Spokane City Council to Consider Emergency Ordinance on Drive-Thru Moratorium at Monday Night's Meeting

New drive-thrus, service stations banned along some major Spokane arterials, paving way for bus-centric development

New drive-thrus, gas stations, car washes and other service stations cannot be built in large swaths of Spokane for a year.

Spokane City Council to consider emergency ordinance on drive-thru moratorium at Monday night's meeting

If Spokane City Council adopts the new ordinance, it will impact future fast food restaurants.

City Council to weigh drive-through ban in certain parts of Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane City Council is to consider a proposed one-year ban on new drive-throughs in busy public bus zones as part of a broader land use discussion tied to affordable housing and neighborhood design.

Clogged streets and arteries no more: new drive-through ban could pass tonight

Welcome to CIVICS, where we break down the week’s municipal meetings throughout the Inland Northwest, so you can get involved and speak out about the issues you care about.  Some things that stick out to us this week include: Tonight, the Spokane City Council will vote on an emergency ordinance to immediately ban new drive-throughs from opening on some streets in the city — most notably, a huge swath of Division. If this seems out of nowhere, it…