Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 17 63A - Emergency Shelter

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 862, § 8, adopted October 8, 2013, set out provisions intended for use as Chapter 17.66. For purposes of classification, and at the editor's discretion, these provisions have been included as Chapter 17.63A.

It is the intent of this chapter to facilitate and encourage the provision of emergency shelter for homeless persons and households by allowing emergency shelters without a conditional use permit or other discretionary action in the service industrial (I-S) and general industrial (I-G) zones and subject only to the same development standards that apply to the other permitted uses in these zones, except for standards unique to emergency shelters as set forth in Section 17.63A.020 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 862, § 8, 10-8-13)

In addition to the applicable development and performance standards set forth in Division III of Title 17, the following development and management standards shall apply to emergency shelters as authorized by Section 65583(a)(4) of the California Government Code:

A. The maximum number of beds or persons to be served nightly by an emergency shelter shall be thirty-five.

B. Off-street parking shall be based upon the number of spaces required to accommodate all staff working at the emergency shelter at the same time, provided that no more parking shall be required for an emergency shelter than is required for other commercial or industrial uses within the same zone.

C. Appropriately sized and located exterior and interior on-site waiting and intake areas shall be provided.

D. Appropriate exterior lighting shall be provided.

E. On-site management shall be provided.

F. Security shall be provided during the hours that the emergency shelter is in operation.

G. The maximum length of stay by a homeless person in an emergency shelter shall be six months.

H. An emergency shelter shall not be located within three hundred feet of another emergency shelter.

I. No individual or household shall be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

(Ord. No. 862, § 8, 10-8-13; Ord. No. 934, § 4, 2-11-25)