TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Planning and Building Services
MEETING DATE: November 17, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Brent Schultz
PHONE:
234-6650
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Julia Acker Krog
PHONE:
234-6650
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 10 Mins
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance for Temporary Group Care Facilities for the Purpose of Allowing for Winter Homeless Shelters during the COVID-19 Pandemic and 2020-2021 Winter
(Sponsor: Planning and Building Services)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt urgency ordinance for temporary group care facilities for the purpose of allowing for winter homeless shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020-2021 winter; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Government Code section 25131 provides that ordinances shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of final passage, except for certain ordinances which become effective immediately. An ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, which contains a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and is passed by a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, shall take effect immediately. Government Code section 25131 specifies that an urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction.
County staff prepared an Ordinance that waives certain zoning requirements for Temporary Group Care Facilities to be used as winter homeless shelters so that these Facilities can operate in unincorporated areas of the County and provide as many options for homeless individuals for shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming winter months.
The proposed ordinance would allow for the Temporary Group Care Facilities during winter months, until April 1, 2021. The proposed ordinance would exempt a Temporary Group Care Facility from certain County Zoning Co...
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