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Spokane County adopts broad nuisance‑code rewrite, adds civil infractions and code‑enforcement officer role
Summary
The county repealed and replaced Spokane County Code chapter 6.13 to broaden nuisance definitions, add a code‑enforcement officer, introduce civil infractions (up to $250 per day per violation), and enable county abatement and lien authority; the changes passed unanimously after residents described decades‑long neighborhood problems.
Spokane County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 16 to repeal and replace County Code chapter 6.13 (Nuisances), introducing a civil enforcement framework, a new county code‑enforcement officer role and clearer abatement remedies.
Deputy prosecuting attorney Jamieson Dumou told the board the current code funneled nuisance enforcement through building and planning departments and the prosecuting attorney’s office but lacked a functional civil‑penalty process. The new code…
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