18-19.300 Emergency Shelters and Low Barrier Navigation Centers.
a. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of these regulations is to allow operation of emergency shelters and low barrier navigation centers in the City to help people in need of housing that are temporarily homeless. Reasonable standards have been established to preserve the neighborhood character and quality of life in Clearlake. Low barrier navigation centers may be permitted for the time determined valid under Government Code Sections 65660 through 65668.
b. Application and Permit Required. Emergency shelters are allowed by right subject to approval of an administrative permit from the Director, within the Urban High Density (HDR) Zone subject to the below standards. These standards may be applied to an emergency shelter proposed in any other zoning district with a use permit from the Planning Commission. Emergency shelters which require use permit approval may be subject to conditions of approval with requirements that vary from and supplement these standards. Low barrier navigation centers meeting the requirements of Government Code Section 65662 are allowed by right in areas zoned for mixed use and nonresidential zones permitting multifamily uses.
c. Standards for Emergency Shelters and Low Barrier Navigation Centers. All emergency shelters and low barrier navigation centers shall be subject to the following standards:
1. The emergency shelter or low barrier navigation center shall be operated by a responsible social service provider.
2. The emergency shelter or low barrier navigation center shall provide at least one (1) qualified on-site supervisor at all times, plus one (1) attendant for each fifty (50) occupants.
3. An emergency shelter shall not be approved when another emergency shelter exists within three hundred (300') feet of the proposed site. This requirement may be modified by obtaining a use permit from the Planning Commission.
4. Emergency shelters proposed in residential neighborhoods shall require design 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 in accordance with Sections 18-20.090 and 18-20.100.
6. Each emergency shelter shall be limited to a maximum occupancy of two hundred fifty (250) 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 the length of time which clients may be accommodated.
8. Low barrier navigation center applications shall be processed in accordance with Government Code Section 65664 provides timelines for action; the City must notify the developer within thirty (30) days if the application is complete under Government Code Section 65493 and then must act on the application within sixty (60) days from the date the application has been deemed complete. (Ord. #248-2020, S2 (Exh. A))