-away zones go on county roads…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland uses curb color to mark no-parking zones under KMC 12.45.220: a red curb means no parking at any time, and a…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsMarysville bans stopping, standing, or parking in any city-approved fire lane, the marked no-stopping zones typically…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Pierce County, curb colors and no-parking markings are established by the County, not private…
Read full rule →Renton
Some RestrictionsRenton's parking code color-codes curb paint by zone: fire zone curbs must be painted red, prohibited-parking curbs and…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Some RestrictionsOnly the airport manager may paint or mark curbs at Snohomish County Airport: SCC 15.08.652(3) makes it unlawful for…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima's city traffic engineer, not property owners or businesses, decides where curbs get painted and what the color…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Light RestrictionsEdmonds's traffic engineer can mark a no-parking zone by painting the curb yellow instead of, or in addition to…
Read full rule →Loading Zones
Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.
Port Townsend
Significant RestrictionsPort Townsend lets businesses apply to the police department for a reserved curbside loading zone, sized to one…
Read full rule →Snohomish County
Significant RestrictionsPlacing a loading zone, bus stop, or shelter pad in a Snohomish County road right-of-way takes a Type C1 permit under…
Read full rule →Auburn
Some RestrictionsAuburn limits vehicles in marked loading zones to expeditious loading or unloading only, capping the stop at 15 minutes…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue requires a special permit from the traffic engineer before any vehicle can load or unload merchandise at a…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsCommercial vehicles may stop in a marked Bellingham loading zone only to load or unload property, and never for more…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsClark County requires off-street truck loading spaces for larger commercial and institutional buildings. Commercial and…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett manages downtown on-street parking under an 85 percent occupancy rule, tightening restrictions in the central…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, heavy trucks are barred from residential-zone roads and limited to two hours in…
Read full rule →Grant County
Some RestrictionsGrant County requires one off-street loading space for any non-residential building of 10,000 square feet or more, with…
Read full rule →Kennewick
Some RestrictionsKennewick limits standing in a marked loading zone to the time needed to load or unload property, capped at 30 minutes…
Read full rule →Kent
Some RestrictionsKCC 9.38.025 lets Kent's traffic engineer designate loading zones and passenger loading zones under WAC 308-330-265…
Read full rule →King County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated King County, drivers may stop in a marked passenger loading zone only to load or unload passengers…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Some RestrictionsKirkland bars parking in marked loading zones between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., though a bona fide delivery vehicle may…
Read full rule →Kitsap County
Some RestrictionsKitsap County requires off-street loading spaces for commercial, industrial, and multifamily buildings over 4,000…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood, Washington requires any building that is erected, enlarged, or converted to a new use to provide at least one…
Read full rule →Marysville
Some RestrictionsOnly truck-licensed commercial vehicles may use a Marysville truck loading zone, and even then just for up to 30…
Read full rule →Pasco
Some RestrictionsPasco's City Engineer designates curb loading zones for passengers and freight, marking each with a 'LOADING ZONE - NO…
Read full rule →Pierce County
Some RestrictionsLoading and unloading on public roads in unincorporated Pierce County follows Washington's RCW 46.61.570, which allows…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Some RestrictionsPuyallup limits curb loading zones to their designated purpose: three minutes for passenger loading and 30 minutes for…
Read full rule →Renton
Some RestrictionsRenton requires permanent off-street loading space for any building whose deliveries or shipments make it necessary…
Read full rule →Seattle
Some RestrictionsCurb space in Seattle isn't first-come, first-served once the City wants to allocate it: SMC 11.23.420 lets the…
Read full rule →Spokane County
Some RestrictionsIn the Spokane County Courthouse Complex parking area and other county-owned lots, SCC 46.48A.040 reserves marked…
Read full rule →Spokane Valley
Some RestrictionsSpokane Valley requires on-site loading spaces for retail, service, wholesale, manufacturing, storage, warehousing…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Some RestrictionsTacoma caps use of a marked loading zone at 30 minutes for freight loading and 3 minutes for passenger pickup or…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsIn Thurston County's Neighborhood Commercial zoning district, County Code Section 21.36.070 lets a business double up…
Read full rule →Whatcom County
Some RestrictionsEvery commercial, manufacturing or institutional building in unincorporated Whatcom County that generates delivery…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima requires businesses with frequent truck loading to provide off-street loading docks at least 12 feet wide and 25…
Read full rule →Yakima County
Some RestrictionsYakima County Code § 19.22.060(3) requires off-street loading and truck-queuing spaces for commercial, industrial, and…
Read full rule →Preferential Parking Districts
Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.
Kent
Significant RestrictionsKent runs a residential parking zone (RPZ) program under KCC 9.38.175 that reserves street parking for neighborhood…
Read full rule →Puyallup
Significant RestrictionsPuyallup issues parking permits under PMC § 10.40.028 to allow parking in specific restricted zones otherwise closed by…
Read full rule →Tacoma
Significant RestrictionsTacoma lets residents petition for a 'Residential Parking Zone' restricting on-street parking to permit holders, their…
Read full rule →Auburn
Some RestrictionsAuburn's city engineer creates Restricted Parking Zones (RPZs) under ACC Chapter 10.41 to reserve on-street parking for…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Some RestrictionsBellevue's city council may establish residential permit parking zones restricting on-street parking to permit holders…
Read full rule →Bellingham
Some RestrictionsBellingham operates two permit-only Residential Parking Zones near Sehome Hill and downtown, restricting weekday street…
Read full rule →Edmonds
Some RestrictionsEdmonds designates three residential parking zones, Red, Blue and Yellow, under ECC Chapter 8.52. Residents lacking…
Read full rule →Everett
Some RestrictionsEverett lets neighborhoods petition for a Residential Parking Zone (RPZ), letting resident permit-holders park beyond…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsYakima issues residential parking permits for a defined central business district zone, letting qualifying residents…
Read full rule →Kirkland
Light RestrictionsKirkland's zoning code lets developers set aside certain off-street parking stalls as preferential parking. Under KZC…
Read full rule →Snow Removal Parking Rules
On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.
Federal Way
Some RestrictionsWhen Federal Way's public works director declares a snow alert, FWRC 8.60.030 bans parking on any designated primary…
Read full rule →Yakima
Some RestrictionsDuring a declared snow alert, Yakima bans parking on posted snow routes until snowfall stops and plowing finishes, with…
Read full rule →King County
Light RestrictionsUnincorporated King County designates certain arterials and school bus routes as snow emergency routes: the roads…
Read full rule →Towing & Impound Rights
What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.
Washington: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsWashington caps what a private-property tow can cost. Under RCW 46.55.118, a class A, D or E tow truck operator's filed…
Read full rule →Seattle
Heavy RestrictionsWashington pegs most private impound rates to a percentage of the State Patrol's negotiated contract rate, but Seattle…
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