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EXHIBITA- EMC 19.04 DEFINITIONS <br />Existing <br />Proposed <br />"Clinic" means a building or portion of a building <br />designed and used for the medical, dental or surgical <br />diagnosis or treatment of patients under the care of <br />doctors. <br />No change proposed to the definition of 'Clinic". <br />"Community services" means a use operated by a <br />public agency, nonprofit, or other organizations of a <br />charitable nature generally providing a service to <br />people of the community. Generally, they provide the <br />service on the site or have employees at the site on a <br />regular basis. The service is ongoing, not just for special <br />events. Examples include drug and alcohol centers, <br />social service facilities, soup kitchens, food banks, and <br />surplus food distribution centers. <br />"Social service facility" means a facility housing a <br />public or nonprofit agency that provides counseling, <br />therapy or other social or human services to persons <br />needing such services. This definition does not include <br />schools, hospitals, clinics, day care, or residential uses. <br />NEW <br />"Social services" means a use operated by a public <br />agency, nonprofit, or other organizations of a charitable <br />nature generally providing a service to people of the <br />community. Staff may be located primarily on site or <br />may be based off site and provide regular hours or <br />visits on site. Generally, they provide the service on the <br />site or have employees at the site on a regular basis. <br />The service is ongoing, not just for special events. <br />Examples include services for behavioral health, <br />counseling, therapy, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, <br />and prepared meal distribution centers, social service <br />facilities, soup kitchens, and surplus food distribution <br />centers. This definition does not include schools, <br />hospitals, clinics, day care, food banks, or residential <br />uses. <br />"Group housing, temporary shelter" means a shelter <br />providing temporary housing accommodations (ninety <br />days or less) that includes a sponsor and managing <br />agency, the primary purpose of which is to provide <br />temporary shelter for people experiencing <br />homelessness in general or for specific populations of <br />the homeless, or temporary shelter for people <br />experiencing domestic violence. In addition to shelters <br />which provide shelter for up to ninety days, temporary <br />shelters may also include temporary building <br />encampments, temporary safe parking areas, <br />temporary outdoor encampments or vehicle resident <br />safe parking for the homeless, and temporary tiny <br />house encampments. <br />NEW <br />"Emergency Housing" has the same meaning as RCW <br />36.70A.030(9): <br />"Emergency housing" means any facility that is <br />constructed for the primary purpose of providing <br />temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or <br />families who are homeless, or at imminent risk of <br />becoming homeless, that is intended to address the <br />basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene <br />needs of individuals or families consistent with RCW <br />36.70A.030(9). Emergency housing may or may not <br />require occupants to enter into a lease or an <br />occupancy agreement.. <br />NEW <br />"Emergency shelter, indoor" means a facility that is <br />constructed for the primary purpose of providing <br />shelter for people experiencing homelessness in <br />general or for specific populations of people <br />Planning Commission Resolution 22-02 <br />Homeless Shelters and Housing Code Amendments <br />Exhibit A: EMC 19.04 Definitions <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />EYEHEiT <br />