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<br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 15 of 27 <br /> <br />Sec. 41-603. - Area—Generally. <br /> <br />(a) Any lot shown upon an official subdivision map duly approved by the city <br />council and recorded in the office of the county recorder, or any lot for which <br />a recorded contract of sale was in full force and effect prior to June 3, 1954, <br />and the deed is so recorded in the office of the county recorder, may be <br />used as a legal building site, subject to the conditions, limitations, and <br />restrictions governing the district in which it is located. <br /> <br />(b) The following exception to yard requirements shall be applied with res pect <br />to all buildings, structures, and uses permitted in the A1, RE, R1, R2, R3, <br />and P districts: Where forty (40) per cent or more of the lots along any block, <br />excluding reverse corner lots and key lots, are developed with buildings, the <br />required front yard for any new building or alteration to an existing building <br />shall be not less than the arithmetical average of the front yards of said <br />buildings. In computing said average front yard, main buildings situated <br />entirely on the rear one-half (½) of any lot along said block shall not be <br />included. Notwithstanding this subsection, no front yard shall be less than <br />twenty (20) feet from a front property line. <br /> <br />(c) In any commercial district, the front and side yards required for dwellings, <br />apartments and hotels may be waived when such uses are erected above <br />the ground floor of a building when said ground floor has no required front <br />and side yard. <br /> <br /> Section 25. Section 41-1323 (Care Homes) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is hereby <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-1323. - Residential care facilities. <br /> <br />The minimum off-street parking requirements for residential care facilities are as follows: <br />one (1) space for each three (3) beds. <br /> <br />Section 26. Section 41-1324 (Lodging houses) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is <br />hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-1324. - Reserved. <br /> <br /> Section 27. Article XXIII (Group Homes Facilities) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is <br />hereby added to read as follows: <br /> <br />ARTICLE XXIII. – GROUP HOME FACILITIES <br /> <br />Sec. 41-2400. - Purpose. <br /> <br />This Article is intended to preserve the residential character of residential <br />neighborhoods, avoid institutionalization of the disabled, and further the purposes of the <br />California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments <br />of 1988, and the California Lanterman Development Disabilities Services Act by, among