CHENEY — Planning Commission members unanimously approved a motion on April 12 directing city staff to bring back an ordinance at the commission’s June meeting that would modify development densities and the number of units allowed in certain circumstances in R-3/multifamily zones.

The proposed ordinance would allow developers to build three units on lot sizes of 5,000 square feet if those units were one-bedroom/one-bathroom units only. Currently, developers are only allowed 14 units per acre, but the proposal presented to the commission would also change this to 21 units per acre — w...