Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 8. ZONING |
Division 82. GENERAL REGULATIONS |
Chapter 82-46. EMERGENCY SHELTERS |
§ 82-46.004. Applications.
(a)
An application for a proposed emergency shelter must contain the following information:
(1)
The total number of beds to be provided, the square-footage of personal living space for each resident, the square footage of indoor and outdoor common areas, and the number of bathroom and bathing facilities.
(2)
The security measures that will be implemented at the emergency shelter.
(3)
A map that identifies the proposed location of the emergency shelter in relation to all other emergency shelters, parks, schools, child care facilities, single family residential zones, and transit corridors and bus routes.
(4)
A to-scale floor plan and building elevations for each emergency shelter building. An emergency shelter may include multiple buildings.
(5)
A description of how the emergency shelter will comply with the development requirements in Section 82-46.006, and operational standards in Section 82-46.008.
(6)
A description of how meals will be provided to emergency shelter clients. If meals will be prepared onsite, the applicant must indicate that it has applied for, or possesses, an environmental health permit under Chapter 413-3.
(b)
An application for a proposed emergency shelter will be approved by the zoning administrator under the administrative decision procedure specified in Article 26-2.21 if the proposed emergency shelter complies with all development and operational standards of this chapter.
(c)
If an application for a proposed emergency shelter does not demonstrate that the shelter will comply with one or more of the development standards in Section 82-46.006(b) or the operational standards in Section 82-46.008(b), then the applicant may apply for a land use permit in the manner specified in Chapter 26-2.20, to modify one or more of those development or operational standards. None of the development standards in Section 82-46.006(a) or operational standards in Section 82-46.008(a) may be modified by a land use permit, or otherwise.
(Ord. No. 2014-11, § IV, 11-4-14)