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Long-Range Planning
Originally adopted March 2011 and updated in July 2017, the 2017-2037 Cheney Comprehensive Plan reflects community values and goals to guide development.
The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range planning document containing goals and policies, which are intended to be a guide concerning future land use, transportation networks, extensions of community services and facilities, parks and open space, designation of environmentally sensitive areas, and desirable urban design elements for the City. As the City of Cheney continues to grow and change, the City's Comprehensive Plan is intended to change and reflect the needs and vision of the community. To implement the maps, goals, and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, development regulations are created and used to guide development and actions within the City.
The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires most cities and counties to adopt a Comprehensive Plan, update it on a seven-year cycle, and consider amendments to the Plan on an annual basis. Included in the GMA are requirements for public participation in the Comprehensive Plan update process. State law requires that the comprehensive plan of each county or city be coordinated with, and consistent with, the comprehensive plans adopted by other counties or cities with which the city has, in part, common borders or related regional issues. The City of Cheney is also required to be consistent with the SRTC Regional Plan - Horizons 2040, and Spokane County's Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs). The CPPs are written policy statements adopted by Spokane County, which establish a common framework from which county and city comprehensive plans are developed and adopted.
To encourage the involvement of citizens in the planning process, the City established a Public Participation Plan, which identified procedures for early and continuous public participation in the development and amendment of the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations implementing the Plan. The procedures provided for broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives, opportunity for written comments, public meetings after effective notice, provision for open discussion, communication programs, information services, and consideration of and response to public comments.
The Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) requires counties to designate Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) where urban development will occur. The City of Cheney is located within a UGA for Spokane County.
Other long-range planning documents available for review include:
Comprehensive Plan 2017 to 2037
The 2017-2037 Comprehensive Plan was adopted by City Council on July 25, 2017, and chapters are available here to read or download.
Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range planning document containing goals and policies, which are intended to be a guide concerning future land use, transportation networks, extensions of community services and facilities, parks and open space, designation of environmentally sensitive areas, and desirable urban design elements for the City. As the City of Cheney continues to grow and change, the City's Comprehensive Plan is intended to change and reflect the needs and vision of the community. To implement the maps, goals, and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, development regulations are created and used to guide development and actions within the City.
The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires most cities and counties to adopt a Comprehensive Plan, update it on a seven-year cycle, and consider amendments to the Plan on an annual basis. Included in the GMA are requirements for public participation in the Comprehensive Plan update process. State law requires that the comprehensive plan of each county or city be coordinated with, and consistent with, the comprehensive plans adopted by other counties or cities with which the city has, in part, common borders or related regional issues. The City of Cheney is also required to be consistent with the SRTC Regional Plan - Horizons 2040, and Spokane County's Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs). The CPPs are written policy statements adopted by Spokane County, which establish a common framework from which county and city comprehensive plans are developed and adopted.
Public Participation
To encourage the involvement of citizens in the planning process, the City established a Public Participation Plan, which identified procedures for early and continuous public participation in the development and amendment of the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations implementing the Plan. The procedures provided for broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives, opportunity for written comments, public meetings after effective notice, provision for open discussion, communication programs, information services, and consideration of and response to public comments.
Urban Growth Areas
The Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) requires counties to designate Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) where urban development will occur. The City of Cheney is located within a UGA for Spokane County.
Other long-range planning documents available for review include:
- Capital Improvement Program 2012 to 2017
- Capital Facilities Plan 2016 to 2021