Council hears pair of zoning ordinances

Ordinances played a leading role on the Cheney City Council’s Jan. 27 meeting agenda. The council conducted public hearings on an ordinance inserting language changes into the city’s municipal code chapter on Zoning, and on a second dealing with overlay zones.

Public Works Director Todd Ableman highlighted changes in several sections of the zoning chapter, Chapter 21. The first change allows manufacturing/production as a limited “ancillary” use to take place when in conjunction with retail or restaurant/food service in the Commercial (C-1) zone.

Under code language, a limited use is one permit...