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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 17C
Chapter 17C.348
Section 17C.348.020
 

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.348 Zoning Standards for Off-Premises Alcohol Outlets

Section 17C.348.020 Definitions
  1. “Community Center” means a publicly-owned property where community members gather to socialize, participate in recreational or educational activities, learn, and/or seek counseling or support services. Community centers house a variety of programs and can be open to everyone in a community or only to a particular group, such as youth or seniors.
  1. “Grocery establishment” means a retail store in this state that is over 15,000 square feet in size and that sells primarily household foodstuffs for off-site consumption, including the sale of fresh produce, meats, poultry, fish, deli products, dairy products, canned foods, dry foods, beverages, baked foods, or prepared foods, and where the sale of household supplies or other products is secondary to the primary purpose of food sales.
  1. “Hotel” means buildings, structures, and grounds, having facilities for preparing, cooking, and serving food, that are kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where food is served and sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which twenty or more rooms are used for the sleeping accommodation of such transient guests. All hotel buildings, structures, and grounds must be located on adjacent property either owned or leased by the same person or persons.
  1. “Library” means the Spokane Public Library, as established under Chapter 6.06 of the Spokane Municipal Code, and all locations operated by the Spokane Public Library. It does not include Spokane Public Library kiosk locations.
  1. “Liquor” in this chapter shall mean the same as “liquor” defined in RCW 66.04.010.
  1. “Off-premises alcohol outlet” means a business that sells liquor intended to be consumed away from the point of sale. It does not include a grocery establishment, hotel, pharmacy, supermarket, or licensed on-premises alcohol outlet.
  1. “On-premises alcohol outlet” means a location that sells alcohol that will be consumed on the premises. Examples include but are not limited to tavern, bars, and restaurants.
  1. “Parks” means and includes all City parks, public squares,  park drives, parkways, park museums, pools, bathing beaches, and playgrounds, recreation grounds, trails, natural areas and any conservation land under the control of the park board.
  1. “Pharmacy” means every place properly licensed by the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission where the practice of pharmacy is conducted as defined by RCW 18.64.011(32).
  1. “Public or Private School” means any tax-supported elementary or secondary school or private school meeting the requirements of RCW 28A and includes any facility hosting an Early Childhood Education Assistance Program or Head Start.
  1. “Supermarket”, as designated by the North American Industry Classification System, means a business where the primary business activity is retailing a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. It does not include Convenience Retailers or Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores as defined by the North American Industry Classification System.
  1. “Transit center” means a facility where multiple buses or trains can stop simultaneously.

Date Passed: Monday, April 28, 2025

Effective Date: Monday, April 28, 2025

ORD C36680 Section 6