The Dalles City Council approved a zoning ordinance amendment to allow shelter housing in both Commercial General and Commercial Light Industrial districts. Councilors held a hearing on the amendment a month ago, and the version they approved did remove a Planning Commission recommendation to make shelter housing a conditional use rather than allowable outright. City Senior Planner Dawn Marie Hert says they will bring that subject back to the Council for review next year. The amendment helps pave the way for Mid-Columbia Community Action’s plans to build a navigation center.