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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. – Reserved. <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. <br /> <br />Disabled means, as is more specifically defined under the fair housing laws, a person <br />who has a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities, a <br />person who is regarded as having that type of impairment, or a person who has a record <br />of that type of impairment, not including current, illegal use of a controlled substance. For <br />the purposes of this Chapter, handicapped shall mean the same as disabled. <br /> <br /> Section 6. Section 41-66.5 (Group home) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is hereby <br />added to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-66.5. – Group home. <br /> <br />A facility that is being used as a supportive living environment for persons who are <br />considered disabled under state or federal law. A group home ope rated by a single <br />operator or service provider (whether licensed or unlicensed) constitutes a single facility,