Pole Buildings in Deer Park, WA: Shops, Garages & Ag Buildings

Pole buildings in Deer Park, WA, engineered for the heavier snow north of Spokane. Raven Buildings designs and builds post-frame shops, garages, equipment storage and ag buildings in the City of Deer Park and the surrounding north Spokane County, from Clayton and Loon Lake to Chattaroy.

Pole buildings we build in Deer Park

• Shops and detached garages: with overhead doors, walk doors, windows and an optional concrete slab
• Equipment, RV and hay storage: open-sided or fully enclosed
• Ag and horse buildings: post-frame barns sized to the job
• Concrete under it: shop slabs, aprons and approaches poured by the same crew

Deer Park design loads

The City of Deer Park's building code (Deer Park Municipal Code 15.04.010) lists these local design criteria:

• Ground snow load: 56 to 65 lbs per sq ft, using the Spokane County Ground Snow Load Map for the exact value
• Nonresidential roofs: at least 45 lbs per sq ft roof snow load, or more if the building official requires it
• Frostline depth: 36 inches
• Wind: 110 mph gust
• Ice barrier underlayment: required

That's a heavier snow load and a deeper frost line than the Spokane basin, where Spokane County's base ground snow load is 39 psf and footings go at least 24 inches deep. A kit priced for a national average load usually isn't the building you'll permit in Deer Park, so we engineer every truss, post and footing to your parcel.

Permits and zoning inside city limits

• Permit exemption: only one-story detached accessory buildings of 200 sq ft or less skip a building permit under the IRC that Washington adopts statewide
• Size limit on residential lots: Deer Park's zoning code caps a detached accessory building at 1,600 sq ft, with no more than two accessory buildings per residential lot, counting a private garage
• Spacing: a detached accessory building must sit at least 10 feet from the main building
• R-1A zone: accessory building exteriors must be compatible with the house and finished within 90 days of the permit or the start of construction
• Electrical: wiring is permitted separately through Washington L&I

Outside city limits, Spokane County handles the permit, and its review goal for detached accessory buildings is 10 business days for the first review. For more on who permits what, see our Spokane-area permit rules for shops and pole barns.

What a pole building costs

Raven's going rate for an installed pole building is about $60 to $75 per sq ft, not including electrical, plumbing or utility hookups, which are extra.

• 30x40 (1,200 sq ft): about $72,000 to $90,000 installed
• 40x60 (2,400 sq ft): about $144,000 to $180,000 installed
• Always extra: electrical, plumbing and utility hookups
• Varies by site: grading, gravel, driveway approach and how far the utilities run

Installed red-iron steel buildings run about the same in our market. Our red iron vs. pole barn cost guide compares clear span, build time and foundations, and our Deer Park steel building guide covers the PEMB option.

Why Deer Park owners call Raven

• Local: we build across Spokane County and know north-county snow and frost
• Concrete in-house: slab, footings and building from one contractor
• Pole or steel: we build both, so you get an honest comparison for your site

Get a Deer Park pole building quote

Call 509-350-2016 or request a free quote with your size, door layout and address. See our pole building services and concrete services.

Sources

• Installed pricing: Raven Buildings' current going rate for the Spokane area
• City of Deer Park Municipal Code 15.04, Building Codes (design criteria)
• City of Deer Park Municipal Code 18.08.020, Accessory building
• City of Deer Park Municipal Code 18.20, Residential 1A Zone
• Spokane County Building FAQ (snow load)
• City of Spokane / Spokane County Joint Policy BUILD-07, Official Frost Depth
• Spokane County BP-08, Permit Processing Time Savers and Timelines