Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.801 Emergency Shelters And Low Barrier Navigation Centers

This section is intended to accommodate emergency shelters and low barrier navigation centers consistent with the Housing Element of the General Plan and as required by State law.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 1327 on 4/23/2024 15.801.020 Definitions

“Emergency shelter” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 50801 of the Health and Safety Code, as may be amended from time to time. Emergency shelter means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. Emergency shelter shall include other interim interventions, including, but not limited to, a navigation center, bridge housing, and respite or recuperative care. “Low Barrier Navigation Center” means a Housing First, low-barrier, serviceenriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. “Low Barrier” means best practices to reduce barriers to entry, and may include, but is not limited to, the following: 1. The presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, women, or youth. 2. Pets. 3. The storage of possessions. 4. Privacy, such as partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms containing more than two beds, or private room.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 1327 on 4/23/2024 15.801.030 Allowed Use

1. Emergency shelters are a permitted use in the MU zone. 2. Emergency shelters are allowed as an accessory use ancillary to churches. 3. Low barrier navigation centers are a permitted use (i.e., a use by right) in areas zoned for mixed use and in nonresidential zones permitting multifamily uses, if the low barrier navigation center meets the requirements of this chapter.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 1327 on 4/23/2024 15.801.040 Standards

Where allowed, emergency shelters are subject to the standards that apply to residential or mixed use development in the same zone and are also subject to the following requirements: 1. Capacity. The facility shall not exceed a maximum of 40 persons served nightly. 2. Parking. Parking shall be provided on-site to accommodate all staff working in the emergency shelter, provided that the parking requirement does not exceed the parking requirement for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone. Bike rack parking shall also be provided on-site. 3. Size and Location of Exterior and Interior Onsite Waiting Areas. The facility shall provide exterior client waiting areas at a ratio of not less than twenty-five (25) square feet per client and shall provide interior client waiting areas at a ratio of not less than twenty-five (25) square feet per client. The exterior waiting area shall not be located adjacent to the public right-of-way, shall be located behind a minimum six-foot-tall mature landscaping or a minimum six-foot-tall decorative masonry wall that separates the waiting area from public view, and shall be located in an area with provisions for shade protection and rain protection. 4. Size of Intake Areas. The facility shall provide an intake area of a minimum of 250 square feet. 5. Onsite management and security. The facility shall provide on-site management 24 hours a day and shall provide on-site security for all hours that the emergency shelter is in operation, including all times that staff is present. A management plan shall be submitted detailing how the shelter will provide onsite management and security and the hours of shelter operation. 6. Proximity. The emergency shelter shall be at least 300 feet from any other emergency shelter. 7. Length of stay. The maximum length of stay at the facility shall not exceed one hundred twenty days in a three-hundred-sixty-five-day period. 8. Lighting. Adequate exterior lighting shall be provided for security purposes. The lighting shall be stationary and shielded/downlit away from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way. 9. Security. Onsite security by a security guard licensed by the State of California shall be provided during the hours that the emergency shelter is in operation and at all times that the emergency shelter is in use by staff, clients, guests, volunteers, or any combination of staff, clients, guests, and volunteers.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 1327 on 4/23/2024 15.801.050 Process

1. Within 30 days of receipt of an application for a Low Barrier Navigation Center development, the County shall notify the applicant whether the application is complete pursuant to California Government Code Section 65943. Within 60 days of receipt of a completed application for a Low Barrier Navigation Center development, the County shall approve or deny the application. 2. The County shall approve a Low Barrier Navigation Center development that meets the requirements of California Government Code Section 65662:

A. It offers services to connect people to permanent housing through a services plan that identifies services staffing. B. It is linked to a coordinated entry system, which means a centralized or coordinated assessment system developed pursuant to Section 576.400(d) or Section 578.7(a)(8), as applicable, of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those sections read on January 1, 2020, and any related requirements, designed to coordinate program participant intake, assessment, and referrals, so that staff in the interim facility or staff who collocate in the facility may conduct assessments and provide services to connect people to permanent housing. C. It complies with Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. D. It has a system for entering information regarding client stays, client demographics, client income, and exit destination through the local Homeless Management Information System as defined by Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

SECTION 3: The adoption of the proposed zone change is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code section 15061(b)(3) (the "general rule" exemption). The proposed project is a change to the zoning ordinance and map, Title 15 of the Glenn County Code, and all potentially significant effects have been analyzed adequately in an earlier Environmental Impact Report (General Plan EIR). The Board of Supervisors also finds and determines that the rezoning of the land described herein is consistent with the Elements of the Glenn County General Plan. SECTION 4: Pursuant to Section 15.29.020 of the Glenn County Code, the Zoning Maps are hereby amended by changing the zones and zone boundaries as shown in in Exhibit “A”, Exhibit “B”, and Exhibit “C” attached hereto and incorporated herein; with the following Findings: Finding 1. That the proposed zone change promotes and protects public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare of Glenn County by providing amendments to the Glenn County zoning ordinance and map consistent with the purposes of Title 15. Finding 2. That the proposed zone change will implement the Glenn County General Plan, facilitate, and guide growth in accordance with the General Plan by clarifying the development process to meet objectives contained in the Glenn County General Plan and meet State statutes. Finding 3. That the proposed zone change will protect the social and economic stability of residential, commercial, industrial, resource production, and recreational activities within the County by clarifying requirements to sections addressing multi-family housing and development and will assist in meeting HCD regulations. SECTION 5: Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is held by court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid. SECTION 6: Conflict. All ordinances or parts of an ordinance or resolutions or parts of a resolution in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further. SECTION 7: Effective. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date of passage thereof shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation, in the County of Glenn, State of California, together with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 1327 on 4/23/2024 15.81 Surface Mining And Reclamation 15.81.010 Authority And Purpose 15.81.020 Vested Mining Operations 15.81.030 Permit Required 15.81.040 Reclamation Plan Standards 15.81.050 Activities Excepted 15.81.060 Designated Areas And State Policy 15.81.070 Relation To Other Provisions Of Law 15.81.080 Submittal Of Application 15.81.090 Contents Of Application 15.81.100 Filing Of Application 15.81.110 Public Hearing And Notice 15.81.120 Appeal Of Planning Commission Action 15.81.130 Appeal From Action Of The Board Of Supervisors 15.81.140 Minor Modifications To Reclamation Plans 15.81.150 Idle Mines 15.81.160 Financial Assurances 15.81.170 Annual Reports And Inspection 15.81.180 State Review 15.81.190 Transferability 15.81.200 Permit Revocation