22.90.060 Outdoor encampments.
The provisions of this section shall apply to outdoor encampments.
A. The hosting term of an outdoor encampment shall not exceed six months at a particular site in a calendar year.
B. At least three months shall lapse between subsequent or established outdoor encampments at a particular site.
C. Simultaneous and adjacent hostings of outdoor encampments by religious organizations shall not be located within one thousand feet of another outdoor encampment concurrently hosted by the same or different religious organization.
D. An outdoor encampment shall be located a minimum of twenty feet from the property line of abutting properties containing residential uses.
E. Any exterior lighting must be directed downward and contained within the outdoor encampment.
F. The maximum residential density of an outdoor encampment is one occupant per four hundred square feet of parcel area; provided, that the maximum number of occupants within an outdoor encampment shall not exceed one hundred regardless of the size of the parcel.
G. An outdoor encampment shall comply with the following fire safety requirements:
1. All tents exceeding three hundred square feet, and all canopies exceeding four hundred square feet, shall be comprised of flame retardant materials;
2. Open flames are prohibited in an outdoor encampment;
3. If temporary structures other than tents are used for habitation within an outdoor encampment, each such structure shall have a door, at least one egress window, and shall be equipped with a functional smoke detector;
4. An adequate power supply to the outdoor encampment is required; provided, that properly permitted and installed construction site type electrical boxes may be approved by the zoning administrator; and
5. Only wired electrical heating is allowed within tents and other temporary structures used for habitation at an outdoor encampment.
H. The outdoor encampment shall ensure a minimum separation of six feet between structures, including tents.
I. The city may require a sight-obscuring fence around the perimeter of the outdoor encampment unless the city determines that there is sufficient vegetation, topographic variation, or other site conditions and/or circumstances such that fencing would not be reasonably necessary. (Ord. 007/2021 § 2 (Exh. A))