Spokane Valley, WA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

025. Where the encampment or stored property creates an immediate and significant risk of harm or impedes pedestrian or vehicular traffic, subsection (A) authorizes police, City staff, or a contracted agent to remove everything, including camp facilities, paraphernalia, contraband, litter, and solid waste, on the spot. 50, and that unclaimed property left after the notice period is subject to removal and temporary storage. After the 48-hour window, city personnel or agents may remove the property; anything taken must be stored for at least 60 days before disposal, notice of where to reclaim it must be posted at the site, and if an owner can reasonably be identified the City must attempt to contact them.

Contraband is seized and disposed of or held as evidence, and litter or solid waste is disposed of properly. Subsection (C) gives any individual who received a removal notice or lost property the right to meet with the city manager or a designee to raise concerns; the City must issue a written decision, and if the meeting is requested before removal, the removal is stayed unless the property poses an immediate threat to public health, safety, or welfare.