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Spokane staff brief council on land-use application steps, notices and appeals
Summary
Development Services staff walked Spokane council members through the city's land-use application types, public-notice rules and the 14-day review-by-interested-agencies step, and proposed adding council e-mails to agency distribution lists so members receive early notice of vested applications.
Council President opened a study session on May 1 to review the city's land-use application procedures and how council members are notified.
Donna Debit of the Development Services Department delivered an overview of the current planning process, distinguishing three application tiers: type 1 items tied to building permits, type 2 administrative matters such as short plats, and type 3 quasi-judicial matters (long plats, planned-unit developments and non-administrative conditional-use or rezone requests) that go before the hearing examiner.
"This is not meant to make you an expert in the process," Debit said, describing the presentation as a practical guide council members can reference when…
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