Spokane Municipal Code

Title 08 Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 08.02 Fees and Charges

Article VIII. Miscellaneous Charges

Section 08.02.085 Historic Preservation

The fees for the services of the historic landmarks commission and historic preservation office are:

1. Nomination to the Local Register of Historic Places.

1. 1. Fifty dollars for residential property; and

1. 2. One hundred dollars for all other property.

2. Design Review/Certificate of Appropriateness.

1. 1. Twenty-five dollars for staff review of the application; and

1. 2. Seventy five dollars for commission review.

1. 3. One hundred fifty dollars for work done without a certificate of appropriateness (in addition to regular fees).

3. Activities to ensure compliance with the federal guidelines for cultural resource management under Section 106 of the 1966 Historic Preservation Act, as amended: Fifty dollars.

4. Application for Special Valuation Tax Abatement.

1. 1. One hundred fifty dollars for residential property; and

1. 2. Two hundred fifty dollars for commercial property less than one million dollars value of the rehabilitation at the time of filing the special valuation application with the Landmarks Commission.

1. 3. Five hundred dollars for commercial property one million dollars to five million dollars of value of the rehabilitation at the time of filing the special valuation application with the Landmarks Commission.

1. 4. One thousand dollars for commercial property of five million one dollars or more of value of the rehabilitation at the time of filing the special valuation application with the Landmarks Commission.

5. Application and liaison activities for investment tax credit technical assistance, based on the value of the rehabilitation work, as follows:

1. 1. Fifty thousand dollars or less: One hundred twenty-five dollars.

1. 2. Over fifty thousand dollars but not over one hundred thousand dollars: Two hundred fifty dollars.

1. 3. Over one hundred thousand dollars but not over two million dollars: Five hundred dollars.

1. 4. Over two million dollars but not over five million dollars: One thousand dollars; and

1. 5. Over five million dollars: One thousand five hundred dollars.

Date Passed: Monday, June 23, 2008

Effective Date: Monday, August 4, 2008

ORD C34252 Section 1