SPOKANE, Wash. — During Monday's legislative session, Spokane City Council members voted 5-2 in favor of an ordinance that caps delivery fees at 15% of food orders from apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Council members Michael Cathcart and Jonathan Bingle opposed the ordinance, saying it would have negative long-term effects on the market.
According to the city, council members Zack Zappone and Lori Kinnear have heard from locally owned restaurants that rising costs have created a need to assure price stability with third-party delivery services.
“With the Fair Meal Delivery Ordinance, Council continues to protect, support, and grow our local small businesses,” said Council Member Zappone. “It assures and supports our local small businesses, who are currently losing money on every transaction with these large third-party delivery platforms.”
“We’ve heard from our local delivery services, like Treehouse, that this works for them,” said Council Member Kinnear. “Unfortunately, opponents of this legislation, including our local chamber of commerce, are prioritizing multi-national corporations with multi-million-dollar budgets over our local businesses.”
Spokane isn't the only location to enforce this type of cap. San Francisco, British Columbia and Seattle have all passed 15% caps as well.
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