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Planning commission forwards emergency and transitional tiny-home zoning amendment to City Council
Summary
After public comments from homelessness-service advocates and veterans groups, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to send a draft zoning ordinance allowing emergency and transitional tiny homes—restricted to nonprofit/social-service operators—to City Council for approval.
The Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted unanimously to forward a proposed zoning-ordinance amendment that would create a mechanism to approve emergency and transitional tiny-home communities managed by nonprofit or social-service organizations.
The draft ordinance was prepared after comparative review of other municipalities' tiny-home policies and multiple work sessions with Planning Commission and City Council. Planning staff said the ordinance is intended to accommodate tiny homes as a non-congregate transitional housing option and to be managed by nonprofit or religious organizations; for-profit (commercial) tiny-home communities would require a…
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