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Commission discusses making overnight shelters a conditional use; local providers urge single, regulated facility and offer to help draft rules
Summary
Planning staff proposed adding overnight homeless shelters as a conditional use requiring Board of Adjustments review; local shelter organizers offered operational experience and asked for a single, regulated facility with 24/7 oversight and consistent standards.
Planning staff told the commission they studied approaches used by comparable cities and recommended adding overnight shelters as a conditional use, to be decided by the Board of Adjustments and accompanied by stringent site, safety and inspection requirements.
Staff described Lexington's approach, which makes shelters conditional (daytime only unless a religious institution is involved), and Louisville's model, which permits shelters with rigorous conditions including fire and building inspections and public inspection access. “What Kevin and I would like to do is just add it as a conditional use to go to the Board of Adjustments in our different zoning classifications,” a staff member said.
Commissioners raised concerns about placing…
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