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Council and commissioners discuss a fire-impact-fee study and possible fire district

Spokane City Council and Planning Commission joint session · April 16, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff told the joint session a study is underway to model potential fire impact fees and what facilities fees could fund; council members noted recent legislative changes reopening the idea of a separate fire district, which would likely require voter approval.

Planning staff told the joint meeting a study is underway to set a baseline for possible fire impact fees: what facilities such fees could pay for, how much revenue they might raise and what the fiscal impacts would be. The staff explained the study is intended to inform future conversations rather than to impose fees immediately.

"We're doing a study right now…

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