§ 21.52.220. Community correctional reentry centers.

A.

A complete application for a community correctional reentry center in an industrial zone shall include adequate evidence that the applicant has conducted a preapplication meeting for surrounding property owners and occupants. The applicant shall provide at least ten (10) days' notice of a preapplication meeting to all owners and occupants of real property within one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') of the real property which is the subject of the application, all neighborhood associations adjacent to, or within the vicinity of, the proposed use, any surrounding business association and the City's neighborhood resource center. The applicant shall provide proof of such notice and meeting through the use of certified mail and returned receipts issued by the United States Postal Service.

B.

The following conditions shall apply to community correctional reentry centers in the industrial zoning districts:

1.

Such uses shall provide educational and vocational training primarily focused on industrial employment.

2.

Such uses shall provide short-term lodging not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days per inmate/trainee.

3.

Counseling and job placement services shall be provided for inmates/trainees of the facility only.

4.

The use shall comply with all general conditions of special group residences, as set forth at Section 21.52.271 of this Chapter; provided, however, no such use, regardless of the size of the parcel housing such uses shall exceed fifty (50) beds and/or fifty (50) inmates/trainees at any given time.

5.

The operator of the use shall only accept inmates/trainees who voluntarily apply for transfer to the community correctional reentry center.

6.

No reentry center operator shall accept any inmate/trainee currently serving a sentence for conviction of any offense described in subdivision (c) of Penal Code Section 667.5 or subdivision (c) of Penal Code Section 1192.7, excluding the offense of burglary.

7.

No reentry center operator shall accept any inmate/trainee who has more than one hundred twenty (120) days left to serve in a correctional facility.

8.

No reentry center operator shall accept any inmate/trainee that has been convicted of an escape pursuant to Section 4532 of the Penal Code.

9.

The facility shall be staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. A State parole agent shall be assigned to the site to monitor the inmates' activities. No inmate of the facility shall be permitted to utilize a private vehicle unless expressly authorized to do so by the California Department of Corrections pursuant to its rules and procedures governing such use. Any change in operations must be reviewed and approved by both the State and City prior to implementation of such change.

(Ord. C-7392 § 3, 1996)