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Lewiston council advances package to rewrite shelter rules, removes overlay and sets conditional-use criteria
Summary
Councilors gave first passage to multiple amendments that remove the city's homeless-shelter overlay and establish where different shelter types are allowed, add conditional-use review criteria and set buffers; votes on the package were unanimous at first passage.
The Lewiston City Council gave first passage to a set of zoning amendments that eliminate the city’s homeless-shelter overlay district and replace it with district-by-district rules about where family, youth and adult shelters may locate and what conditions they must meet.
Planner Hunter Norton summarized the planning board’s recommendations, which the council advanced on first passage by roll-call votes (each measure passed 7–0). The package includes changes to definitions (Article 2), edits to the official map (Article 3) and amendments to the city’s zoning district regulations (Article 11). The council also approved new conditional-use review criteria (Article 10) that planning staff and the planning board will apply to any shelter permit.
Key elements adopted or advanced on first passage: - Definitions (Article 2): The council revised the zoning definitions for shelters to distinguish 24-hour facilities from…
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