State attorney general opinion moves ordinance into the public eye, demands for ban in city
The Cheney Hydroponics facility, shown above in a Dec. 29 photo, in Cheney's Commerce and Industrial Park is nearing completion.
While there were many big stories in and around Cheney in 2014, few generated the same amount of citizen comments as the one that began quietly in late 2013.
At its Nov. 12, 2013, meeting, Cheney's City Council passed a six-month emergency ordinance establishing interim zoning and land use regulations that would determine where in the city potential marijuana producers, processors or retailers could locate a facility. The ordinance was needed as a response to passage of statewide Initiative 502 in November 2012, legalizing marijuana in Washington, and rules adopted by the state Liquor Control...
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