NS-3084 - Group Homes and Land Use Definitions

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Sec. 41-2402. —Administrative Approval — Group Home Special Use Permit. (a) Consistent with Section 41-2401, no group home may be established or operated in the City without an administrative approval of a Group Home Special Use Permit issued in accordance with this Section. (b) Such group homes shall comply with the following requirements for issuance of a Group Home Special Use Permit: (1) If the group home operator is not the property owner, written approval from the property owner to operate a group home at the property is required. (2) No group home may be established or operated on any lot that is within 650 feet, as measured from the closest property lines, from another group home. This standard shall not apply to group homes with six or fewer occupants located in the Al, RE, or R1 zoning districts that are not operating as a sober- living home. (3) The group home must have a house manager who resides at the group home or any multiple of persons acting as a house manager who are present at the group home on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week, and who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the group home. (4) If the dwelling unit has an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit, occupants of all units on the property will be combined to determine whether or not the limit of six occupants has been exceeded. (5) A group home in no event shall have more than seven occupants, including the house manager. (6) The group home shall not be located in an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit unless the primary dwelling unit is used for the same purpose. (7) All garage and driveway spaces associated with the dwelling unit shall, at all times, be available for the parking of vehicles, unless modified through the construction of an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit in compliance with all applicable standards. Residents and the house manager may each only store or park a single vehicle at the dwelling unit or on any street within 500 feet of the dwelling unit. The vehicle must be operable and currently used as a primary form of transportation for a resident of the group home. (8) Occupants must not require and operators must not provide "care and supervision" as those terms are defined by Health and Safety Code Section 1503.5 and Section 80001(c)(3) of Title 22, California Code of Regulations Ordinance No. NS-3084 Page 17 of 27