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• Zoning change a hot topic

  May 26, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Tuesday’s meeting of the Spokane Valley City Council got a bit wild, with motions made and withdrawn, a discussion about whether a vote could be redone and lengthy public testimony. …

• Neighbors testify against zone change

  May 10, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V9 The Spokane Valley City Council appears poised to disregard pleas from neighbors and the recommendation of the city’s planning commission and allow a zone change that would permit a high …

• Haystack Building faced myriad obstacles

  March 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The neighbors affectionately call it the Haystack Building, because of the rock formations around it. It’s been under construction since 2009 but it wasn’t until mid-January that the project finally … 1

• Kootenai County revising land-use codes

  July 19, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Kootenai County on Monday launched what is expected to be a two-year process to revise its land-use regulations. The county has hired a nationwide planning firm that aims to create …

• Valley council looks at St. John Vianney project proposal

  June 30, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council got its first look Tuesday at a proposed development agreement that has been negotiated between city staff and St. John Vianney Catholic Church. The neighbors …

• Valley Council takes key step to kill SARP

  April 21, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council took the next-to-last step in eliminating the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan Tuesday when it voted to advance an ordinance to kill the plan. The move was … 1

• Valley council axes city center zone

  January 27, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After more than an hour of public comment received from a packed house, the Spokane Valley City Council voted Tuesday to pass an emergency comprehensive plan amendment that would eliminate … 1

• Kootenai County OKs new comprehensive plan

  December 31, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday approved a comprehensive plan that’s been four years in the making. Updating the 16-year-old plan began in the fall of 2006 and involved hundreds of …

• Broadcast costs weighed

  April 29, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A discussion on whether or not to broadcast the Spokane Valley City Council meetings received a lukewarm reception Tuesday, with some Council members strongly in favor of it and others …

• Council tackles zoning

  April 3, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council got its first look at this year’s proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments Tuesday and, as expected, they generated a discussion on what things should be in …

• Sprague/Appleway plan not simple to alter

  March 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It is not legal for the new Spokane Valley City Council to simply declare the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan null and void, said City Attorney Mike Connelly during Tuesday’s meeting. Instead …

• More cuts made to 2010 Liberty Lake budget

  November 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V12 Liberty Lake City Council members began a close examination of Mayor Wendy Van Orman’s proposed 2010 budget Tuesday night, asking questions about specific line items and making suggestions on where …

• Cheney planning its future

  October 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W1 The city of Cheney is thinking about its future – primarily the next 20 years – and updating the current comprehensive plan will help the city set guidelines. But in …