Item 22 - Public Hearing - Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025-01 Related to Group Homes

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 24 of 27 Sec. 8-3600. - Operator’s Permit Required. It is unlawful for any person to operate, or to permit any person to operate a group home with seven (7) or more occupants on any property located in the city without a valid permit issued for that group home pursuant to the provision of this Article. (a) Each group home operator shall obtain an Operator’s Permit specific to the operator. (b) A copy of the Operator’s Permit shall be kept at the group home at all times and be made available to any City official upon request. (c) An Operator’s Permit is valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked. No permit granted herein shall confer any vested right to any person or business. (d) The Planning and Building Agency Executive Director or designee will develop and adopt a standardized Operator’s Permit application. Each Operator’s Permit application must be submitted using the City’s application , accompanied by the appropriate filing fee. The applicant shall be responsible for paying any fees that have been established from time to time by the City Council to process the Operator’s Permit at the time of submission of the application. (e) The Operator’s Permit shall be issued by the Planning and Building Agency Executive Director or designee if the applicant is in compliance with or has agreed to comply with the requirements of Section 41-2402(b) of Chapter 41. (f) In addition to denying an application for failing to comply or failing to agree to comply with the requirements of Section 41-2402(b) of Chapter 41, an Operator’s Permit shall also be denied, and if already issued shall be revoked upon a hearing by the Planning and Building Agency Executive Director or designee under any of the following circumstances: (1) Any owner/operator has provided materially false or misleading information on the application or omitted any pertinent information . (2) Any owner/operator or staff person has an employment history in which he or she was terminated during the past two years because of physical assault, sexual harassment, embezzlement or theft; falsifying a drug test; and selling or furnishing illegal drugs or alcohol. (3) Any owner/operator or staff person has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere, within the last seven to 10 years, to any of the following offenses: i. Any sex offense for which the person is required to register as a sex offender under California Penal Code Section 290 (last 10 years);