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City of Spokane New Design Guidelines- Planned Unit Developments (PUDs)
What is a Design Guideline? The simple answer can be found in the city’s Unified Development Code. Design Guidelines: A set of design parameters for development which apply within a design district, sub-district, or overlay zone. The guidelines are adopted public statements of intent and are used to evaluate the acceptability of a project’s design. (Spokane Municipal Code 17A.020.040.L) In practice, since design review is an advisory process only, the adopted Design Guidelines help guide conversations that Urban Design staff and the Design Review Board have with a design review applicant. … ensure that projects subject to design review under the Spokane Municipal Code are consistent with adopted design guidelines and help implement the City’s comprehensive plan. (Spokane Municipal Code 04.13.015.B) The guidelines help ensure that these conversations, and the advice rendered, stays focused on the community’s set of aesthetic expectations for the public realm elements of a project or plan.