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Title 08 Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 08.02 Fees and Charges

Section 08.02.012 Development Periodic Fee Adjustment
  1. Effective January 1, 2026, and the first January of each year thereafter, the development fees listed in Section 08.02.0220 Sidewalk Cafes, Section 08.02.0235 Parklets and Streateries, Section 08.02.030 Boiler Code, Section 08.02.031 Building Code, Section 08.02.032 Electrical Code, Section 08.02.033 Elevator Code, Section 08.02.035 Mechanical Code, Section 08.02.036 Plumbing Code, Section 08.02.037 Sewer Code, Section 08.02.0371 Water Code, Section 08.02.038 Shorelines Management, Section 08.02.039 Special Inspections and Other Fees, Section 08.02.060 Building Code, Section 08.02.061 Environmental Policy, Section 08.02.064 Plats, Section 08.02.065 Streets and Airspace, Section 08.02.0655 Private Construction Plan Review and Inspection, Section 08.02.066 Zoning, Section 08.02.0665 Design Review, Section 08.02.067 Existing Building and Conservation Code, Section 08.02.069 Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Code Amendments, Section 08.02.0696 Concurrency Inquiry Application Fee,  Section 08.02.087 Appeals, Section 08.02.089 Special Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Movements, Section 08.02.0204 Building Contractors and Workers shall be adjusted by the City of Spokane Building Official for an amount equal to the Consumer Price Index for West Urban Consumers (CPI) adjustment for the previous July-to-July U.S. All City Average (CPI-U and CPI-W). The adjusted fees shall include an upper limit based on the average CPI rate over the past three years. The newly determined amount shall be rounded up to the nearest dollar and shall not exceed the calculated upper limit “average percentage”. In addition, the adjusted fees shall be presented to the city council for approval and a copy of the approved fees filed with the city clerk and city building official before becoming effective. 
  1. Building permit fees shall not be included in the annual automatic adjustment because updates occur semi-annually through the International Code Council (ICC) published updates. 
  1. No other fee schedules shall be affected by such automatic adjustments unless expressly noted. 

 

Date Passed: Monday, December 9, 2024

Effective Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

ORD C36619 Section 30

February 23, 2025