To provide appropriate areas within the city to locate institutional housing that includes emergency homeless shelters and supportive and transitional housing, in addition to uses enumerated in the underlying zone and to accommodate at least one year-round emergency homeless shelter.
(Ord. 699 § 8, 2011; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
An institutional housing overlay district is established and is to be overlaid on certain I-1 (Light Industrial) districts, as designated by P/IH on the official zoning map of the city.
(Ord. 699 § 8, 2011; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
Any permitted use in the I-1 district;
Emergency homeless shelters;
Supportive housing;
Transitional housing;
Low barrier navigation center.
(Ord. 699 § 8, 2011; Ord. 731 § 11, 2014; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
A. 
If the aggregate number of beds within all P/IH districts exceeds the total number of homeless persons in the city as determined by the county of Riverside at any given time, additional shelter beds shall be subject to approval of a conditional use permit;
B. 
Hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between six p.m. and eight a.m.;
C. 
An individual or individuals who do not utilize the homeless beds and/or other services and who maintain(s) their own off-site residence may serve as an on-site manager(s). At least one such manager shall be on-site twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and are required to be accompanied by one supporting staff member (an individual hired or contracted by the operator who does not utilize the homeless beds and/or other services, who maintains their own off-site residence). There shall be at least one supporting staff member for every twenty beds, or fraction thereof in the facility;
D. 
At a minimum, one manager shall be on site at all times, and one supporting staff member shall be available in each segregated populated sleeping section;
E. 
No client shall be allowed to stay more than one hundred eighty consecutive days in a year or two hundred forty overall days within any twelve-month period of time; and
F. 
Prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy of an emergency homeless shelter, there shall be a written agreement between the city and operator of the facility addressing all of the following:
1. 
The provision of on-site management twenty-four hours a day and seven days per week to oversee the facility,
2. 
On-going maintenance of structures and landscaping,
3. 
The provision of counseling, vocational, and other supportive services to persons/families being housed,
4. 
A transportation plan for clients to access off-site services,
5. 
No loitering of clients and others near the facility and/or in adjacent neighborhoods,
6. 
Implementation of a security plan with appropriate security measures in consultation with the police chief,
7. 
On-going enforcement of written rules of conduct for clients, including the prohibition of alcohol and illegal drugs,
8. 
Plan for handling complaints from neighboring properties,
9. 
Availability of the operator to meet with city officials to resolve complaints, and
10. 
On-site circulation plan.
(Ord. 699 § 8, 2011; Ord. 746 § 10, 2014; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
A. 
Development standards applicable to the I-1 district, Section 9.40.050, and other required conditions of the I-1 district, Section 9.40.060;
B. 
Any additional requirements imposed by the State Department of Housing and Community Development through its oversight; and
C. 
Additional development standards, which shall take precedence should they be in conflict with those found in Sections 9.40.050 and 9.40.060:
1. 
The maximum number of clients permitted to be served (eating, showering, and/or sleeping) nightly shall not exceed one per one hundred twenty-five square feet of floor area,
2. 
Off-street parking shall be provided pursuant to Government Code Section 65583(a)(4); based on one space for every six clients and one space for every employee, manager, and/or supporting staff member on site at the same time. Parking requirements shall not exceed those of other residential or commercial uses within the same zone.
3. 
The interior intake waiting area for a facility shall include a minimum of ten square feet per bed,
4. 
The exterior intake waiting area shall be screened from public and/or private view by a six-foot block wall and landscaping,
5. 
A storage area shall be provided at a rate of five square feet for each bed. Such storage area need not be provided adjacent to client sleeping area,
6. 
At least one toilet and one shower shall be provided for each fifteen beds,
7. 
No portion of any emergency homeless shelter shall be located within three hundred feet of another emergency homeless shelter that is currently built, or that is approved to be built, and
8. 
Lighting shall be provided in all parking, exterior (outside) intake and/or waiting areas, outside common areas and along the periphery of the building and facility. Such lighting shall be in conformance with Chapter 9.89 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code.
(Ord. 699 § 8, 2011; Ord. 746 § 11, 2014; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)