§ 20.35.090. Operations and security plan required.

1.

The host and/or sponsoring agency shall submit an operations and security plan to the department as part of the permit application for the homeless encampment.

2.

The host agency shall provide to all residents of the homeless encampment a "Code of Conduct" for living at the encampment. A copy of the "Code of Conduct" shall be submitted as part of the operations and security plan.

3.

All homeless encampment residents must sign an agreement to abide by the code of conduct. Failure to abide by the code of conduct and the operations and security plan shall result in the noncompliant resident's immediate and permanent expulsion from the property.

4.

The sponsoring agency shall keep a log of all people who stay overnight in the encampment, including names, birth dates, and dates of stay. Logs shall be kept for a minimum of six months and made available to the county and the sheriff's Office upon request.

5.

The sponsoring agency shall take all reasonable and legal steps to obtain verifiable ID, such as a driver's license, government issued identification card, military identification or passport from prospective and existing encampment residents.

6.

The host agency shall ensure there is a security tent that is labeled with a visible sign indicating it is the security tent. The security tent shall have an operational telephone or cell phone that is manned twenty-four hours a day seven days a week and must provide the phone number to CAPCOM (county dispatch center). The security tent shall be located near the entrance of the encampment and be staffed by a volunteer, encampment resident, designated representative of the host agency, or other responsible person.

7.

The sponsoring agency will use identification to obtain sex offender and warrant checks from the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.

a.

If said warrant and sex offender checks reveal either (1) an existing or outstanding warrant from any jurisdiction in the United States for the arrest of the individual who is the subject of the check; or (2) the subject of the check is a sex offender, required to register with the county sheriff or their county of residence pursuant to RCW 9A.44.130, then sponsoring agency will reject the subject to the check for residency to homeless encampment or eject the subject of the check if that person is already a homeless encampment resident.

b.

The sponsoring agency shall immediately contact the Thurston County Sheriff's office if the reason for rejection or ejection of an individual from the homeless encampment is an active warrant or if, in the opinion of the on duty designated representative of the host agency or the on duty security staff, the rejected/ejected person is a potential threat to the community.

8.

The sponsoring agency shall self police and self manage its residents and shall prohibit alcohol, drugs, weapons, fighting, and abuse of any kind, littering or disturbing neighbors while located on the property.

9.

The sponsoring agency will appoint a designated representative of the host agency to serve on duty at all times to serve as a point of contact for the Thurston County Sheriff's Office and will orient the deputies as to how the security tent operates. The names of the on duty designated representative of the host agency will be posted daily in the security tent. The county shall provide contact numbers of non-emergency personnel which shall be posted at the security tent.

10.

Visitors: Visitors to the encampment must meet the following procedures and requirements:

a.

Visitors to the encampment must be invited and accompanied by a resident and must be able to show picture ID.

b.

Visitors may be at the encampment only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

c.

Visitors may not stay overnight unless they get permission from the host and complete the same background check requirements as required for residents.

11.

The homeless encampment shall have a numbering system to easily identify each of the tents. A map of the homeless encampment indicating the general location and the numbering of the tents shall be posted at the security tent.

12.

The host agency shall provide proof of general liability insurance with minimum limits of one million dollars per occurrence.

(Ord. No. 14402, § 2, 9-7-2010)