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Council asks staff to draft separate land‑use and licensing options for crisis care and residential treatment facilities
Summary
After presentations on proposed uses of a vacant building for crisis care or residential behavioral-health treatment, council members asked staff to return with draft code-language and a licensing option under Title 12. Staff will return with a briefing and recommended approaches in August.
Council members discussed two distinct proposals that had approached the city about using a vacant building (822 S. 330th/near the hill above City Hall) for behavioral-health uses: a county-funded crisis-care model and a licensed residential treatment facility. Staff explained the city's current code defines a "convalescent center" as an inpatient facility (excluding hospitals) and that convalescent centers are allowed in several commercial, office and multifamily zones.
Why it matters: Council members said the city…
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