The purpose of the emergency shelter overlay is to provide an appropriate zone to accommodate year-round emergency shelters and accommodate the city's share of the unsheltered homeless population. This section provides standards for the establishment and operation of emergency shelters in compliance with Government Code section 65583.

An emergency shelter is 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 shelters are allowed without discretionary review when located within the emergency shelter overlay, Figure 33-592. A conditional use permit pursuant to Article 61 of the Zoning Code shall be required if the emergency shelter beds within the city as defined under Government Code section 65583 meets or exceeds the number of emergency shelter beds required by Government Code section 65583(a)(7). The determination required by this section shall occur on the date the operator submits materials required in section 33-594.

Establishment of the emergency shelter overlay, in combination with a designated industrial zone, shall be designated on the official zoning map of the city by incorporating the perimeter line shown on Figure 33-592, describing the boundaries of the overlay area onto the map itself.

At the time a new emergency shelter is requested in any new or existing building or structure, a plot plan application package shall be submitted to the planning division together with the application fee as established by resolution of the city council. City staff shall review the application and associated submittal for compliance with all requirements, including the development standards in section 33-595.

An emergency shelter proposed in the overlay area must comply with the following:

In the event that, after operation of an approved emergency shelter has begun, complaints are received that conditions of approval or the management plan are not adequate due to negative impacts to the surrounding properties, staff may re-address the application with the operators to determine if additional or modified conditions are needed.