Ordinance Summary 11-004 City of Spokane Valley
11707 E. Sprague
Spokane Valley,WA 99206
(509)921-1000
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE PASSED
BY SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
The following is the title and summary of Ordinance No. 11-004 passed by the Spokane Valley City
Council on the 22nd day of March 2011:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON
AMENDING ORDINANCE 07-015 AND SPOKANE VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS
(SVMC) 19.40.150 AMENDING REGULATIONS FOR THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
The ordinance amends the regulations by excluding chickens from the requirements associated with
animal raising and keeping, such as having a lot or tract that exceeds 40,000 square feet; and includes that
in residential areas chickens are limited to one chicken per 2,000 gross square feet with a maximum of 25
birds, prohibits keeping roosters, gives specific requirements for containment structures and structure
setbacks, states that all chickens must be contained within the subject property, and that structures, pens,
yards,etc must be kept clean and sanitary.
The full text of Ordinance 11-004 is available at the City of Spokane Valley City offices as identified
above. A copy will be mailed upon request to the City Clerk.
Christine Bainbridge,City Clerk
Published: April 1,2011
I certify that I believe the foregoing summary to be a true and complete summary of Ordinance No. 11-
004, that the summary provides adequate notice to the public of the contents of this ordinance, and that
the original ordinance is on file with the City Clerk. /
ristine Bainbridge,City Clerk
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SPOKANE COUNTY
In the Matter of:
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE PASSED ) No.
Spokane Valley City Council
Ordinance No. 11-004 ) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLISHING
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MICHAEL HUFFMAN ,being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he is the EDITOR,of The Spokane
Valley News Herald,a weekly newspaper.That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and it is now and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to,published in the English language continually as a weekly newspaper in
Spokane County,Washington,and it is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of
publication of said newspaper,which said newspaper had been approved as a legal newspaper b orde ; e Superior Court of the
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