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A new section is added as EMC 19.13.190 Specific Use Standards to identify the use of Temporary <br />Extreme Weather Shelters. <br />Technical Corrections <br />Corrections are included for code consistency: <br />1. EMC 19.13.030(D)(5) update change to "social services" from "social service facilities". <br />2. EMC 19.13.050(A)(2) update change to "social services" use from "social service facilities". <br />3. EMC 19.34.020 update change to "permanent supportive housing" from "supportive housing" <br />for required off-street parking. <br />DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMMENTS <br />The proposed amendments were submitted to the Washington State Department of Commerce for a <br />60-day review period as required. The Department provided the city with suggestions and were <br />reviewed by staff. The suggestions and staff review responses are provided below. <br />• Update "persons experiencing domestic violence" references to" survivors of domestic violence" <br />to reflect currently preferred terminology. <br />Staff response: Staff concurs with the comment; references have been updated. <br />• Remove the requirement for a shelter resident to be "permanently removed" from the shelter <br />for failure to abide by the code of conduct. Removing a person from a shelter permanently does <br />not allow for services to be provided in the future when a person may still need the services or <br />shelter and can demonstrate changed behavior. (EMC 19.08.200(D)(6)) <br />Staff response: Staff concurs with the comment. Staff had already proposed shifting from a <br />prescriptive list of topics required in a code of conduct to a more flexible requirement to <br />prepare a code of conduct tailored to the context of the facility. Commerce raised a good point <br />about rigid enforcement requirements that may not fit the circumstances (e.g. a lifetime ban <br />for littering). Accordingly proposed EMC 19.08.200(D)(6) is deleted in this version. <br />• Add Permanent Supportive Housing and Transitional Housing to Table 5-1 Use Matrices to <br />emphasize that the specific use is allowed. <br />Staff response: Staff reviewed this comment and do not propose creating uses in the use <br />matrix for Permanent Supportive Housing and Transitional Housing. The city moved in 2020 <br />(Ord. 3724-20) to consider these uses as residential, like any other residential development <br />allowed in a particular zone. A footnote to the use matrix indicates that the social services <br />component is allowed as an accessory use to Permanent Supportive Housing and Transitional <br />Housing only is shown in all zones where social services are not otherwise permitted. Staff will <br />continue to clearly communicate to applicants and the public that these uses are broadly <br />allowed in the city as Dwellings + Social Services. <br />• Include a reference in the code sections for shelters to require providers use Homeless <br />Management Information System (HMIS) to record information about shelter users. <br />Staff response: Snohomish County manages HMIS for the entire county. Often, using HMIS is <br />associated with public funding provided for services, shelters, and housing for people <br />experiencing homeless. While it may be helpful to include the requirement in this section of <br />the development regulations, it is not within the purview of land use or planning to enforce <br />such a provision and therefore, not applicable to the land use code. <br />IZ <br />EVEP ETT <br />City Council Staff Memo: <br />Shelter and Housing for Homeless Individuals Code Amendments— Ordinance <br />Page 9 of 10 <br />