Shooting Areas Information and Resources

• No Shooting Areas Map
• Firearms Safety Brochure
• Shooting Areas Petition Area Application Form
• Chapter 6.06.140 Petition Application Requirements
• County Code (Title 6 Policy and Safety, Chapter 6.06 No Shooting Area )
• Shooting Area Advisory Committee Membership Application Form/Information

For additional information on the designated No Shooting Areas or the No Shooting Area petition process, please email or call. 

RFInfo@spokanecounty.org Spokane County Engineers Office Attn: Lori Jeske/Schoonover 1026 W. Broadway Avenue Spokane, WA 99260-0170 509/477-3600 Main | 509/477-7478 Fax

What happens when a request is made to have an area be considered for inclusion as a No Shooting Area, No Bow and Arrow Area or No Shooting and No Bow and Arrow Area?

1. The proponent must first submit an application No Shoot Application Letter answering basic questions to the Spokane County Engineer's Office, 1026 W. Broadway Avenue, Spokane WA 99260.
2. Upon receipt County staff will review the application and generate a petition with the names and parcel numbers of all property owners within the requested area.
3. The petition will be sent to the applicant who then will need to obtain signatures of at least 50% of the effected owners who live in the petition area who are in support of the proposal and return the petition to the Spokane County Engineer's Office.
4. Upon receipt of a petition with sufficient signatures of the owners within the area, a public meeting will be scheduled to act upon the proposal.

Petitions

At the present time, no active petitions are on file with the County.
 

NO SHOOTING AREA DESIGNATIONS
[SPOKANE COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 6.06]

Areas of unincorporated Spokane County can be designated as No Shooting Areas, No Bow and Arrow Areas or No Shooting and No Bow and Arrow Areas or Restricted Shooting Areas.  (Currently, only No Shooting Areas have been established in the unincorporated areas of Spokane County).

Definitions:

"Bow and Arrow"

means an instrument consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material strung taut from end to end (bow) used to launch a straight, thin shaft with a pointed head (arrow).

"Gun"

means any shotgun, fowling piece, rifle, BB gun, air compression rifle, pellet gun, revolver, pistol, or other firearm which projects any bullet, shot, slug, pellet, BB, or any other missile or projectile of any nature.

"Restricted Shooting"

means a specific designation within a "No Shooting Area" or "No Shooting and No Bow and Arrow Area" wherein it is lawful to discharge a shotgun during hunting season as established by the appropriate Washington State agency.

Prohibited Acts:

It is unlawful for any person to discharge a gun in any of the No Shooting Areas. Provided however, it is not unlawful to discharge a shotgun in any No Shooting Area which has also been designated as a "Restricted Shooting Area" (see definition above) during specific hunting season(s) as established by the appropriate Washington State agency. 

It is unlawful for any person to shoot a bow and arrow in any of the No Bow and Arrow Areas.

It is unlawful for any person to discharge a gun (except as provided for in "Restricted Shooting Areas") (see definition above) in any of the No Shooting and No Bow and Arrow Areas.

For more specific information or the full text of the No Shooting Area regulation, see Chapter 6.06 of the Spokane County Code.

 Additional Resources/Information

WA State Dept of Fish and Wildlife

http://wdfw.wa.gov/mapping/gohunt/

WA State Dept of Natural Resources

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Pages/default.aspx