Uses
Permitted by right2
Conditional / special use20
- Cemetery
- Club or Lodge
- College, Public or Private
- Congregate Care Facility
- Cultural Institution
- Day Care, General
- Emergency Medical Care
- Government Office
- Hospital
- Maintenance or Service Facility
- Park or Recreation Facility
- Public Parking Facility
- Public Safety Facility
- Public Transit Facility
- Religious Assembly
- School, Public or Private
- Utilities, Major
- Utilities, Minor
- Animal Husbandry
- Crop Production
Accessory1
- Accessory Uses and Structures (on site of permitted use)
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Outdoor lighting shielded
All outdoor lighting shall be shielded to prevent glare and outdoor light fixtures more than three feet above the ground shall be shielded to prevent direct illumination off-site.
- Maximum illumination at ground level
The maximum illumination at ground level shall not exceed the minimum required under the State Building Code.
Other
- Base development regulations
Property development standards shall be as required by the closest residential or downtown district base regulations.
- Maximum beds20 beds
Each emergency shelter may serve a maximum of twenty (20) clients nightly and contain a maximum of twenty (20) beds.
- Maximum clients nightly20 clients
Each emergency shelter may serve a maximum of twenty (20) clients nightly and contain a maximum of twenty (20) beds.
- Minimum distance from another emergency shelterShelterTemporary accommodation for people without housing, usually with support services.300 ft
Emergency shelters shall be located a minimum of three hundred (300) feet from another emergency shelter use.
- Minimum waiting/intake area per bed50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./bed
An interior client waiting and intake area shall be provided and contain a minimum of fifty (50) square feet per bed at the emergency shelter.
- On-site manager required
Emergency shelters shall have a manager on-site at all times while clients are present.
- Native trees per parking stall2 trees/stall
parking lots shall be landscaped with two locally native trees per stall.
Parking
- Parking based on demonstrated need
Off-street parking based upon demonstrated need, provided the standards do not require more parking for emergency shelters than for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone.
- Parking exemption near BART
No parking minimum shall be required for new shelters within one-half mile of the Orinda BART Station.
- Parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
Parking shall be no more than ten feet from any property line
From the ordinance
The PS district shall be the base district for the uses listed in Schedule 17.9.2. Property development standards shall be as required by the closest residential or downtown district base regulations. Emergency shelters subject to additional standards.