Land Capacity Analysis draws developer concerns about inventory, infrastructure and transparency

Mar 10, 2025

City planning staff described the Land Capacity Analysis as an early, general step in Spokane’s Plan Spokane 2046 process; homebuilders and realtors urged more realistic inventories, an infrastructure gap analysis and greater transparency of the assumptions behind capacity figures.

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City planning staff briefed the Urban Experience Committee on the Land Capacity Analysis (LCA), describing it as the early, “high-level” step required by the Growth Management Act methodology to determine whether the city has sufficient land to accommodate anticipated growth. Staff stressed the LCA is a physical-capacity analysis based on zoning and development regulations and not a market-feasibility or affordability forecast.

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