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Planning & Building Services
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Planning & Building Services is the principal planning and development agency for the City. In general our responsibilities include economic development, coordination with the City Engineer in transportation planning, environmental planning, housing, community and parks planning, and urban development. We accomplish these responsibilities by meeting the requirements of the Growth Management Act; maintaining the development codes that regulate the use and development of land and building of structures on the land, and developing long range plans. The section strives to enhance the physical environment and improve the quality of life found in the City of Liberty Lake. The following background information identifies the resources and strategies required in the past and proposed for the future to plan for, design, and manage the physical development of the City.
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Our Objectives are to:
- Assist in establishing and implementing the Comprehensive Plan and fostering development that is consistent with the Plan.
- Maintain or enhance the design of the City through a multi-faceted viewpoint which balances the costs and benefits.
- Administer construction codes that produce a safe, durable, efficient, and accessible built environment.
- Support the development of strong and stable neighborhoods and strengthen the city's bond with neighborhoods through coordinated community partnerships.
- Provide meaningful ways for the public to be involved in land use decisions.
- Enforce codes and regulations effectively and fairly.
- Represent the community's needs and views in regional planning and decision-making.
- Provide citizens and governmental decision-makers with accurate and useful information through surveys, forecasts, and data management.
- Collaborate in the development of projects, programs, and events that contribute to the Liberty Lake's economic vitality.
- Assist the Mayor and City Council in developing new programs and policies that respond to emerging community needs and issues.
- Provide responsive, efficient, consistent, and cost-effective service.
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Planning & Building Services Section Responsibilities
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Com. Development Plans, Codes, & Maps
Long Range Planning maintains the Comprehensive Plan and Map, conducts special studies, coordinates interlocal land use issues, and prepares ordinances and revisions for land use regulations to assure that the City's regulations are in compliance with state law and are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan for future city development, annexations, and community demographic trends.
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Click here to view the Parks, Recreation, Open Space, & Trails Plan & Click here to view the Appendix
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Click here to view the Public Participation Program Handbook
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Click here to view the City Urban Growth Area (UGA) Boundary Alternatives EIS
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Click here to view the Sewer & Water Assumption Feasibility Study Executive Summary
Development Review ensures development proposals are coordinated and conform to applicable laws and adopted City goals and policies, and develops new and updated design and environmental regulations. Additional services include review of plans and studies for various site construction and infrastructure improvements associated with private and public development, and the corresponding permitting and construction inspection.
Building & Permits conducts structural and architectural plan review and provides inspection services to assure code compliance and public safety for the citizens of Liberty Lake.
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Click here to view Planning, Building, & Public Works Applications, Brochures, Forms, & Instructions
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Click here to view the Spokane Regional Stormwater Management Manual
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Click here to view the WA State Building Code Council website to view the building codes
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Click here to view the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency website for air quality permit info
Geographic Information System (GIS) provides mapping and analysis that is used to assess a variety of valuable data from a geographic perspective. At the present time, the City has aerial photos available and several layers of information including Comprehensive Plan designations, zoning and property information for each parcel located in the City. Over time this spatial database will be enhanced with additional information to serve as an important planning tool.
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Economic Development services provide potential business investors with the information they require to make an intelligent location decision and to foster an environment suitable for the growth of existing businesses. This includes developing specialized listings of suitable land and/or buildings for sale/lease. In addition, acting as the City's liaison for site design review, zoning matters; assisting in collecting data for market research; and issues related to creating jobs, increasing income levels, retaining existing businesses, and expanding the tax base while maintaining the overall quality of life.
- Click here to view the City's Statistical Snapshot 2009 Demographics
- Click here to view Liberty Lake's Business Opportunities 2011 Brochure
- Click here to learn more about the City's Development Codes
- Click here to learn more about Liberty Lake's Community Events
- Click here to learn more about Liberty Lake's History
- Click here to view the City of Liberty Lake 2010 Census information
- Click here to visit Select Spokane for Liberty Lake Commercial Real Estate and Market Information
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Code Compliance ensures the land use regulations within the City are adhered to, generally through a complaint-generated system. If a violation has occurred, attempts are made to resolve it first through voluntary compliance or negotiation.
The City of Liberty Lake is a "great place to live, work, and play." The trail system, golf courses, parks, natural beauty within and surrounding the City, high standards of city services, and sensible growth planning, all contribute to the City of Liberty Lake's quality of life. This high quality of life that is enjoyed by residents, businesses, and visitors is maintained by establishing and enforcing Development Codes, Building Codes, & Municipal Codes. Minimum standards set forth in the codes strive to balance the rights of the individual with the needs and rights of other citizens.
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Click here to learn more about the City code enforcement process and to download a Code Violation Investigation Request Form
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Other Community Development Links
Committees & Commissions
- Click here to learn more about the City Planning Commission and to view their agenda
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Community Development Subcommittee
This subcommittee is composed of three City Council members who correspond with the Community Development Department Director on a regular basis about issues including zoning and land use, economic development, and community development
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Design Review Subcommittee
This subcommittee is composed of three members of the Planning Commission and two City staff members that review proposed projects for compliance with the City Design Standards. Additionally, this group facilitates the development and refinement of the City Design Standards. This group meets on an as needed basis.
Community Development Public Notices
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Click here to view current Public Notices and the Weekly Project Updates for Planning, Building, & Public Works
Conservation Awareness
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Click here to learn more about Conservation Awareness
Liberty Lake Gallery Photos
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Click here see how Liberty Lake Lives, Works, & Plays
Public Works
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Click here to learn more about the City's Public Works Section
Recreation
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Click here to learn more about current Recreation Program & Events
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Section Mission Statement
To help create and sustain a quality natural and built environment by guiding growth and change in a manner that preserves and enhances the character of the community, and to work with residents, businesses, elected leaders, and other jurisdictions to achieve Liberty Lake's potential as an outstanding city in which to live, work, and play.
Planning & Building Services carries out our duties with the objective of achieving what is expressed in the following quote:
"Over the long term, places with strong, distinctive identities are more likely to prosper than places without them. Every place must identify its strongest more distinctive features and develop them or run the risk of being all things to all persons and nothing special to any…Livability is not a middle-class luxury. It is an economic imperative."
Robert Solow,
Nobel Prize Winning Economist
Planning & Building Services Staff
Amanda Tainio
Planning & Building Services Manager
(509) 755-6708
atainio@libertylakewa.gov
Wayne Hammond
Chief Building Inspector
(509) 755-6705
whammond@libertylakewa.gov
JoAnn Jenkins
Planning & Building Services Assistant
(509) 755-6700
jjenkins@libertylakewa.gov
City of Liberty Lake
Planning & Building Services
22710 E. Country Vista Drive
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Phone Fax
(509) 755-6700 (509) 755-6713
Hours (excluding holidays)
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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