§ 82-46.006. Development standards.

(a)

Mandatory Development Standards. An emergency shelter must meet the following development standards:

(1)

Security. An emergency shelter must include the following security measures:

(A)

If individual rooms are provided, the door to each room must be equipped with an interior deadbolt lock.

(B)

Each common shower stall must include an interior lock on the shower door, and an emergency call button or pull-cord.

(C)

Parking areas and the exterior of an each emergency shelter building must include night lighting. All lighting fixtures must be advertised as vandal resistant and graffiti resistant by the lighting fixture manufacturer.

(D)

Each window in an emergency shelter must include a locking mechanism to prevent it from being opened from outside the shelter.

(E)

An emergency shelter must maintain a current client registration list that includes each client's name, and the date or dates of each client's stay at the shelter.

(2)

Design. An emergency shelter must provide and comply with the following:

(A)

A shelter must provide at least one telephone for use by shelter clients that enables shelter clients to make local outgoing calls free of charge.

(B)

A shelter must provide one locker or locked storage cabinet per shelter bed for storing clients' personal property. The shelter must provide to each client, without charge, a lock to the locker or storage cabinet.

(C)

A shelter must provide bathrooms and bathing facilities in the quantity and at locations as required by the California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5 of the California Code of Regulations).

(D)

A shelter must comply with the design and accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as specified in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section's "Americans with Disability Act's Checklist for Emergency Shelters," dated July 26, 2007, as may be amended from time to time.

(3)

Common Facilities. An emergency shelter must provide the following common facilities for the exclusive use of the clients and staff:

(A)

A central kitchen and at least one dining room;

(B)

A private intake area; and

(C)

A counseling center.

(b)

Development Standards Subject to Modification. The following development standards apply to an emergency shelter but may be modified with the issuance of a land use permit.

(1)

An emergency shelter must be located within one-half mile of an existing public bus stop, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station, Amtrak station, or ferry terminal. If an emergency shelter will not be located within one-half mile of an existing public bus stop, BART station, Amtrak station, or ferry terminal, the shelter applicant must provide written confirmation with its application that the emergency shelter will provide transportation for its clients between the shelter and the nearest existing public bus stop, BART station, Amtrak station, or ferry terminal.

(2)

Floor Area. An emergency shelter must contain a minimum of one hundred twenty-five square feet of gross floor area per bed.

(3)

Parking. Off-street parking at an emergency shelter must be provided at the ratio of one space for every ten beds, plus two additional spaces designated exclusively for shelter staff. Off-street parking must be located on the same lot as, or a lot immediately adjacent to, the emergency shelter. Off-street parking areas must meet the parking design and layout standards of Chapter 82-16.

(4)

Maximum Number of Beds. No emergency shelter may provide more than 75 beds.

(Ord. No. 2014-11, § IV, 11-4-14)