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<br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 6 of 27 <br /> <br />(Class 1 – Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines. This exemption applies to the <br />operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of <br />existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical <br />features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The Project <br />merely establishes administrative and land use oversight procedures for group homes <br />already operating or proposed within existing residential structures, and will not expand <br />the existing use. None of the exceptions to the use of categorical exemptions identified in <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to the Class 1 exemptions or this ordinan ce. <br />Specifically, the Project will not result in cumulative impacts, will not affect any scenic or <br />historic resources, and will not involve unusual circumstances leading to a significant <br />impact. <br /> <br />Section 3. Section 41-27.3 (Boarding House) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is <br />hereby added to read as follow: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-27.3. – Boarding house. <br /> <br />Boarding house means a residence or dwelling, other than a hotel or motel, wherein <br />rooms are rented under multiple separate written or oral rental agreements, leases or <br />subleases or combination thereof, whether or not the owner, agent or rental manager <br />resides within the residence. Boarding houses do not include: (1) group homes; (2) <br />residential care facilities; (3) sober-living homes; (4) transitional or supportive housing; or <br />(5) single housekeeping units. <br /> <br /> Section 4. Section 41-41.5 (Care Home) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is hereby <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-41.5. – Care Home Reserved. <br /> <br />A care home is any facility, place, or building, social rehabilitation facility or similar facility <br />which is maintained and operated to provide living accommodations for and twenty -four- <br />hour nonmedical care to persons in need of personal services, supervision, assistance, <br />guidance, or training essential for sustaining the act ivities of daily living or for the <br />protection of the individual, such as the elderly, convalescents, invalids, dependent or <br />neglected children, or physically handicapped, mentally impaired or incompetent persons. <br /> <br /> Section 5. Section 41-49 (Disabled) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is hereby <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-49. – Disabled Person. <br /> <br />For purposes of the reasonable accommodation process detailed in sections 41 -652, et <br />seq., any person who has a medical condition, physical disability, or mental impairment <br />that substantially limits one (1) or more major life activities; anyone who is regarded as <br />having such impairment; or, anyone who has a record of such impairment. People who <br />are currently using illegal substances are not covered unless they have a separate <br />disability. Disabled means, as is more specifically defined under the fair housing laws, a <br />person who has a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life <br />activities, a person who is regarded as having that type of impairment, or a person who