Council updates good-neighbor ordinance for shelters and holds first readings on downtown height and meeting schedule

Council member Paul Dillon said the Spokane City Council updated an ordinance to reflect stakeholder feedback on the city's good-neighbor agreement, specifically on how the city cites sensitive facilities such as shelters and transitional housing so that neighborhoods receive more input.

Dillon also said the council held first readings on continuing zoning changes for downtown height limits and on changing its legislative meeting nights from Monday to Wednesday evenings beginning in September. Dillon invited public feedback on the proposed schedule change.

The recap provided no ordinance numbers, no text excerpts, and did not include vote tallies for the ordinance update or the first readings. As first readings, the zoning and meeting-night items remain under consideration; the transcript records only that they received initial council consideration.