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CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING
Riverside Police Department
Community & Economic Development
Housing and Homelessness Committee
April 25, 2022
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2 • Program began in Mesa, Arizona in 1992
• Over 2,000 cities in 48 U.S. States, 5 Canadian Provinces, England, Puerto Rico, and Japan
• City of Riverside
– Initiated in 1995
– Over 120 certified apartment properties
CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM
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3 • Community oriented policing approach
• Crime Prevention
• Helps to reduce:
– Crime
– Drugs
– Gangs
• Apartment communities
– Do not tolerate criminal activity
– Actively pay attention to activity
– Warn that there are consequences for engaging in criminal activity - Just like a Drug Free Workplace or Drug Free School Zone WHAT IS CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING?
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4 GOALS
Well-Lit Interiors
Adequate Exterior Lighting
Secure and Well Maintained Properties
Well-Maintained Landscaping
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5 • Phase 1: Management Training Class
• Phase 2: C.P.T.E.D. (Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design) survey of the property
– Property must meet the minimum-security requirements
• Phase 3: Tenant/Neighborhood Watch/Crime Prevention
Social or party
– Apartment community meeting
PROGRAM PHASES
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6 • Crime Prevention Tips and
Trends
• CPTED Theory (Crime
Prevention Through
Environmental Design)
• Resident Screening
Guidelines
• Lease Agreements and
Eviction Issues
• Crime Free Lease
Addendum
• Monitoring and Reporting
Crimes
• Gangs and Drug Activity
Awareness
• Legal Warnings, Notices
and Evictions
• Working with the Police
• Fire Safety Training
• Community Awareness
• Smoking Laws
PHASE 1 – SUMMARY
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7 • Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CPTED)
• Minimum door, window, and
lock standards inspection
• Minimum exterior lighting
standards evaluation
• Emergency key control access
• Landscape maintenance
standards compliance
• Properties are given CFMH
signs to post on their property
PHASE 2 – SUMMARY
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8 • Annual crime prevention
social which is hosted by
property management
and the Police
• Community awareness
and continuous
participation is
encouraged
PHASE 3 – SUMMARY
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9 • Improved personal safety
and security
• Property managers and
residents work with the
Police
• Creates partnership -
Police and community
• Provides information on
police calls for service
RESULTS
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10 • Title 1 – Administrative Hearing Officer may require the responsible party to participate in and successfully
complete the Program
• Title 19 – Operational and Development Standards
– Applies to Specific Uses
– Requires a Property Owner and Management to Participate and be Active Members in Program
– Some uses must maintain Certification Status
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11 • Title 19 – Applicable Uses/Zones
– 19.120 - Mixed Use Zone (Multi-family and Group Homes) – 19.210 - Mobile Home Overlay Zone (Mobile Home Park)
– 19.255 - Assemblies of People – Non-Entertainment
– 19.330 - Hotel/Motel Long-Term Stay
– 19.350 - Parolee/Probationer Home
– 19.400 - Emergency Shelters
– 19.401 - Single Room Occupancies
– 19.740 - Temporary Use Permit – Emergency Shelters
– 19.770 - Site Plan Review Permit
– 19.970 - Condominium Conversion Permits
RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE
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12 That the Housing and Homelessness Committee receive
and file an update on the Crime Free Multi-Housing
Program and its relationship to the Riverside Municipal Code
RECOMMENDATIONS
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