Garbage and curbside recycling pickup will be a day late starting Wednesday, with Friday’s pickup occurring on Saturday due to the New Year’s Day holiday. Christmas Tree pickup will also start this week. Please have your carts and trees out at the point of collection by 6 AM on your collection day. Green carts will be collected next week from January 6th – 10th on your regularly scheduled pickup day. See more information regarding other City closures.
Garbage and curbside recycling pickup will be a day late starting Wednesday, with Friday’s pickup occurring on Saturday due to the New Year’s Day holiday. Christmas Tree pickup will also start this week. Please have your carts and trees out at the point of collection by 6 AM on your collection day. Green carts will be collected next week from January 6th – 10th on your regularly scheduled pickup day. See more information regarding other City closures.

2015/2016 Proposed Comprehensive Plan Land Use Amendments

What's Happening Now:

On November 7, 2016 the City Council concluded the public hearings on all three proposed amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan. City Council approved the land use plan map change requests by Avista and QueenB Radio. The proposal by Morningside Investments LLC was not approved. A copy of the ordinance or resolution for each proposed amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan will be posted on the appropriate project page when it becomes available.

Background:

Most years the City of Spokane accepts applications for the annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment process. The deadline for these applications is October 31, per Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) SMC 17G.020. On May 9, 2016 the Spokane City council adopted Ordinance C35386 suspending the acceptance of applications for the 2016/2017 amendment cycle. The next opportunity to apply for an amendment will be by October 31, 2017. For more information on the Amendment process described in the SMC, see this code. For an illustration of the process, view our process overview document.

Dates for procedural actions related to all proposals for the 2015/2016 amendments:

  • Agency/Department Comment Period – December 9, 2015 to February 8, 2016
  • Public Comment Period – May 10, 2016 to July 25, 2016
  • Plan Commission Workshops – Held for each during the Public Comment Period
  • Plan Commission Hearing – September 14, 21, and 28, 2016
  • City Council Hearing – November 7, 2016

For each proposal, application materials, agency comment and any additional studies are posted on the application page.

File#: Z1500078COMP
Name: Avista Corporation
Proposal: Change in Land Use Plan Map/Zoning
Neighborhood: Logan
City Contact: Kevin Freibott, 509.625.6184, kfreibott@spokanecity.org

File#: Z1500084COMP
Name: Morningside Investments
Proposal: Change in Land Use Plan Map/Zoning
Neighborhood: North Indian Trail
City Contact: Tirrell Black, 509.625.6185, tblack@spokanecity.org

File#: Z1500085COMP
Name: QueenB Radio
Proposal: Change in Land Use Plan Map/Zoning
Neighborhood: Southgate
City Contact: Kevin Freibott, 509.625.6184, kfreibott@spokanecity.org

File#: Z1500087COMP (withdrawn)
Name: Crapo/McCarroll East
Proposal: Change in Land Use Plan Map/Zoning
Neighborhood: North Indian Trail
City Contact: Tirrell Black, 509.625.6185, tblack@spokanecity.org

Contact Information

Written comments should be mailed, delivered to:
Planning & Development Services
Attn: Tirrell Black
Associate Planner
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201-3329

Written comments may also be emailed to: tblack@spokanecity.org
509.625.6185