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Office of the Hearing
Examiner
Greg Smith, Hearing Examiner
Room 605, Spokane City Hall
808 West Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: 509/625-6010
FAX: 509/625-6059
E-mail: areid@spokanecity.org
The Office of the Hearing Examiner acts on behalf of the City Council in
issuing written documentation and recommendations on land use
applications for variances, special permits, zone changes, subdivisions,
and other permits. The office also hears matters relating to local
improvement districts, junk vehicles, dangerous buildings, and dangerous
dogs, as well as other matters referred by the City Council. To
this end, the Hearing Examiner holds public administrative or
quasi-judicial hearings, receives public testimony and written evidence,
reviews and interprets applicable land use ordinances, and issues a
written decision or recommendation setting forth findings of fact and
conclusions of law. The Hearing Examiner is an attorney
specializing in land use law, appointed by the Spokane City Council.
The Hearing Examiner's Office is not part of the Planning Department.
The City maintains a separate file for every application and/or appeal.
The file is available for public review and normally includes the application,
an environmental checklist, SEPA threshold determination, draft and final
environmental impact statements (if required), technical studies, record of
public notice, agency comments, and all correspondence received. Persons
desiring to review the file in advance of the hearing should call the Planning
Department for an appointment. After the hearing and after the Hearing
Examiner's decision is rendered, the complete file will be available for review
in the Hearing Examiner's Office.
Listed below are recent decisions on land use matters issued by the
Hearing Examiner. Click on the file number to read the decision.
If the item you are looking for is not in this group, please contact the
Hearing Examiner's Office for assistance.
2002 Land Use Decisions
2003 Land Use Decisions
2004 Land Use Decisions
2005 Land Use Decisions
2006 Land Use Decisions
2007 Land Use Decisions
2008 Land Use Decisions
2009 Land Use Decisions
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