Boarding Houses
Table 17.32.030 - Residential Zone Uses
Zones with a “P” permit the use and “C” allow a use with a Conditional Use Permit.
Use
RVL
RL
RML
RM
RH
NOTE
2. Lodging
Boardinghouse18
C
C
18, 22
Table notes 18 and 22
18 A boardinghouse may not be located within three hundred (300) feet of any other boardinghouse measured by following a straight line without regard to intervening buildings from the nearest point of the parcel on which the proposed boardinghouse is to be located to the nearest point of the parcel that contains the existing boardinghouse. No more than one (1) boardinghouse is allowed on a legal parcel. 22 But if the boardinghouse is a Residential Care Facility (as defined by Section 17.88.030), allowed administratively under Chapter 5.38 (Residential Care Facility Boardinghouse—Streamlined Administrative Approval).
Table 17.40.030 - Mixed-Use Zone Uses
Zones with a “C” allow a use with a Conditional Use Permit USE
ZONES
2. Lodging
MU 1
MU 2
MU 3.0
MU 3.1
MU 3.2
MU 3.3
MU 5
NOTE
Boardinghouse
C
29, 31
Table notes 29 and 31
29. A boardinghouse may not be located within three hundred (300) feet of any other boardinghouse measured by following a straight line without regard to intervening buildings from the nearest point of the parcel on which the proposed boardinghouse is to be located to the nearest point of the parcel that contains the existing boardinghouse. No more than one (1) boardinghouse is allowed on a legal parcel.
31. But if the boardinghouse is a Residential Care Facility (as defined by Section 17.88.030), allowed administratively under Chapter 5.38 (Residential Care Facility Boardinghouse—Streamlined Administrative Approval).
Section 17.88.030, Definition “Boarding House”
"Boardinghouse" means either of the following:
A dwelling unit or any portion thereof used to provide long-term lodging under four (4) or more individual contracts or rental agreements.2.Any short-term lodging use that it is not a hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast inn, or STLU (including STAR). Because a STLU is inherently limited to a single rental contract under Subsection 17.28.292C.
A boardinghouse under this second definition covers all multiple-rental, short-term lodging uses that are not a hotel, motel, or bed-and-breakfast inn.
Residential Care Facilities
Residential care facilities with six or fewer residents are permitted by State law. Similarly, as noted above for boarding houses, if a boarding house provides care for residents to be defined as “residential care” under State law, the City permits the use in residential zones.
Table 17.32.030 - Residential Zone Uses
Zones with a “P” permit the use
Use
RVL
RL
RML
RM
RH
NOTE
4. Residential Uses
Residential Care Facilities, when licensed to serve six or fewer persons P
P
P
P
P
Section 17.88.030, Definition “Residential Care Facility” "Residential care facility" means an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled nursing, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1250; a community care facility, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1502; a residential care facility for the elderly, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1569.2; a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1568.01; an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 11834.02; a pediatric day health and respite care facility, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1760.2; a congregate living health facility, as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 1250; or a family care home, foster home, or group home serving persons with mental health disorders or other disabilities or dependent and neglected children under California Welfare and Institutions Code section 5116.
Group Homes and Sober Living Homes
There is no City definition, use type, or regulations specific to “group homes” or “sober living homes”. They are regulated either as a boarding house, residential care facility or standard residential unit depending on how they are occupied or operated.
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