CHAPTER 13-208
TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT SHELTERS

13-208-010   Definitions.

13-208-020   Compliance with assembly unit provisions.

13-208-030   Not-for-profit.

13-208-040   Limited stay.

13-208-050   Operator's duty to limit stay.

13-208-060   Medical care.

13-208-070   Building classifications.

13-208-080   Staff.

13-208-090   Maximum number of occupants.

13-208-100   Evacuation diagram to be posted.

13-208-110   Sleeping area separations.

13-208-120   Smoking materials.

13-208-130   Smoke alarms.

13-208-140   Temporary shelters prohibited in certain types of buildings.

13-208-150   Mixed occupancy building classification.

13-208-160   Standard fire extinguishers.

13-208-170   Sanitary requirements.

13-208-180   Ventilation requirements.

13-208-190   Planning requirements.

13-208-200   Violation – Penalty.

13-208-010 Definitions.

   Whenever used in this chapter, “temporary overnight shelter” shall mean a building, or portion thereof, in which sleeping accommodations are provided for no more than 12 hours per day, for three or more persons who are not related to the owner, operator, manager or other occupants thereof by blood or by marriage.

   “Temporary overnight shelter” shall not include any hotel, hospital, nursing home, sheltered care home, home for the aged, or transitional shelter, single-family home, or two flat as those terms are defined in this Code.

(Prior code § 78.4-1; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214; Amend Coun. J. 10-15-87, p. 4811)

13-208-020 Compliance with assembly unit provisions.

   Except as specifically provided in this chapter, every temporary overnight shelter shall comply with all the provisions of this Code applicable to Class A-2, multiple dwellings.

(Prior code § 78.4-2; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214; Amend Coun. J. 10-15-87, p. 4811)

13-208-030 Not-for-profit.

   No person shall own, operate or manage a temporary overnight shelter except on a not-for-profit basis or without charge to residents thereof.

(Prior code § 78.4-3; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)

13-208-040 Limited stay.

   No person shall remain in any temporary overnight shelter for a period in excess of 12 consecutive hours.

(Prior code § 78.4-4; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)

13-208-050 Operator's duty to limit stay.

   No owner, operator or manager of a temporary overnight shelter shall allow any person to remain therein for a period in excess of 12 consecutive hours.

(Prior code § 78.4-5; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)