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Ord 144ORDINANCE NO. 144 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE ZONING DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING (ZOA 84-01) WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish reasonable regulations to control the development of Senior Citizen Housing, and; WHEREAS, the City Council has held a duly advertised public hearing to provide the public the opportunity to address the proposed Ordinance. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED THAT THE City Council does hereby establish the following as part of the City of Poway Zoning Development Code: Section 1: Section 5.5 Residential Senior Citizen Zone of the City of Poway's Zoning Development Code adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan is hereby repealed in its entirety and shall have no force upon the effective date of this ordinance. Section 2: Section 6.8 of the City of Poway's Zoning Development Code entitled "Residential Senior Citizen Standards" is hereby established and should read as shown in Attachment 2. Section 3: Sections 2.1.A.5 and 3.1.C.7 of the City of Poway Zoning Development Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read: Group residential, including but not limited to dormitories, independent living, board and care and intermediate care [see Section 6.8] (maximum living units for dormitories shall not exceed 20 per acre). Section 4: Sections 2.1.C.2 and 3.1.C.2 of the City of Poway Zoning Development Code is hereby amended to require convalescent homes to comply with Title 22 and 24 of the Uniform Building Code. Section 5: Section 1.7 of the City of Poway Zoning Development Code is hereby amended by the addition of the following definitions: Ordinance No. 144 Page 2 Independent Living shall mean a facility which provides housng and recreation for active ambulatory senior citizens. Board and Care shall mean a facility licensed by the State Department of Social Services, which provides room, board, minor medical care and cleaning services for ambulatory senior citizens. Intermediate Care shall mean a facility licensed by the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Social Welfare, or the County of San Diego, which provides bed and ambulatory care for patients with post-operative convalescent, chronically ill or dietary problems, and persons aged or infirm unable to care for themselves; but not including alcoholics, drug addicts, or person with mental or contagious diseases on afflictions. Living Unit shall mean a unit that provides the basic amenities for everyday living and includes but is not limited to a sleeping area, closet space, restroom, sitting/entertainment area, incidential kitchen facilities and/or common dining and recreational facilities. Section 6: The City Council of the City of Poway California hereby finds that this amendment will not cause significant adverse impacts on the environment and issues a Negative Declaration for this amendment. Introduced and first read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Poway held the 16th day of October, 1984, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City Council held the October 23, 1984, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: EMERY, KRUSE, ORAVEC, SHEPARDSON, TA] NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Marjorie!K. Walsten, City Clerk NON E Bruce J. Tar~ Mayor SECTION 6.8 RESIDENTIAL SENIOR CITIZEN STANDARDS A. General Requirements The following requirements are minimum unless otherwise stated: 1. Density - Maximum living units per 20 net acre (a density bonus of up to 25 percent may be given by the City Council) or 50 beds/ac whichever is more restrictive 2. Site area (in acres) 3. Front yard setback (in feet) 25 4. Side yard setback each side (in feet) 10/10 5. Side yard setback street side (in feet) 25 6. Rear yard setback (in feet) 25 7. Building height, maximum 35 feet or two stories, whichever is less 8. Site coverage, maximum 50 percent e Parking spaces per one bedroom unit (covered in carport) and guest parking spaces per unit (uncovered) plus one space per employee. Two bedroom units and those units providing for private ownership shall provide one space per unit. H be provided at the Title 24. 10. Distance between bu 11. Minimum age requirel B. Special Requirements The following special devel. Citizen developments: ~ndicap parking shall ratio prescribed by [ldings (in feet) nent Combined total of 1.2 spaces per living unit 10 55 )pment requirements shall apply to all Senior The Senior Citizen development shall be designed and developed in a manner compatible with and complementary to existing and potential development in the immediate vicinity of the project site. Site planning on the perimeter shall provide for the protection of the property from adverse surrounding influences, as well as protection of the surrounding areas from potential adverse influences within the development. ATTACHMENT 2 e 3e 0 Be 6e 7e Required open space shall comprise at least 20 percent of the total area of the planned development. Land occupied by buildings, streets, driveways, or parking spaces may not be counted in satisfying this open space requirement; provided, however, that land occupied by recreational buildings and structures may be counted as required open space. The addition of expanded exterior walkways is encouraged. Ail or any part of the required open space shall be reserved for use in common by the residents of the development. The City Council may require that the open space easements over the required open space be conveyed to the City. No building, except as hereafter provided, shall be located closer than five feet from any interior vehicular or pedestrian way, court, plaza, open parking lot, or any other surfaced area reserved for public use or for use in common by residents of the planned development. Such setback shall generally be measured from the nearest edge of a surfaced area; provided, however, that where no sidewalk exists in conjunction with a public or private street, such setback shall be measured from the nearest edge of the street right-of-way or private road easement. Each building shall be surrounded on all sides by relatively level open space having a slope no greater than ten percent and extending a minimum distance of ten feet in all directions measured from the furthest projections of the external walls of the building. Ail public streets within or abutting the proposed planned development may be dedicated and shall be improved to City specifications for the particular classification of street. When the developer desires to retain any streets within the development as private streets, such streets shall be irrevocably offered for dedication and maintained for their intended purpose by means acceptable to the City Council. Other- forms of access, such as pedestrian ways, courts, plazas, driveways or open parking lots shall not be offered for dedication. Each Senior Citizen housing project will be evaluated according to the location criteria set forth in this section. ae Projects should be located on property of 15 percent or less in slope, in addition a paved surface, not exceeding a slope ratio of 1-12 shall be required to provide access to shopping/services and/or transportation. Projects should be located near a wide range of commercial retail, professional and social services patronized by senior citizens. Be 10. Ce Do Projects should be located within one-half mile from a major food store/market (one which carries a full line of meat, groceries, produce, etc.). Projects should be located within approximately 500 feet of a bus or transit stop. Projects which do not meet these locational criteria guidelines will be required to provide supplemental transportation for tenants. The type, amount and extent of the supplemental transportation system will be determined by the Planning Sevices Director and shall be based on project size, location and availability of services. Minimal standards for supplemental transportation may range from three to six round trip visits per' week/per tenant to services expected to be patronized by these tenants. Ail projects shall provide laundry facilities adequately sized and located to serve the needs of residents as provided in Section 2.3. Projects totaling 14 living units or more shall provide a recreation/community-social room that is handicapped accessible. For projects up to 25 living units, the facility shall be of at least the size of the smallest living unit provided in the project. For projects exceeding 25 units, the facility should be appropriately sized to serve the needs of residents and shall have adjacent toilet facilities for men and women. The size of the recreation room may be appropriately reduced if it is located adjacent to usable outdoor space. Unless the building is serviced by an elevator, recreation rooms should be located on the ground floor, and are more appropriately located near the entrance of projects to afford residents a protected view out onto the streetscape. In addition to the basic requirements for Conditional Use Permit submittals the project applicant shall also submit a detailed vicinity map showing the project location and such details as the nearest market, transit stop, park or recreation center, hospital or clinic, bank, post office, or other related uses/services likely to patronized by tenants. Ail projects which do not have an on-site manager shall provide a posted phone number of the project owner or off-site manager for emergencies or maintenance problems.