The proposed urgency ordinance contains the following specific modifications and/or suspensions of county housing, permitting, and health and safety codes and policies:
Immediate Short-Term Temporary Shelter: For a period of up to 60 days from the effective date of the ordinance, use of “temporary dwellings,” which includes recreational vehicles, a manufactured home, a mobile home, or a movable tiny house, on any parcel in any zoning district shall be allowed without County approval provided that such parcels and/or vehicles have temporary septic holding capacity and/or portable toilets that are serviced through routine pumping services or use of a dump station and otherwise comply with other applicable State laws and requirements.
Intermediate Temporary Shelter: The use of RVs, manufactured homes, mobile homes, and movable tiny houses, in addition to one cargo storage container per parcel, by displaced persons on Carr Fire-affected parcels and parcels not affected by the Carr Fire in any residential district shall be allowed during the term of the ordinance, subject to County approval and compliance with all applicable standards established by the ordinance.
Residential Use of Temporary Dwellings (RVs, Manufactured Homes, Mobile Homes, and Movable Tiny Houses): Subject to the approval of an administrative permit, RVs, manufactured homes, mobile homes, and movable tiny houses may be utilized for temporary residential uses by displaced persons on parcels not affected by the Carr Fire within all zone districts with the exception of the Designated Floodway (F-1), Public Facilities (PF), and Timber Production (TP) districts during the term of the ordinance.
Rental of Existing Guest Houses: Existing guest houses shall be permitted to be rented as interim housing for displaced persons.
Temporary Suspension of Development Impact Fees for Accessory Dwelling Units: Applications for new accessory dwelling units on fire-affected parcels during the term of the ordinance shall be eligible for a suspension of those development impact fees that are imposed by the County.
Temporary Suspension of Use Permit Requirement for Relocation of Damaged Child Care and Educational Facilities: Relocation of day care centers, child care facilities, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, or institution of higher education housed in premises made uninhabitable by the Carr Fire may be relocated to existing buildings in the Community Commercial (C-2), Office Commercial (C-O), Commercial Light-Industrial (C-M), and Public Facilities (PF) zone districts or to any site with an existing religious facility, subject to only a zoning permit, and if required, a building permit for renovations.
Legal Nonconforming Uses and Structures: The ordinance would allow for the waiver of the prohibition against the replacement, repair, or reconstruction of nonconforming uses and structures provided that requirements set forth in County Code 2.72.100.C have been met.
Extensions of Tentative Maps and Other Specified Land Use Approvals: Tentative map (and any concurrent land use approvals), lot line adjustment, use permit, zoning permit, and other approvals granted under Title 17 of the Shasta County Code on or after July 23, 2016, that have not already been granted an extension of time shall be extended for one year beyond their current date of expiration.