Spokane County has no breed-specific ban, and Washington state prohibits municipalities from banning dogs solely by breed. A dog is regulated as dangerous or potentially dangerous based on its behavior, not its breed, under SCC Chapter 5.04.
Neither the Spokane County Code nor Washington state law bans any dog breed. The county's dangerous-dog scheme (SCC 5.04.020, 5.04.032) is entirely behavior-based: a 'dangerous dog' is one that inflicts severe injury or multiple bites on a person, or severely injures or kills an animal off the owner's property, or reoffends after a potentially-dangerous declaration. Breed is used only to describe and identify a dog in a declaration notice (SCC 5.04.032), never as grounds for restriction. Washington's RCW 16.08.100 further bars local governments from declaring a dog dangerous based solely on breed.
Because no breed is banned, there is no breed-based penalty. Owners of dogs declared dangerous by conduct face registration, confinement, insurance, and criminal-penalty requirements under SCC 5.04.035 and 5.04.130.
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Collecting rooftop rainwater is legal in Spokane County without a water-right permit. Under Washington Department of Ecology's 2009 policy, on-site storage a...
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Spokane County itself publishes no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering rules are set by each water purveyor: the City of Spokane and local wa...
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State law (RCW 17.10) requires every Spokane County property owner to eradicate Class A noxious weeds and control designated Class B and C weeds on their lan...
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