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From: Peggy Schmid [mai!to:mnapa@buffleheadweb.net] <br />Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 10:08 AM <br />To: irishyaya@buffleheadweb.net <br />Subject: Your Help Needed: Drop Homes -Temporary Family Health Care Dwellings <br />League staff members are looking for city feedback on a proposed bill that would require cities to allow <br />temporary family health care dwellings as a permitted accessory use. <br />You may have seen the recent Bulletin article from Monday (or below) that includes more information <br />on this proposal. Please let us know your reactions to this bill and how this bill might impact your city. <br />Contact Irene Kao, Intergovernmental Relations Counsel at ikao@Imc.org or (651) 281-1260 with your <br />feedback by next week, if possible. <br />We look forward to hearing from you. <br />Thank you! <br />Bill Could Bring Temporary Family Health <br />Care Dwellings to Your City <br />A proposed bill would require cities to allow temporary family health care <br />dwellings as a permitted accessory use. <br />(Published Feb 22, 2016) <br />Rep. Roz Peterson (R -Lakeville) has introduced a bill that would require cities to allow <br />"temporary family health care dwellings" as a permitted accessory use. <br />HR 2497 prohibits cities from requiring a conditional use permit or an interim use permit <br />for temporary family health care dwellings. This was one of the bills the House pre - <br />introduced on Jan. 29 (see related article). <br />The main motivation behind the bill is to provide transitional housing for seniors. For <br />example, if a family wanted to keep a close eye on grandma while she recuperates from <br />surgery, they could have grandma stay in a temporary family health care dwelling in the <br />yard or driveway. <br />Bill specifics <br />The bill requires a permit from cities before installing a temporary family health care <br />dwelling. The introduced bill provides specific permit and renewal amounts of $100 and <br />$50, respectively (but the bill authors say these amounts may change). The introduced <br />bill also provides that the initial permit would be for one year and the renewed permit <br />