Cheney Commission tweaks zoning codes

Cheney’s Planning Commission conducted three public hearings at its May 14 meeting designed to clean up a number of issues in the city’s municipal code — beginning with amendments to zoning chapters 21, 22 and 23.

Most of the changes were in chapter 21, some inspired by previous comments and concerns brought up during other meetings addressing several upcoming developments in the city. The first of these was language added defining a den as a bedroom, which would then count towards any development’s minimum parking requirements.

Cheney senior planner Brett Lucas said comments from citizens and...