§ 82-46.008. Operational standards.

(a)

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

(1)

Hours. An emergency shelter must establish and maintain specific hours for client intake and discharge. These hours must be clearly displayed at the front or main entrance of the shelter at all times.

(2)

Intake. An emergency shelter must place clients in the shelter on a first-come, first-served basis.

(3)

Meals. An emergency shelter must provide each client a minimum of two meals each day, at no cost to the client. If meals will be prepared onsite, then the emergency shelter must maintain a valid environmental health permit under Chapter 413-3.

(4)

Services. Emergency shelter staff and services must be provided to assist clients to obtain permanent housing and income. Those services must be made available to all clients of the emergency shelter at no cost to the clients. An emergency shelter may not require the exchange of resident work for emergency shelter services.

(b)

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

(1)

Minimum Level of Staffing. A minimum of one on-site, full-time staff person per twenty-five beds at the shelter, or two on-site, full-time staff persons, whichever is greater, must be present at the shelter twenty-four-hours each day. Volunteer staff may not be counted towards meeting this requirement.

(2)

Maximum Length of Stay. Temporary shelter at the emergency shelter must be provided to a client for no more than sixty consecutive days within any twelve-month period. If emergency shelter staff determine that no alternative housing is available to a client, then the total length of that client's stay in the emergency shelter may be extended to a maximum of one hundred eighty consecutive days within any twelve-month period.

(Ord. No. 2014-11, § IV, 11-4-14)