The Spokane City Council is set to vote on a proposal Monday that would allow code enforcement to require vacant property owners to hire security at their own expense.
Councilmembers Paul Dillon and Zack Zappone proposed the ordinance to consolidate all of the city’s existing property maintenance and use regulations into one location. While the language is largely the same as the current Spokane Municipal Code, some sections add new requirements.
If approved, the ordinance would enact a new chapter of the city code, repeal redundancies and impose new regulations on vacant property owners. Similar guidelines exist to an extent in the current code but target chronic nuisances rather than the city’s 3,500 acres of vacant land.
“Section 10.63.080(C) grants code compliance officers’ authority to require costly interventions, including hiring on-site security,” Gordon Hester, president and chief executive officer of Kiemle Hagood, a local property management company, emailed Mayor Lisa Brown and the council.
He called the regulations and others in the proposal a “clear overreach” of the local government.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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