A home profession in unincorporated Spokane County requires a home-profession permit from the county Division of Building and Planning. A larger home industry requires a conditional use permit approved by the Hearing Examiner after a public hearing.
Spokane County Zoning Code requires a home-profession permit obtained from the Division of Building and Planning before operating. The home profession must be incidental to the residence, occupy no more than 49 percent of the livable floor area, use only resident family members, not occupy a detached accessory building, and operate only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. (hours specified on the permit). A home industry is the higher-intensity tier: it is approved through a conditional use permit and public hearing before the Hearing Examiner, and may employ no more than two non-family employees.
Operating without the required home-profession permit or beyond permit conditions (hours, floor area, employees) is a zoning violation subject to code-enforcement action and abatement.
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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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