Citywide
Senior Housing (
-
SR) Combining District for
Mobile Home Parks
1 October 8, 2024 Christian Candelaria, City Planner
Planning and Economic Development
Project Description
• Community request to add a Senior Housing (-SH)
Combining District to 12 mobile home parks
which operate as senior parks
2 Background
3 • In October 2012, as a result of litigation, the City Council adopted an ordinance amending the Zoning
Code to add a Senior Housing (-SR) Combining
District
• Mobile home park residents have attended
numerous City Council meetings requesting that the
City initiate a rezoning to add the -SH Combining
District to mobile home parks within the City
Map of Mobile Home Parks
4 5
Mobile Home Park Information
Name Address Spaces Household
1 Brookwood 7000 Montecito Blvd. 201 55+
2 Carriage Court 250 Kawana Springs Road 74 55+
3 Coddingtown 801 Piner Road 117 All Ages
4 The Country 1180 Fulton Road 178 55+
5 Kay Mar (Resident-owned Park) 515 W. College Avenue 33 55+ 6 Leisure Park 2185 Occidental Road 182 All Ages
7 The Orchard 1945 Piner Road 233 55+
8 Rancho Cabeza 677 Calistoga Road 150 55+
9 Rancho San Miguel 2665 Hardies Lane 141 55+
10 Rincon Valley 4671 Circle Drive 230 55+
11 Roseland 1355 Sebastopol Road 68 55+
12 Santa Rosa Village 4001 Sonoma Highway 170 55+
13 Sequoia Gardens 433 Fulton Road 191 55+
14 Sunset 2963 Santa Rosa Avenue 53 All Ages
15 Wayside Gardens 2389 Santa Rosa Avenue 49 All Ages
16 Woodcrest 1123 Woodcrest Drive 84 55+
Total Spaces 2,154
55+ Mobile Home Park Information: 1753 spaces and 12 Mobile Home Parks Senior Housing (-SH) Combining District
6 • A combining district designation added to the base
zoning of a parcel (MH -> MH-SH)
• Existing Combining District - 80% of units are
required to be occupied by at least one person who
is 55 or older
• Senior Housing Regulatory Agreement with the
Housing Authority
• Biennial Verification of Occupancy
General Plan Housing Element
7 The following comes from the 2023-2031 Housing Element:
• 2022 Santa Rosa Housing Survey indicated the need for affordable senior housing
• Housing Needs Assessment indicated the need to support senior households
• Citywide there are 1,119 deed restricted affordable units for seniors and 20,634 units occupied by seniors
• Goal H-3: Support special needs housing
• Program H-25: Housing for Extremely Low-Income
Households
• Program H-26: Housing for Senior Households
General Information
• Senior Housing overlay would restrict 12 Mobile
Home Parks to be 80% occupied by at least one
resident that is age 55+
• Keeps lower cost mobile home units available to
seniors
• Any additional standards requested by Council would
need to be added to the Zoning Code through Zoning
Code text amendment
8 Process for Staff
9 Prior to Council Action
• Outreach to Residents and Mobile Home Park
Owners
• Research
• Draft Zoning Map Amendment
• Draft Zoning Code Text Amendment
After Council Ordinance
• Initial age verification of residents
• Senior Housing Regulatory Agreements recorded
against property
• Biennial Verification of Occupancy by all residents
Senior Overlay Considerations
• Benefits:
• Preserves units for Seniors
• Modular units that are generally available at a lower cost • Challenges:
• Short-term staffing impacts
• Development of policy and ordinance (PED)
• Long-term staffing impacts
• Policy implementation and administration (HCS)
• Property owner concerns
• Compliance with regulatory agreement
• Limits future development potential in the event of a park closure (unless sites are rezoned)
10 Litigation
• Current litigation pending in Petaluma and Cotati
related to mobile home parks
• Santa Rosa City staff is currently tracking both and
will provide updates to the Council as it becomes
available
11 12
Environmental Review
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
The request for the City Council to provide direction for a Study Session is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because there is no
possibility that the action will have any effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3)
and 15378).
Recommendation
13 It is recommended by the Planning and Economic
Development Department that the Council hold a
Study Session to provide direction to staff on whether
to proceed with a Senior Housing (-SH) Combining
District for 12 existing mobile home parks, pending
resolution of related local litigation.