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Center and Corridor Pilot
Planning Process
Comprehensive Plan May 2001
Comprehensive Plan Background
Bits of News
The City of Spokane 's Comprehensive Plan designates 21
mixed-use centers and corridors within and adjacent to the city limits. These
mixed-use centers and corridors are targeted for future population, development,
and redevelopment growth.
The city has elected to pursue a pilot planning process to determine the best
techniques for planning mixed-use centers and corridors. The purpose of this
process is to successfully plan for four designated centers and corridors and to
determine an efficient process for future center, corridor, and neighborhood
planning.
In November 2001, the City Plan Commission selected four of the twenty-one
mixed-use centers and corridors to conduct pilot projects. The selected centers
and corridors are: Hillyard Business Corridor, South Perry Neighborhood Center ,
West Broadway Neighborhood Center , and Holy Family Employment Center
These pilot projects are currently underway. The products of the pilot projects
vary depending on the specific needs or challenges of the center or corridor.
The plans may range from economic or business development plans, design plans,
to master plans, or a combination of all.
Neighborhood and Environmental Planning staff have been working with Stakeholder
Teams in each of the pilot areas. Stakeholder Team members are residents,
business owners, property owners and others with a vested interest in the area.
These teams guide and make most of the decisions in the pilot planning process.
The Stakeholder Teams held their first meeting in April 2002. Since then, the
teams have studied the issues and opportunities in their areas and identified
many projects that will help create vibrant, thriving centers and corridors. The
Stakeholder Teams may be the primary decision makers for the planning process,
but they constantly seek input from neighborhood residents to help shape and
carry out the goals, policies, and ideas throughout the process.
Centers and Corridors Pilot Process Moves Forward
A Plan Commission Public Hearing will be held on May 14, 2003 to consider
language for two new Comprehensive Plan Land Use categories, language for one
new Zoning Category and four Centers and Corridors Pilot Land Use and Zoning
Change documents.
Notice of this hearing was sent to the Spokesman Review, all agencies on our
SEPA mailing lists, all Pilot Area Stakeholders, all citizens that attended one
of our neighborhood meetings and all Neighborhood Councils. Flyers have been
posted in the Pilot Center and Corridor areas. In addition, Planning Services
also mailed neighborhood open house meeting invitations to every affected
property owner and property owners within 300 feet of affected properties.
The first decision the Plan Commission will be presented with at the May 14th
Public Hearing will be to adopt two new Comprehensive Land Use Categories,
Centers and Corridors Core (CC Core), and Centers and Corridors Transition (CC
Transition). The exact language for these new categories and exactly where they
will be added to the Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan may be found by
clicking on the link below.
The second decision that the Plan Commission will consider is adopting a new
zoning category, Centers and Corridors Type 4 (CC-4). The exact language for
this new designation and how the Initial Land Use Code for Centers and Corridors
will be amended can be found by clicking on the link below.
Finally, the Plan Commission will consider the land use and zoning changes
proposed for each Pilot Area. A SEPA Checklist and Determination of
Nonsignificance have been completed for all four Pilot Areas and can be
accessed, along with maps, at the links below.
Citizens will have an opportunity to testify at the May 14th Plan Commission
Public Hearing, 5:30 p.m., City Council Chambers, City Hall, W. 808 Spokane
Falls Blvd. If you have any questions, please contact Planning Services at
625-6060, or email one of the planning staff listed below.
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On May 21st, 2001 the city council adopted a new Comprehensive
Plan for the City of Spokane. Copies of the text and maps are available at the
City of Spokane Planning Services Department, 808 West Spokane Falls Boulevard,
Room 200, Spokane, Washington 99201 and at the Spokane Public Libraries. The
full text and all maps are also available at the following link.
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On the 22nd day of May, 2000, the City of Spokane Planning
Services Department, Growth Planning Section, issued the
City of Spokane Draft Comprehensive Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
(PDF 66 KB) in compliance with RCW 36.79 A (The Growth Management Act).
Integrated into the plan is a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) under
the provisions of WAC 197-11-235. The comment period on the draft plan began on
May 22, 2000 and ended on September 26, 2000 at 5:00 p.m., after which the City
of Spokane Plan Commission reviewed and considered all comments received on the
draft plan and DEIS during the formal comment period.
Based on Washington State Growth Management goals and
requirements, (Spokane) County-wide planning policies and requirements, public
comment, environmental analysis, market analysis, fiscal analysis, and social
impact analysis, the Plan Commission selected the Centers and Corridors
Alternative, with amendments generated from public comment and analysis, as the
preferred growth alternative for the city's future 20-year growth and
development. On January 17, 2000, the Plan Commission recommended this growth
alternative to the Spokane City Council for adoption.
The
Plan Commission
Recommendation (PDF 8.23 MB) was released for public review and comment in
mid-February, 2001, just prior to City Council hearings on that version of the
Comprehensive Plan/EIS. The Council held seven hearings altogether, at each of
their regular Monday evening meetings between February 26, 2001 and April 9,
2001.
On March 23, 2001, the City of Spokane Planning Services
Department, Growth Planning Section, issued the final
Capital Facilities Plan (PDF 195 KB) and the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (PDF 884 KB) for the recommended
Comprehensive Plan.
For additional information, contact
Ken Pelton
 in the
Planning Services Department at (509) 625-6060.
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On
Wednesday, March 27, 2002, the Spokane City Plan Commission will hold a public
hearing to receive public testimony on amendments to the text and official
zoning map of the Spokane Municipal Code with regards to initial land use
standards and design guidelines for core commercial areas within Centers and
Corridors that where designated by the Comprehensive Plan.
The City Council is considering the adoption of a new
Comprehensive Plan. The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires development
regulations to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The initial
development regulations include changes to the City of Spokane Official Zoning
Map as a first step toward implementing the Comprehensive Plan. The City Council
will hold public hearings on the Draft Initial Development Regulations on May
14, 2001 and May 21, 2001, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers, Lower Level,
City Hall, 808 West Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane, Washington.
The City Council
has proposed text and map adjustments to the recommended Comprehensive Plan
after receiving and reviewing written comments on the plan and hearing public
testimony at seven public hearings held every Monday night from February 26,
2001 through April 9, 2001. The City Council will hold hearings on the
recommended plan on May 7, 2001 and May 14, 2001, at 6:00 p.m. in the City
Council Chambers, Lower Level, City Hall, 808 West Spokane Falls Boulevard,
Spokane, Washington.
On March 23, 2001, the City of Spokane Planning Services
Department issued the final Capital Facilities Plan and the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the recommended Comprehensive Plan.
After five
years, countless meetings, and lots of public input, the City of Spokane's
Comprehensive Plan is nearing the goal line, as our new Mayor would say. The
touchdown-the adoption of the Plan by the City Council-will require a few more
plays, and the City needs your help to move the ball.
The City of Spokane’s
Draft Comprehensive Plan/Environmental Impact Statement was released on May 22,
2000. This started the 120-day comment period during which citizens can make
comments about the proposed draft plan and the three growth alternatives. The
official comment period ends September 15, 2000 at 5:00 p.m.
The City of
Spokane’s Draft Comprehensive Plan/Environmental Impact Statement will be
released on May 22, 2000, which starts the 120-day comment period during which
citizens can make comments about the proposed draft plan and the three growth
alternatives.
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