Commission receives occupancy overview

CHENEY – Planning Commission members weighed in on several proposed city ordinance changes at their February meeting Monday night — the first dealing with occupancy of single-family residences.

The issue of occupancy — or more accurately over-occupancy — has generated the most repeat complaints from not only Cheney residents but also commission members and City Council. These stem mostly from the number of unrelated individuals living in a home in what is referred to as the “functional family” in city codes and how that definition impacts such things as parking and noise complaints in neighbor...