2022/08/31 Council Agenda Packet

admittance on a nightly or extended stay basis. "Extreme weather shelter, temporary" means a facility intended to house people experiencing homelessness for specific situations such as cold or hot weather or poor air quality conditions. The shelter operations are limited to the duration of the period that the extreme conditions persist. People may be granted admittance either for an overnight stay, during the day, or both. "Transitional housing" has the same meaning as RCW 84.36.043(2)(c): "Transitional housing" means a project that provides housing and supportive services to homeless persons or families for up to two years and that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless persons and families into independent living. Section 6. EMC 19.04.050 Use definitions, residential "Permanent supportive housing" is amended as follows, with strikeout text deleted and underlined text added: "Permanent supportive housing", also referred to as supportive housing, has the same meaning as RCW 36.70A.030(16): "Permanent supportive housing" is subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housing is paired with on -site or off -site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community -based health care, treatment, or employment services. Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in chapter 59.18 RCW. Section 7. EMC 19.04.050 "Supportive housing" is amended as follows, with strikeout text deleted and underlined text added: "Supportive housing" see "permanent supportive housing". means a combination of housing, more stable and productive lives. The housing typc is a multiple family dwelling owned or sponsored by a qualified nonprofit provider or government entity, designed for occupancy by persons that arc either (1) experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; (2) aro experiencing a disability that presents barriers to employment and housing stability; or (3) generally require structured supportive services such as case management and twenty four .hour on site facility management to be successful living in the community and is intended to provide long term, rather than transitional, housing. Section 8. Subsection EMC 19.04.060 "Community services", which reads as follows: "Community services" means a use operated by a public agency, nonprofit, or other ORDINANCE -22 Page 8 of 22