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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 10
Chapter 10.515
Section 10.515.040
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Chapter 10.515 Fair Meal Delivery Requirements

Section 10.515.040 Fees and charges
  1. As part of the agreement between restaurants and food delivery platforms required pursuant to section 10.515.030, food delivery platform shall not charge a restaurant a fee for delivery services to any location within City of Spokane limits that totals more than 15 percent of the purchase price of each food or beverage order.
  1. Exceptions:
    1. The provisions of this ordinance shall not limit the ability of any restaurant to choose to pay a higher commissioner or supplemental fee to access additional advertising or other products and services offered by any food delivery platform.
    1. The limits on fees in (A) of this subsection will not apply to a food delivery platform that offers licensed food establishments the option to obtain delivery services for a total fee that does not exceed 15% of the purchasing price of each online order. This provision allows food delivery platforms to provide services to a restaurant with fees that exceed the 15% limit, so long as food delivery platforms also provide restaurants the option of obtaining delivery services that do not exceed the 15% fee limit.
    1. Food delivery platforms are prohibited from refusing to provide service to a restaurant based solely on the restaurant’s decision to select the 15% fee option for delivery services

Date Passed: Monday, December 5, 2022

Effective Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023

ORD C36331 Section 1