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City staff propose changes to Spokane addressing code to help first responders reach steep lots and rear-access units
Summary
Planning staff asked the Plan Commission on June 11 to approve code edits that would let the addressing administrator name and use nontraditional travelways (alleys, driveways, access lanes) for addressing when vehicular access or emergency response requires it, and to remove a requirement that minor deviations need city council approval.
A planning staff presenter told the Spokane Plan Commission on June 11 that proposed amendments to the city’s addressing code would give the addressing administrator more discretion to name non‑roadway travel surfaces and to assign addresses where vehicular access actually occurs, changes staff says emergency responders prefer.
The presenter (identified in the meeting as planning staff) said the proposed revisions would strike a restrictive clause in current code (17D.050.A.050) that prevents naming most non‑roadway traveled surfaces, and would add language allowing "driveways, alleys, access to parking areas, and other travel surfaces that are not considered roadways" to be named at the discretion of the addressing administrator. The presenter explained that in practical terms the change would allow addresses to be assigned where vehicles access a…
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