TD Council Reaches Consensus On Shelter Ordinance

The Dalles City Council reached consensus to have staff bring back an ordinance allowing shelter housing facilities in both general commercial and commercial light industrial zones to the panel’s January 10 meeting.  Councilors decided to remove a clause recommended by the municipal planning commission calling for projects in the general commercial zone to be subjected to receiving a conditional use permit.  Kenny LaPoint of Mid-Columbia Community Action, which is working on developing a navigation center for the homeless that would include a shelter, said the CUP requirement could cause delays and risk funding losses.  Councilors also decided to remove language calling for bathing facilities, noting state law already has provisions for those in place.

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