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Planning commission recommends zoning change for 10-unit container-style transitional housing at 2101 S. Eighth St.
Summary
The commission voted to forward a request by Community Action Partnership to rezone 2101 S. Eighth Street from M2 to a planned residential district to allow 10 modified shipping-container homes for transitional housing; commissioners praised oversight and case-management provisions, while nearby residents raised concerns about crime, property values and soil contamination.
The St. Joseph Planning Commission on Thursday recommended that City Council approve a zoning change requested by Community Action Partnership of Greater Saint Joseph to convert a vacant M2‑zoned parcel at 2101 South Eighth Street into a planned unit development for up to 10 container-style transitional homes.
Whitney Lanning, executive director of Community Action Partnership (CAP), told the commission the project grew from an August 2021 ARPA application; CAP received $800,000 toward housing initiatives and revised the project to ten transitional units after a local housing blueprint identified a need for smaller, transitional…
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