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Spokane County prosecutors propose civil nuisance enforcement, $250/day fines and private-camping ban on unincorporated land
Summary
Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney's Office presented code amendments to create a civil-infraction regime and a code enforcement officer to address nuisance properties, plus a private-property long-term camping ordinance; staff will amend camping duration language and hold a public hearing Dec. 16.
Spokane County prosecutors briefed the Board of County Commissioners on proposed changes to county code intended to make nuisance enforcement faster and civil rather than criminal. Jameson Dumo of the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said the rewrite would centralize violations (zoning, building) into a nuisance framework, authorize a dedicated code enforcement officer, and allow civil infractions and abatement actions.
Dumo said the civil-infraction tool would give staff "a notice of violation" and, if property owners fail to comply, allow issuance of civil infractions assessed at "$250 a day per violation every day that that violation exists." He described voluntary abatement agreements as an option for owners who engage with the county; if an abatement is…
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