Hope you can swim because no life jackets allowed
You are not allowed to wear a life-jacket near the Spokane River.
Listing 10.19.010 Swimming in River.
A. No person may intentionally enter, swim, dive, or float, with or without a boat, raft, craft, or other flotation device, in or upon the water of the Spokane River at any point between the east line of the Division Street bridge and the west line of the Monroe Street Bridge.
B. The chief of police may, in accordance with procedures and criteria the chief may from time to time prescribe, grant permits for a person or persons to be in that portion of the Spokane River known as the forebay, being the south channel between Havermale Island and the south bank.
C. The fact that a person is wearing or in possession of swimming, diving, or flotation gear or equipment on the bank of the river in the prohibited portion is sufficient ground for an arrest for attempt under this section and shall be prima facie evidence of intent.
(Ord. C-29692)
Effective Date: 5/30/1990. Passed On: 4/30/1990
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I’m with someone cool on this one
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cotten
April 28, 2011
Pretty harsh…sink or swim huh! WOW, and if you do wear one…is someone going to arrest you? Or just take off your life jacket and throw you in the river?
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Oregon Resident
December 4, 2010
Um…waterfall?
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wollombi
June 10, 2010
chuck norris could probrably walk thru there
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Someone cool Reply:
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:15 am
hahaha that is funny
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WTF
May 1, 2009
haha go take a look at the river between those two streets
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joe
November 14, 2008
… doesn’t this law just say that you can be arrested for wearing a life jacket in an area where boating is prohibited, because it implies that you plan to boat there? It doesn’t outlaw life vests.
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Nicole
September 8, 2008
Anyone dumb enough to swim in that section of water might as well forget about the life jacket anyway.
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Chuck Norris
July 15, 2008