The following definitions apply in this chapter:
"Camp" means to place, pitch, or occupy camp facilities; to live temporarily in a camp facility or outdoors; to use camp paraphernalia.
"Camp facilities" include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, vehicles, vehicle camping outfits, or temporary shelter.
"Camp paraphernalia" includes, but is not limited to, bedrolls, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks, or cooking facilities and similar equipment.
"City manager" means the city manager or designee.
"Emergency shelter space" means a city-authorized location providing temporary shelter or alternative sleeping space for a person experiencing homelessness until permanent shelter or housing can be obtained. "Emergency shelter space" includes the following:
1. An enclosed or partially enclosed space of at least 70 square feet with a bed and roof that provides protection from the sun and rain in which a person may sleep.
2. A space of at least 100 square feet in which a person may camp. The city may provide the camp paraphernalia, or the person may bring their own camp paraphernalia, according to the rules for that location. The city may permit the person to sleep in the space during designated nighttime hours and require them to vacate the space during the day, so long as each person is provided reasonable space for storage of property and possessions during the time the person is required to vacate the space.
3. A space of at least 150 square feet in which a person may park a vehicle in which they can sleep temporarily.
"Encampment" means four or more unrelated persons camping together or within 50 feet of each other and without permitted electrical power, permitted running water, and permitted bathroom facilities that serve that encampment.
"Harm" means monetary loss and the loss of the quiet use and enjoyment of private or public property.
"Minimum threshold" means the number of emergency shelter spaces that equals 60% of the estimated number of unsheltered homeless persons in the city pursuant to the 2022 PIT Count Report or the most recent PIT Count Report, whichever is less.
"New emergency shelter spaces" means shelter spaces identified or authorized after December 31, 2021.
"PIT Count Report" means the report of the Point-in-Time Homeless Count documenting the results of the survey of every individual in the County of Sacramento experiencing homelessness during a twenty-four-hour period, conducted to fulfill a federal funding requirement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"Resident" means a person who resides in the city or owns a business located in the city, and includes a group of residents, or an organization of residents.
"Unrelated" means not related by blood, adoption, marriage, or registered domestic partnership.
"Utilization rate" means the percentage calculated as follows: (monthly average number of occupied emergency shelter spaces)/(total emergency shelter spaces identified and authorized by the city manager). For purposes of this calculation, the monthly average is calculated using the daily counts conducted pursuant to section 12.100.020. (Ord. 2022-0011 § 2)