Modesto, California · District

C-3

Highway Commercial

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Lighting required in parking, pedestrian, and entry areas

    Sites with an emergency or homeless shelter shall provide lighting in all parking, pedestrian, and entry areas. Lighting shall be in compliance with Title 24, California Code of Regulations.

Other

  • Maximum beds or persons served nightly

    The maximum number of beds or persons permitted to be served nightly by an emergency or homeless shelter shall be determined and as allowed by Building and Fire Codes.

  • Maximum length of stay180 days

    The maximum length of stay at an emergency or homeless shelter shall be 180-days in a consecutive 365-day period, or not longer than the time frame established by the California Health and Safety Code for Emergency Shelters, whichever is greater.

  • Minimum distance between shelters300 ft

    Emergency or homeless shelters shall not be less than 300-feet apart from other emergency or homeless shelter, as measured from the nearest property lines.

  • On-site manager required during operating hours

    An emergency or homeless shelter shall have an manager on-site during operating hours.

  • On-site security required during operation

    Emergency or homeless shelters shall provide on-site security during hours that the emergency shelter is in operation.

  • On-site client intake waiting area required

    An emergency or homeless shelter shall provide an on-site, client intake, waiting area to prevent queuing on public sidewalks.

From the ordinance

Emergency and homeless shelters shall be allowed as a permitted use, subject to a ministerial development plan review process, in the C-3 (Highway Commercial) zone subject to the following standards: ... Required Parking. An emergency or homeless shelter shall provide off-street parking at a ratio of one (1) space per employee.
10-3.205

Parking requirements

{
  "emergency_shelter": "1 space per employee"
}