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Council approves interim tower rules, advances business-license change and accepts opioid settlements
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Spokane Valley City Council unanimously approved emergency interim regulations for first-responder communications towers, advanced an ordinance changing a business-license threshold, approved a $1.775 million TPA budget, and authorized participation in opioid settlements.
The Spokane Valley City Council on Sept. 16 unanimously approved a series of procedural and financial measures, including emergency interim regulations to allow taller first-responder communications towers, advancement of a business-license ordinance to a second reading, approval of the 2026 Tourism Promotion Area budget, and participation in opioid settlement distributions from the Purdue reorganization and secondary manufacturer settlements.
The most time-sensitive action reaffirmed facts supporting interim ordinance 25-013 and adopted resolution 25-017, which permit wireless communication towers up to 100 feet, and up to 120 feet including antenna arrays, when those towers are used by regional emergency communications facilities. The vote followed…
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