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By Adam Rudniclr
adam@masoncounty. com
The tiny homes project in Shelton
is coming together, although future
residents might see some changes
from the developer’s original plan.
The Shelton City Council gave pre-
liminary approval Tuesday to change
wording in the city’s code, to allow for
Quixote Communities to operate a
tiny homes community in Shelton.
Meanwhile, due to increasing costs
for development, Quixote will make
use of repurposed shipping containers
for housing, the nonprofit’s executive
director said.
The City Council approved a lease
agreement with the organization in
May 2019 to construct up to 30 tiny
homes for low-income veterans and
other tenants on a 3.2—acre plot of land
near North 13th Street and North
Shelton Springs Road.
The city council can formally ap—
prove the ordinance July 21.
According to city documents, the
original lease agreement required the
city to change portions of its munici-
pal code, specifically a section that de-
fined single-room occupancy sleeping
units.
The new language in the city code
defines a single-room occupancy sleep-
ing unit as a structure that has sepa-
rate sleeping areas that are at least
120 square feet. Each unit must have
access to sanitary facilities and a full
common kitchen;
A community building will also be
in the space.
Among other stipulations in the
new city code, single-room units must
be within specifically zoned areas.
The units can’t be used for transitory
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housing, or housing residents for less
than 30 days.
Single—room occupancy units can
have various configurations, including
four-unit “clusters” that share com-
mon walls and townhouses with com-
mon walls.
The new language also defines
what’s not a single-room occupancy
unit, including boarding housings, ho-
tels, assisted-living facilities or nurs-
ing homes.
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County Journal that a subcontractor
for the Shelton project, indieDwell,
along with contractor FORMA Con-
struction, will use retrofitted shipping
containers.
“We have a certain budget, and la-
bor and costs have gone up, so we’ve
had to get creative to build the vi]-
lage,” Osterberg said. “It’s fascinating.
You can’t even tell.”
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large, Osterberg said, so staff decided
to downsize it to bring structures clos-
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Shelton Veterans Village plans to
offer what it defines as recovery hous-
ing. The tiny homes village will not
allow patrons to use alcohol or drugs,
but they will get staff support, men-
torship and more, according to the
nonprofit.
The tiny homes village will have
three full-time staff members —— an
executive director, program manager
and case manager.
“Residents of our original Camp
Quixote in Olympia were an integral
part of the design of the village,” ac-
cording to the website. “Unlike liv-
ing in an apartment with neighbors
above, below, and on both sides of you,
each resident has their own home.”
The village will be home to what it
calls “chronically homeless veterans
living in Mason County.” After meet—
ing with a county’s coordinated entry
points for homeless adults —— Cross-
roads Housing for Mason County
staff members interview potential
residents, who must be veterans and
pass a background check. Residents
must be clean and sober — if a resi-
dent relapses, the case manager will
intervene to help come up with a re-
covery plan.
Quixote Communities operates a
similar village in Olympia, and is in
the process of building a Village in
Orting.
Osterberg said Quixote could soon
apply for various permits for the Shel-
ton location. It will eventually set a
construction timeline.
“There’s still a lot of outreach and
work,” she said. “We’re still plugging
away even with COVID.” ~
For more information about
Quixote, go to quixotecommunities.org.
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