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Ms. Diamond replied that there are some existing residential structures there which look <br />feasible to redevelop into possibly a shelter. <br />Commissioner O'Connor inquired what Site 2 is. <br />Ms. Diamond replied that it is a very small property on Vervais Avenue, and the <br />surrounding uses are a car wash, a park, a bank, and some commercial and retail that <br />is currently vacant. <br />Commissioner O'Connor inquired if it is close to the site where the former older mobile <br />home park was. <br />Ms. Stern noted that it is not that site but close to it. She added that it is not included in <br />the overlay zone. <br />Commissioner O'Connor requested verification that none of these facilities include <br />transient homeless people. <br />Ms. Stern replied that this would be an emergency shelter for transient homeless <br />persons. <br />Commissioner O'Connor stated that under Chapter 18.08.100, Charitable Institution, it <br />talks about providing training, care of children, aged, indigent, disabled, or <br />underprivileged persons, but does not include temporary quarters for transient persons. <br />Ms. Diamond clarified that the Code currently has a definition of charitable institutions <br />which does not include housing for transient persons; however, in the Central <br />Commercial (CC) and Service Commercial (CS) Districts, that definition has been <br />modified to include transient persons; however, the Code requires a Conditional Use <br />Permit for a facility that would house the homeless in the CC and CS Districts. <br />Commissioner O'Connor inquired how a transient person is differentiated from other <br />types of individuals who would be in a homeless shelter or supportive housing. He <br />noted that a lot of the services a transient person would need sound very similar to <br />those for supportive housing. <br />Ms. Diamond replied that there is an overlap and the proposal would have to be <br />evaluated on a case -by -case basis. She added that a charitable institution that has <br />been directed towards a religious institution has ancillary uses on it which could include <br />a seasonal shelter. <br />Commissioner Narum moved to recommend approval to the City Council of <br />Case P12 -1786. <br />Commissioner Olson seconded the motion. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 23, 2013 Page 39 of 44 <br />