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Case 8:23-cv-00504 Document 1.-3 Filed 03/20/23 Page 4 of 76 Page ID #:70 ZOA No. 2022-03: Zoning Code Amendments and Updates January 17, 2023 Page 2 Urgency Ordinance At its regular meeting on December 20, 2022, the City Council approved an urgency ordinance (ZOA No. 2022-07) amending various sections of Chapter 41 related to noxious uses; medical offices operated by government, government-subsidized, not-for- profit, or philanthropic entities; electric fences; and various use definitions. The amendments approved under the urgency ordinance are also included in this ZOA, should there be challenges related to the exigency posed by the threats to public health, safety, or welfare that were demonstrated by the urgency ordinance. In addition, staff has already begun evaluating the appropriate distances for expanding the buffer between noxious uses and sensitive receptors beyond 500 feet as directed by the City Council during the adoption of the urgency ordinance and will present a recommendation to the City Council at a future meeting. DISCUSSION Various sections within Chapter 41 of the SAMC have been revised periodically over the last several years to respond to changes in development and business practices, to adopt new permitting procedures, and to comply with changes to state and federal laws. In a continuing effort to comply with changes to state law, establish high-quality development standards, create a user friendly environment for residents and the business community, and to commence the work of enacting the various policies and actions set forth in the General Plan, the Planning Division is proposing revisions to various sections of the Zoning Code. Table 1 below and on the following pages illustrates the existing and proposed regulations. The amendments identified are the first of several amendments that will be made to the Zoning Code leading up to the comprehensive update of the Zoning Code. The proposed changes would apply citywide. Table 1: ZOA No. 2022-03 Current and Proposed Text Regulations Topic Existing Zoning Code Regulations Proposed.Zoning Code Regulations Family Daycare 1. Definition for"Child Care Facility' 1. Update definitions to conform to state Facilities (Sec.41-42.5). definition: Family daycare and 2. Uses permitted in the Single-Family Daycare center, respectively. Residence(R1)section(Sec.41- 2. Delete references to child care 232) requires approval of a land facilities in various Zoning Code use certificate for a large family sections in which residential uses are daycare facility. permitted, and create a new section 3. Child care facility permitted in the (Sec.41-192.6)allowing small and Professional(P), Community large family daycare in residential Commercial(C1), Community districts Commercial—Museum District(Cl- 3. Delete references to child care MD),Arterial Commercial(C5), facilities in various commercial and Light Industrial (M1), and South industrial zoning district sections and Main Street Commercial District(C- replace with new term"Daycare SM). center." Regional Planned Regional institutions such as hospitals Add definition for"regional institution," Sign Programs and institutions of higher learning do such as hospitals and institutions of not benefit from the sign regulation I higher learning,to afford such uses the