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Pasco City staff proposes six-month moratorium, urges public process for siting secure community transition facilities
Summary
A Pasco City staff member said the city can use land‑use authority to set a process for siting secure community transition facilities and proposed a six‑month moratorium to allow public sessions and to develop legally defensible criteria, while noting state law limits local prohibition.
A Pasco City staff member proposed a six-month moratorium on new siting decisions for secure community transition facilities to allow public sessions and to develop a defensible local process.
The staff member said Pasco ‘‘has land use’’ authority to determine which properties can be developed as residential, commercial or industrial and noted that secure community transition facilities are already identified in the city’s ordinances and land‑use policies. ‘‘We haven’t established a process for that,’’ the staff member said.
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