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Planning commission adopts findings to deny permanent increase to wireless tower height after split 4‑2 vote
Summary
Staff described risks tied to letting temporary emergency rules lapse for a relocating regional emergency provider; commissioners discussed vested‑rights, conditional use permit protections, and whether to reconsider staff’s recommendation. The commission voted 4–2 to adopt findings recommending denial of the permanent code amendment (CTA‑25‑2025‑002).
Spokane Valley — The Spokane Valley Planning Commission on Nov. 13 voted 4–2 to adopt findings of fact recommending that the City Council deny a code text amendment that would allow regional emergency communications towers up to 100 feet plus a 20‑foot antenna (120 feet total) in all zones when used by a regional provider for emergency communications.
Laurie Barlow, senior planner in the city’s Community and Economic Development Department, told the commission staff had initially supported an emergency ordinance to accommodate one provider’s relocation but later identified scenarios where temporary allowances could leave a provider without vested rights — for example, if a required…
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