This chapter establishes the development standard requirements for transitional and supportive housing as required by state law.

(Ord. No. 713, § 1(Att. B), 6-10-2025)

Transitional and supportive housing, as defined in Sections 50675.2 and 50675.14, respectively, of the California Health and Safety Code, constitutes a residential use and are subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zoning district.

(Ord. No. 713, § 1(Att. B), 6-10-2025)

Pursuant to Section 65651 of the Government Code, supportive housing development with up to fifty supportive housing units shall be permitted by-right in all zones where multi-family and mixed-use residential development are permitted provided the development satisfies all of the following requirements:

A.

All supportive housing units within the development are subject to a recorded affordability restriction for fifty-five years.

B.

One hundred percent of the units, excluding managers' units, within the development are dedicated to lower-income households and are receiving public funding to ensure affordability of the housing to lower-income Californians. For purposes of this paragraph, "lower-income households" has the same meaning as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

C.

At least twenty-five percent of the units in the development or twelve units, whichever is greater, are restricted to residents in supportive housing who meet the criteria of the target population. If the development consists of fewer than twelve units, then one hundred percent of the units, excluding managers' units, in the development shall be restricted to residents in supportive housing.

D.

The developer shall provide the information required by Section 65652 of the Government Code to the planning department.

E.

Nonresidential floor area shall be used for onsite supportive services in the following amounts:

1.

For a development with twenty or fewer total units, at least ninety square feet shall be provided for onsite supportive services.

2.

For a development with more than twenty units, at least three percent of the total nonresidential floor area shall be provided for onsite supportive services that are limited to tenant use, including, but not limited to, community rooms, case management offices, computer rooms, and community kitchens.

F.

The developer replaces any dwelling units on the site of the supportive housing development in the manner provided in Section 65915(c)(3) of the Government Code.

G.

Units within the development, excluding managers' units, include at least one bathroom and a kitchen or other cooking facilities, including, at minimum, a stovetop, a sink, and a refrigerator.

H.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, the city shall, at the request of the project owner, reduce the number of residents required to live in supportive housing if the project-based rental assistance or operating subsidy for a supportive housing project is terminated through no fault of the project owner, but only if all of the following conditions have been met:

1.

The owner demonstrates that it has made good faith efforts to find other sources of financial support.

2.

Any change in the number of supportive service units is restricted to the minimum necessary to maintain project's financial feasibility.

3.

Any change to the occupancy of the supportive housing units is made in a manner that minimizes tenant disruption and only upon the vacancy of any supportive housing units.

(Ord. No. 713, § 1(Att. B), 6-10-2025)