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Peoria council debates tiny-home villages for unhoused; majority asks for more policy detail before zoning changes
Summary
Councilmembers and staff discussed whether to change zoning and building codes to allow pallet-style tiny-home shelters for people experiencing homelessness. Staff recommended zoning amendments and performance standards but the council asked for a broader policy session and more detail about siting, services and standards.
Peoria City Council members on Tuesday discussed city staff recommendations to allow temporary tiny-home shelters in specified zoning districts as one tool to serve people experiencing homelessness, but declined to make immediate code changes and asked staff for more detailed policy work.
Director of Community Development Michael Doolin (title per transcript) told the council that, if the city pursues the option, his staff would recommend adding a “transient lodging” definition to the zoning code, allowing transient lodging as a permitted or special use in R-5 through R-8 multifamily residential and in CN and C-1 commercial districts, and adding specific performance standards. "If you do, ... it would be to add the definition of transient lodging, within our…
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