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Kenmore staff to gather regional guidance before revising code on temporary and cold‑weather shelters
Summary
City planners proposed code changes to align Kenmore with state law on temporary shelters and lower administrative burdens on sponsoring organizations; council asked staff to survey neighboring cities and funders and return with comparisons and recommended language.
Kenmore — City planners presented proposed amendments on July 28 to Kenmore Municipal Code chapter 18.100 that would ease some requirements for temporary homeless shelters and cold‑weather low‑barrier shelters and align the code with recent state law. City council asked staff to collect comparative policies used by neighboring jurisdictions and regional funders before finalizing changes.
What staff proposed: Planner Riley Rossbotham said the draft amendments are intended to bring city code into parity with Washington’s Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1754 and to remove procedural burdens the city has found made hosting shelters difficult. Changes proposed include increasing the maximum…
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