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Plan Commission backs addressing-code revisions to ease infill addressing, adds safeguards
Summary
The Spokane Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend code changes that let the addressing administrator append letter suffixes and use multiple‑unit addressing to avoid forcing neighbors to change numbers, while making readdressing a last resort.
The Spokane Plan Commission on July 23 voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt revisions to the city's addressing code intended to reduce barriers to infill development and to improve clarity for emergency responders.
Commissioners and staff said the proposed amendments clarify that definitions in the addressing chapter apply only to addressing, create alternatives for assigning addresses where numeric slots are insufficient, and give the addressing administrator authority to name traveled ways where access is constrained. The commission adopted language allowing a letter suffix to be appended to an address (for example, "118A") and explicitly making readdressing of nearby parcels permissible only "if no other feasible option is available." The changes also preserve a strong preference not to change existing addresses except as a last resort.
The code changes were presented by Director Spencer…
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