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Spokane council adopts housing code tweaks to expand infill flexibility
Summary
The Spokane City Council on final reading approved a package of amendments to residential design and parking standards intended to fix errors, clarify rules and allow more flexibility for infill housing, including changes to open-space counting, garage setback rules and window requirements.
Spokane City Council on final reading approved Ordinance C-36-629, a package of amendments to the Unified Development Code that city staff said are intended to fix drafting errors, clarify existing requirements and add flexibility to support infill housing.
The measure rewrites several residential design sections — including open space, entrances, windows, building articulation and parking facilities — and creates a new vehicle parking summary table. City staff said the changes also align parking-related code with a recent council decision to remove minimum off-street parking mandates.
Ryan Shea, a city planning staff member, summarized the…
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