Temporary Uses | Uses
received on the proposed homeless encampment, including comments from the Sammamish police department, schools, and child care services. Copies of the agenda and the other specified comments and materials shall be provided by the applicant at the meeting. The meeting shall be conducted on the proposed homeless encampment site whenever feasible. b. Application. An applicant shall submit a complete application for a homeless encampment use permit at least 30 days before the occupancy of a homeless encampment. c. Notice of Application. The City shall provide a notice of application per the mailed notice requirements of SDC 21.09.010H.7. d. Warrant and Sex Offender Checks. Managing agencies shall obtain warrant and sex offender checks from the King County sheriff’s office (“warrant check”) for all homeless encampment residents. For homeless encampment residents initially moving onto the site with the homeless encampment, the warrant check must be completed at least seven days prior to the homeless encampment moving onto the site. For residents moving into the homeless encampment during the permit period, the warrant check must be completed on or before the date that the new resident moves on site. If a warrant check reveals a homeless encampment resident or prospective resident is or is required to be a registered sex offender or has an active warrant, the managing agency or sponsor shall immediately contact and so advise the City or
Sammamish police department. The sponsor shall be responsible for verifying that the warrant checks occur.
5. Parking, Transportation, and Security.
a. Parking.
i. Each lot occupied by a homeless encampment must provide or have available a parking and vehicular maneuvering area. ii. A homeless encampment and the parking of any vehicles associated with a homeless encampment shall not displace the sponsor site’s parking lot in such a way that the sponsor site no longer meets the minimum or required parking of the principal use as required by code or previous approvals unless an alternative parking plan has first been approved by the director.
b. Transportation Plan.
i. The sponsor or managing agency shall submit a plan with the permit application demonstrating the ability for residents to obtain access to methods of communication and services such as grocery, supplies, and medical care. ii. The plan shall provide for a means of transportation to an appropriate public transportation stop and include any proposed alternative means of transportation such as private or volunteer shuttle service and/or reasonable bicycle/pedestrian paths.
c. Security Management Plan.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 297
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