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108 therefore, the property owner must provide evidence of insurance covering the Units. If 109 Council desires this option, the specified period of time is recommended to be no more than 110 60-90 days. 111 Consider utilizing the City’s Interim Use Permit process to define parameters under which 112 such Units could be regulatedon a temporary basisand to allow for enough time for the St. 113 Paul study to conclude. Such process would include the customary Open House, notification 114 to property owners with 500’ of the property, and a public hearing before the Planning 115 Commission. There would be no guarantee as to the outcome. It should be noted the City 116 Attorney has some reservations regarding whether the Interim Use Permitprocess is a good 117 legal option and this needs some time for exploration.Staff would recommend the Interim 118 Use process not extend past the expiration of St. Paul’s interim ordinance, which is between 119 July of 2023 –January 2024. 120 While not a solution to the current Units, but related to Prince of Peace’s mission to help the 121 homeless, Chapter 310 of the City Code does offer a license for a Temporary Overnight 122 Shelter, which was created specifically for religious institutions to provide housing to the 123 homeless. This license limits use of the shelter to four weeks per calendar year, with this 124 condition and the others based upon the State Fire Marshal’s orders. 125 126 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 127 Govern the use of land and structures in the City by establishing regulations in regard to land and the 128 buildings thereon.To provide minimum standards to safeguard life and limb, health, property, and 129 public wefare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and 130 occupancy, location and maintenance of all structures and equipment sepcifically covered by the 131 Building Code. 132 133 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 134 None 135 136 R ACIAL E QUITY I MPACT S UMMARY 137 Racial equity impacts have not been evaluated.However, people of color are disproportionately 138 affected by homelessness. Policy decisions surrounding housing, and its compliance with Zoning, 139 City and Building Codes, impact the ability to create affordable housing, especially deeply affordable 140 housing aiming to serve those suffering from homelessness. An individual city’s ability to change 141 some regulations is limited. 142 143 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 144 Deny the appeal because the Units are not legal dwellings units, nor are recreational camping areas 145 allowed, and order the Units be removed from the property. Receive direction from Council as to the 146 preferred option and timeline for securing compliance. 147 148 R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION 149 Adopt aResolution (Attachment G) denying the appeal, finding that staff did not err in determining 150 the Units are not legal dwelling and do not comply with the Building Code or City Code, nor are 151 recreational camping areas allowed, based on the following: 152 1.The Units do not meet the definition of “Dwelling Unit” or “Building” because they do not Page 4 of 5 RS160\\1\\859178.v1