How was this drop-in center use initially permitted at this site, from a zoning standpoint?
When the proposal for the daytime shelter was first brought to the City in the fall of 2014, research determined that a drop-in center/daytime shelter was not a specifically defined use in Puyallup’s Municipal Code. Staff identified the proposed use as comparable to the YMCA’s Youth Investment Center and the City’s own Activity Center, and considered it similar to a professional service or general commercial activity—with both of these uses being permitted outright in the CBD and all other commercial zones. Accordingly, in September of 2014, City Manager Bill McDonald reported to the City Council that the proposed daytime drop-in homeless shelter was an outright permitted use.

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1. How many bathrooms is the center permitted for?
2. The center’s certificate of occupancy allows a maximum of 79 persons in the building at one time. Is there a specific square-foot requirement per occupant?
3. What about parking—how can the center be allowed a 79-person occupancy yet have so few parking spaces? Isn’t it possible that visitors to the center will park on neighborhood streets?
4. How was this drop-in center use initially permitted at this site, from a zoning standpoint?
5. How was the change of use permitted and how did the occupancy load change?