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Property owners at Fish Lake tell Spokane County commissioners they were denied ADA access and easement rights

2337809 · February 18, 2025
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Summary

During the open public forum several Fish Lake property owners urged the commissioners to grant an easement and restore access to private shoreline property, saying disabled veterans and nearby owners lack ADA access via the park’s boat launch and alleging inconsistent enforcement and a denied easement request.

Speakers at the Feb. 18 Spokane County open public forum raised an access dispute at Fish Lake, asking the Board of County Commissioners to reconsider an easement denial and to address what they described as unequal treatment of disabled property owners.

Michael Steven Morrow, who identified himself as a “100% disabled combat veteran,” told commissioners he and other shoreline property owners had been denied easement access to private property on the Fish Lake shoreline and accused Spokane County Parks and Recreation, Spokane County Building and Planning, and the…

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