Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 10 Emergency Shelters and Low-Barrier Navigation Centers

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 01.2024, § 21, adopted Jan. 23, 2024, amended art. IX, div. 10, §§ 36.28.60—36.28.70 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former art. IX, div. 10, pertained to emergency shelters, and derived from Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, adopted Dec. 10, 2013; Ord. No. 16.19, § 7, adopted Oct. 22, 2019.

The purpose of the emergency shelter regulations is to establish standards for emergency shelters, in conformance with state law, to facilitate the development of, or conversion of existing facilities to, an emergency shelter. The purpose of the low-barrier navigation center regulations is to establish standards to ensure that low-barrier navigation centers are developed and operated consistent with the requirements of Article 12, Chapter 3, Division 1 of Planning and Zoning Law commencing with Government Code Section 65660, as may be amended.

(Ord. No. 01.2024, § 21, 1/23/24.)

a. Emergency shelters. Emergency shelters shall be permitted in accordance with the land use regulations in the designated zoning districts and precise plans as specified in the applicable land use tables and shall comply with the following standards:

1. Property development standards. The shelter shall conform to all property development standards of the zoning district.

2. Management. The shelter shall have a twenty-four (24) hour professional on-site management.

3. Security. The shelter shall have on-site security and/or security cameras.

4. Lighting. The shelter shall have adequate outdoor lighting for security purposes.

5. Length of stay. The shelter shall be available to residents for thirty (30) days. Extensions up to a total of one hundred eighty (180) days may be provided by the on-site manager if no alternative housing is available.

6. Maximum number of persons/bed. The shelter shall contain a maximum number of one hundred fifty (150) beds and shall serve no more than one hundred fifty (150) homeless persons.

7. Waiting and intake areas. The shelter shall have a private area to receive clients.

8. On-site parking. The shelter shall provide for thirty-five-hundredths (0.35) parking space per individual bed plus one (1) additional space per employee.

9. Common facilities. The shelter may provide one (1) or more of the following specific facilities for the exclusive use of the residents and staff:

(a) Central cooking and dining room;

(b) Recreation room;

(c) Counseling center;

(d) Child-care facilities;

(e) Laundry facilities; and

(f) Other support services.

b. Low-barrier navigation centers. These centers shall be permitted or conditionally permitted in accordance with the land use regulations in the designated zoning districts and precise plans as specified in the applicable land use tables, is consistent with the development standards of the underlying zoning district and shall comply with the following standards:

1. Connected services. The center offers services to connect people to permanent housing through a services plan that identifies services staffing.

2. Coordinated entry system. The center is linked to a coordinated entry system so that staff in the center may conduct assessments and provide services to connect people to permanent housing. "Coordinated entry system" 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.

3. Code compliant. The center complies with Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

4. Homeless management information system. The center 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.

(Ord. No. 01.2024, § 21, 1/23/24.)