17.86.150 Homeless shelters.
A. Purpose. The requirements of this section apply only to homeless shelters in the PF zone which may be established without a discretionary permit. Homeless shelters in other zones subject to discretionary review will be reviewed in the context of the city’s good neighbor policy adopted in Council Resolution No. 10525 (2014 Series) and may be subject to conditions of approval with requirements that vary from these standards.
B. Standards. The following standards shall apply to all homeless shelters:
1. The shelter shall be operated by a responsible agency or organization with experience in managing or providing social services.
2. The shelter shall provide at least one qualified on-site supervisor at all times, plus one attendant for each fifty occupants.
3. No new homeless shelter shall be established within three hundred feet of an existing homeless shelter. This restriction may be modified by an administrative use permit.
4. Homeless shelters proposed adjacent to residential neighborhoods shall require architectural review to ensure the shelter design provides for adequate privacy between uses and minimizes potential impacts of the proposed shelter to adjacent residences.
5. Parking shall be supplied at a ratio of one vehicle space per ten beds, and one secured bicycle parking area designed to accommodate up to one bicycle per ten beds.
6. Each homeless shelter shall be limited to a maximum occupancy of two hundred fifty persons (in total), including warming shelters and daytime facilities.
7. A management plan shall be required to address how the immediate sheltering needs of individuals who may be turned away from the shelter will be handled. The management plan shall establish a maximum length of time for which clients may be accommodated. (Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018)