Spokane Municipal Code

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.123 Form Based Code Zones

Section 17C.123.030 Regulating & Street Section Plans

This section provides and describes the FBC Regulating Plan and Street Section Plan - two map illustrations showing the location and limits of various features and physical characteristics required under this code. The Regulating Plan also indicates placement and extents of “Shopfront Street” areas, triggering specific use, building placement and other requirements.

1. Regulating Plan.
   The Regulating Plan for the FBC is included here as Figure 17C.123.030-1, and provides the organizing framework for many of the requirements described herein. The Regulating Plan divides land within the code boundaries into four distinctive context areas and identifies shopfront streets, listed and described as follows:

   1.  CA-1: Context Area 1 provides for and supports the most intense development patterns, generally allowing greater height and building intensities than other context areas. CA-1 is intended to grow as a mixed-use center and focal point for the neighborhood and corridor, supporting significant commercial offerings, service activities, and high-density housing.

   2. CA-2: Context Area 2 provides for and supports mid-range development intensities, allowing somewhat lesser height and building intensities than CA-1. CA-2 is intended to grow as a second-tier mixed-use center for the neighborhood and corridor, supporting commercial offerings, service activities, and high-density housing.

   3. CA-3: Context Area 3 provides for and supports low to mid-range development intensities, allowing lesser height and building intensities than CA-1 or CA-2. CA-3 is intended to grow as a second-tier mixed-use area for the neighborhood and corridor, providing continuity along Hamilton by linking CA-1 and CA-2, while at the same time acting as a transition zone between the corridor environment and CA-4 and neighborhood areas immediately outside the HFBC Limits.

   4.  CA-4: Context Area 4 provides for and supports low to mid-range development intensities, allowing lesser height and building intensities than other context areas. CA-4 is intended to grow as a third-tier mixed-use area for the neighborhood and corridor, acting as a transition zone between the corridor environment and lower-density residential development immediately outside the FBC Limits. Though a mix of uses are allowed in CA-4, the area is envisioned as generally residential in scale and character.

   5. Shopfront Street: provides for areas where specific uses, building placement, and other requirement apply. The shopfront street is generally applied to areas where business or retail use level with and directly along the public right-of-way is seen as critical.

2. Street Section Plan.
   The Context Area Zones are complemented by the Street Section Plan which is included here as Figure 17C.123.030-2 and guides public and private development within the FBC Limits. The Street Section Plan defines four section types and describes amenities based upon the intended use, desired qualities, and community objectives. Right-of-ways shall not be vacated as the space is needed to incorporate the elements described in street designations below. Curb to property line and the sidewalk width shall not be reduced in order to allow for future Street Section elements. The four section types are listed and generally described in order of intensity, as follows:

   1. Street Type 1 (Hamilton Street): Type 1 provides for and supports a mixed-use corridor environment (CA-1, CA-2, CA-3). Type 1 streets have wide, well-maintained sidewalks and pedestrian amenities to encourage strolling, walking, and shopping. They maintain a Planting Zone and Clear Pedestrian Zone on each side of the street.

   2. Street Type 2 (Mission Avenue): Type 2 provides for and supports a blend of mixed-use and residential environments (CA-1, CA-4). Type 2 serves existing east/west arterial needs, and includes a median with turn lanes (at Hamilton), a Planting Zone and Clear Pedestrian Zone on each side of the street.

   3. Street Type 3 (Includes Sinto, Sharp, Boone): Type 3 provides for and supports a mixed-use district environment (CA-2, CA-3, CA-4). Type 3 includes a Planting Zone and Clear Pedestrian Zone on each side of the street.

   4. Street Type 4 (Includes Augusta and Dakota): Type 4 provides for and supports an environment bridging between mixed-use and residential areas (CA-4). Type 4 includes a Planting Zone and Clear Pedestrian Zone on each side of the street.

Figure 17C.123.030-1 Regulating Plan for the Form Based Code

Figure 17C.123.030-2 Street Section Plan for the Form Based Code

Date Passed: Monday, January 12, 2015

Effective Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2015

ORD C35212 Section 1