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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 17D
Chapter 17D.100
Section 17D.100.020
 

Title 17D City-wide Standards

Chapter 17D.100 Historic Preservation

Section 17D.100.020 Historic Landmarks and Districts – Designation

  1. Generally a building, structure, object, site or district which is more than fifty (50) years old or determined to be exceptionally significant in an architectural, historical or a cultural manner may be designated an historic landmark or historic district if it has significant character, interest, or value as a part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, county, state or nation. The property must also possess integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship and association and must fall into one or more of the following categories:

    1. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the city, county, state or nation; or 

    2. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in the history of the city, county, state or nation; or

    3. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction;

    4. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history; or

    5. A property that represents the culture and heritage of the city of Spokane in ways not adequately addressed in the other criteria, as in its visual prominence, reference to intangible heritage, or any range of cultural practices.

  2. An area within Spokane may be designated as an Spokane Register Historic District according to the process described in SMC 17D.100.030 – 17D.100.110.

Date Passed: Monday, February 12, 2018

Effective Date: Saturday, March 31, 2018

ORD C35580 Section 2