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No Shoot Information and Resources

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

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 (Currently only No Shooting Areas have been established).

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 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 a Restricted Shooting Area during hunting season 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) or shoot a bow and arrow 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


What happens when I request that 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 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.

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