A.

All parcels zoned commercial shall require site improvements. Site improvements include:

1.

Site must be developed in accordance with Spokane County standards for stormwater control as may be amended; and

2.

Paving of all parking areas, whether required parking or not, stopping, storage and roadway (driving) areas.

B.

Site improvements shall be required when the site is developed.

C.

All stormwater control plans for treatment and control shall, when required, be submitted for review and developed in accordance with Spokane County standards, as amended. The following shall apply to stormwater control:

1.

No private stormwater control device, swale or ponds shall be placed within fifty (50) feet of the ordinary high water mark of the Spokane River.

2.

All stormwater control devices, swales and ponds shall be located on the same parcel containing the use/development it is mitigating.

3.

All development requires a stormwater control plan, unless all of the following are true:

a.

There will be no increase in trip generation (using the most recent edition of the Trip Generation Manual, Institute of Transportation Engineers' or specific local data collected by a registered professional engineer) when the use of the site or structure is changed from the current use. For structures currently vacant, the most recent use, as evidenced by a certificate of occupancy, would be considered as the current use;

b.

There is no increase in structure size, impervious area or type of groundcover;

c.

There is no change to the exterior HVAC system or roofing material which would produce contaminated stormwater runoff;

d.

There is no storage of chemicals or fertilizers on the site or in the structure.

4.

Commercial structures, containing a commercial use, built and used for commercial purposes prior to the date stormwater control plans were required are exempted from the stormwater plan requirements for minor interior remodels provided the conditions in subsections (C)(3)(a) through (d) of this section are met.

5.

All stormwater runoff shall be maintained on site. Development exempted in this section shall require a stormwater control plan if runoff is determined to be leaving the site.

6.

Partial use of a parcel requires the entire unused portion of the parcel be paved and developed with stormwater improvements or be developed in a low growing or mowed groundcover which is automatically irrigated and kept in living condition and made physically unavailable for parking and storage.

D.

All paving, when required, shall be submitted for review. The following requirements apply to paving:

1.

No pavement shall be placed within fifty (50) feet of the ordinary high water mark of the Spokane River.

2.

All pavement shall be located on the same parcel containing the use/development it is mitigating.

3.

All development requires paved travel areas, storage areas and parking.

(Ord. No. 527, § 1, 6-14-2022)

Lighting for those parcels zoned commercial or public reserve is required as follows:

A.

Lighting shall be required when the site is developed.

B.

Lighting shall be replaced as necessary to maintain safety.

C.

Parking areas and structure entries shall be illuminated, at a minimum, from dusk to one hour past the hour of closing with a lighting system so as to provide for well-lit areas.

D.

All exterior lighting shall be constructed, shielded, and used so as not to directly illuminate or create a glare visible from adjacent properties or public right-of-way.

E.

Lighting resembling or conflicting with traffic signals or emergency vehicles or otherwise creating safety hazards for pedestrians or vehicular traffic is prohibited.

(Ord. No. 527, § 1, 6-14-2022)