Grant County, WA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

140 sets the off-street loading and dumpster-screening standard that applies to every retail, wholesale, manufacturing, or storage building in unincorporated Grant County, whether it sits in an Urban Growth Area commercial district or a Rural Village Commercial or Rural General Commercial zone. Any building with 10,000 square feet or more of gross floor area needs at least one loading space, and each space must be 10 feet wide, 30 feet long, and clear at least 14 feet 6 inches overhead. Loading spaces cannot obstruct pedestrian or vehicle traffic, cannot project into the public right-of-way, and must be separated from required parking and marked as truck loading spaces.

Where a loading space sits within 100 feet of land designated for residential use, the county requires added screening and operational limits, including architectural or structural barriers, berms, walls, or restricted hours, to cut noise and visual impact on neighbors. The same section folds dumpsters into that buffer requirement: loading areas and dumpsters must be screened from public streets and pedestrian connections using walls, trellises, arcades, or landscaping, so a roll-off or trash enclosure cannot sit exposed at the property line facing a sidewalk or road.

230(h)(12): their common dumpsters and solid waste containers must be enclosed by a six-foot, view-obscuring fence or wall with an access gate. Development Services checks loading and screening layout when it reviews the site plan required for multi-family, commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, and the County Engineer can be asked to review the layout for technical adequacy.