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Whenever used in this chapter, “transitional shelter” shall mean a building or part thereof in which temporary residential accommodations are provided for three or more persons who are not related to the owner, operator, manager or other occupants thereof.
“Transitional shelter” shall not include any hotel, hospital, nursing home, sheltered care home, home for the aged, or temporary overnight shelter, as those terms are defined in this Code.
(Prior code § 78.3-1; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every transitional shelter shall comply with all provisions of this Code relating to Class A-2, multiple dwellings.
(Prior code § 78.3-2; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214; Amend Coun. J. 10-15-87, p. 4811)
No person shall remain as a resident in any transitional shelter for a period in excess of 120 consecutive days. No owner, operator or manager of a transitional shelter shall allow any person to remain as a resident therein for a period in excess of 120 consecutive days.
(Prior code § 78.3-4; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)
It shall be unlawful for any person to provide or to offer, as part of the regular accommodations or services of any transitional shelter, any medical care or treatment, nursing care or any other health-related care for the residents of such thereof. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit any person from obtaining emergency medical care or treatment for any resident of such transitional shelter in event of an emergency.
(Prior code § 78.3-5; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)
It shall not be required that separate living quarters be maintained within a transitional shelter for the owner, operator or manager thereof. An office used exclusively for the management of a transitional shelter may be maintained on the premises thereof.
(Prior code § 78.3-6; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214)