ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, REDUCING THE
MINIMUM FLOOR AREA OF EFFICIENCY UNITS
CONSISTENT WITH CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE SECTION 17958.1; AND FINDING THE
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA
WHEREAS, Project Homekey is a state-run program to convert hotel and motel rooms and other spaces in existing bu ildings to permanent supportive housing for unhoused persons; and
WHEREAS, these converted hotel and motel rooms are intended to qualify as “efficiency units,” as that term is defined under California Health and Safety Code section 17958.1(b); and WHEREAS, the City wishes to ensure that hotel and motel rooms that are converted as part of Project Homekey meet minimum floor area requirements; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 17958.1(a) authorizes the City to act by ordinance to reduce the minimum floor area of efficiency units for occupancy by no more than two persons to as little as 150 square feet.
THE C ITY COUNCIL OF T HE CITY OF LANCASTER, C ALIFORNIA, DOE S HE REBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lancaster hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Section 15.08.020 is hereby added to Chapter 15 of the Lancaster Municipal Code as follows:
15.08.020 Efficiency Units
A. In the limited circumstances set forth in Section 15.08.020.B below, the minimum floor area for an efficiency unit for occupancy by no more than two persons is 150 square feet, inclusive of any partial kitchen, closet, or bathroom facilities that it may have.
B. The reduced minimum floor area set forth in Section 1 5.08.020. A only applies to an efficiency unit that: ( 1) is created by converting an existing guest room that was legally established as part of a hotel or motel commercial use before January 1, 1960; and (2) is used only for permanent supportive housing, as acknowledged by a recorded restrictive covenant in a form acceptable to the City and approved by the City Attorney.
Section 3. Effective Date. T his ordinance takes effect 30 days after its adoption.
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Section 4. Posting. The City Clerk is herbey directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause it to be published according to legal requirements.
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I, _________________, City Clerk of the City of Lancaster, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading on the _____ day of ___________, 2024, and placed upon its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of the City Council on the ______day of __________, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________________ ______________________________ ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF LANCASTER )
CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
CITY COUNCIL
I, __________________________, ___________________________ City of Lancaster, California, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. ______, for which the original is on file in my office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, on this _________ day of ________________, 2024.
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(seal)