TD Shelters To Close At End Of Month

The pallet shelters located on Bargeway Drive in The Dalles will be closing at the end of the month.  City Councilors discussed requests to keep them open, but Mayor Rich Mays says they were allowed on an emergency basis and municipal zoning ordinances currently don’t allow a homeless shelter except at the St. Vincent dePaul location.  Mays does say they are hoping legislation at the state level will pass soon to allow the shelters to reopen.  House Bill 2006 would allow cities to declare emergencies to be able to place any homeless shelter on certain properties.  Mays adds City staff is working on changes to the municipal land use and development ordinance to allow the shelter, but he expects the state law would be approved first.

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