Staff proposed combining Employment Center and Town Center into ECR and consolidating office into a research/office/industrial (ROI) category; urban service‑area FAR levels were proposed at up to 5.0, and staff clarified vertical mixed‑use requirements and how COM (core) will allow residential when vertically integrated.

City plans form-based code to enhance walkability and community character in new town center development.

Staff reported a community input session for the 611 Main Street (former RMV) RFP that attracted roughly 10 attendees; feedback prioritized affordable housing and concerns about homelessness and business impacts, and staff expects to share a draft RFP with criteria at the October meeting.

City staff presented the draft Spokane 2046 land use chapter, proposing five strategic focus areas including new "urban hubs" (mixed‑use nodes) and highlighted coordination with Build Spokane; staff also noted the city council recently dissolved the Design Review Commission and transferred its duties to the Plan Commission.

The workshop presented a proposed land‑use map for a 30‑square‑mile Greater Rigby area that adds mixed‑use, suburban and rural residential categories to guide future development and preserve agricultural transitions and open space.

A Development Minute update said Ovation, a master-planned mixed-use development at 150 and 291, is in early construction and that phase one is targeted for completion this fall.

After extended questions about height limits, parking and sidewalks, the council adopted Ordinance 2026‑O‑8 to implement Town Center urban design standards. Staff and consultants said range‑based heights and parking minima aim to encourage walkable, mixed‑use redevelopment while protecting transitions to single‑family areas.

After a lengthy presentation, commissioners voted to advance a set of zoning text amendments to comply with recent state laws (PA 25‑1 and PA 21‑29): eliminating local minimum dwelling floor‑area requirements, adding 'transit community middle housing development' and mixed‑use definitions, and establishing a summary‑review path for 2–9 unit developments in commercial/mixed zones (with design and buffer standards).

The Planning, Housing and Parks Committee unanimously recommended Zoning Text Amendment 25-13 — an omnibus package of technical zoning clarifications — including changes to regional shopping-center height rules, restoration of a 30% residential cap in employment zones, and narrowed outdoor-storage restrictions that exclude personal vehicles.

The DRB approved Park Phase 1 (former Cracker Jacks parcel) to include about 159 residences, ~106,000 sq ft of commercial space, a 40,000 sq ft fitness center, a 2‑acre central park and underground utilities along Scottsdale Road; two members recused from the vote.

City staff said Magnus Capital Partners was selected through RFP to repurpose the historic Zion Baptist Church site into a mixed‑use project; the commission approved an emergency ordinance authorizing a $250,000 option/purchase to secure site control for a funding application and potential use of historic tax credits.

Build Wyco and BoxDev presented Piper Village, a proposed 161–174‑unit mixed housing subdivision (cottages, villas, townhomes) that would rebuild streets and add walking paths and a village green. The commission recommended approval of plat and plan review; staff and commissioners discussed parking strategy, infrastructure replacement and timelines (estimated 3–5 years).

Fordigan Clark and partners outlined proposals for mixed‑use redevelopment at 2310 York Street and a four‑acre Ray Thomas parcel, projecting roughly 115–120 apartments plus townhomes and estimating predevelopment costs “a little over $300,000.”

Staff outlined proposed changes to allow hotels as mixed uses in the Fishkill Development District; public commenters raised historic preservation and density concerns and the council moved to workshop the proposal further and adjourn the hearing for additional review.

A public‑private team presented a mixed‑use redevelopment for a city‑owned 5‑acre parcel at Kearns Boulevard and Bonanza Drive that would add roughly 88 deed‑restricted affordable units, retail, nonprofit arts space, an amphitheater, and a childcare center; staff and the commission focused on heights, parking, traffic and soil remediation.

After a lengthy presentation, public comment and debate about access, precedent and the township's comprehensive‑plan review, the commission voted to recommend denial of a proposed text amendment to permit multifamily uses in the C‑3 Regional Commercial District.

The Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed a proposed zoning text amendment to add a middle-housing/form-based design section (44.9). Commissioners questioned a staff recommendation that would allow up to 65% residential coverage on a lot while requiring only a 20% ground-floor commercial minimum for developments over nine units and urged raising the commercial minimum.

Staff told the council one recruitment priority is auto dealerships and mixed-use projects on sites with direct freeway frontage, saying dealerships generate relatively high sales tax and that freeway visibility is a key lure for potential tenants.

The board approved owner‑requested annexation of a 1.7‑acre parcel and rezoned it to Kingsport MX (mixed‑use), combining it with a 41‑acre Project Inlet site after a positive planning commission recommendation; both measures passed unanimously.