Cheney council hears parking ordinance

Court and land use issues took center stage at the Sept. 26 Cheney City Council meeting.

The council held the first reading of an ordinance that would change parking requirements in the city’s residential zones, which came carrying a recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission. Ordinance X-13 takes a two-pronged approach at the parking issue by limiting the number of bedrooms per unit in the R-2 (Duplex), R-3 (Multifamily) and R3-H (High Density Multifamily) zones and then requiring a specific number of off-street parking spaces per unit.

Essentially, the city’s formula boils down to on...