Jon Snyder, Director of Transportation and Sustainability, No Phone Number Available
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.
The City is finalizing its procedures to administer the local option commercial parking tax program. As a reminder, the local option commercial parking tax goes into effect on April 1, 2026. The City requests that this commercial parking lot registration form be completed for each lot engaged in commercial parking by March 20, 2026. This form will be used to identify the appropriate contact for each lot and to determine eligibility for the Efficient Land Use Credit. This form must be completed only once unless there is a change in Efficient Land Use Credit status, company remitting the tax to the City, or the total number of stalls. More information on the new commercial parking tax can be fond here: Commercial Parking Tax - City of Spokane, Washington
Complete commercial parking lot registration form for each commercial parking lot. This form must be updated within 30 days of a change in Efficient Land Use Credit status, taxpayer, or the number of total parking stalls. The Taxpayer listed in this form is the commercial parking business, agent, or property owner responsible for collecting and remitting the local option commercial parking tax to the City of Spokane. Pursuant to Spokane Municipal Code 08.01.160, each commercial parking lot must have a separate City general business license.
If the commercial parking lot meets any of the following criteria, it may be eligible for an Efficient Land Use Credit:
An approved Efficient Land Use Credit allows the commercial parking lot to impose a commercial parking tax rate of ½ the imposed rate. Ordinance C36801 imposes a 0.12 (12%) rate on the act of parking a vehicle in a facility operated by a commercial parking business. Lots with an Efficient Land Use Credit may impose a rate of 0.06 (6%) instead of a 0.12 (12%) rate.
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