The Senior Housing (SH) Overlay Zone is intended to provide
areas for additional housing facilities for elderly persons of low
and moderate incomes distributed throughout residential areas of the
City while ensuring there is a balance of various housing types in
the area and would not result in a detriment to the community or the
zone as a whole.
The provisions of this chapter apply to properties located within
or proposed to be located within the SH Overlay Zone mapped on the
Official Zoning Map. The SH Overlay Zone is limited to properties
within an RS or R-2 zone.
For purposes of this chapter, housing is limited to persons
62 years of age or older and of low or moderate income and qualified
permanent residents, as defined in the California
Civil Code 51.3.
In addition to the uses allowed in the applicable base zone,
housing developments for elderly persons, including accessory uses
to serve the residents are permitted.
In order to ensure continued use of the development for affordable
housing for elderly persons, prior to the approval of any Conditional
Use Permit for development under this chapter, the applicant shall
submit evidence satisfactory to the Planning Commission that an enforceable
regulatory agreement exists to assure the continued operation of the
facility for its intended use for not less than 30 years. The agreement
shall be reviewed by the Office of the City Attorney. No waiver to
the agreement required pursuant to this section shall be granted.
Development in the SH Overlay Zone shall be reviewed for consistency
with an approved permit and any conditions of approval. No development
may be approved and no building permit issued unless the project is
consistent with an approved permit and any conditions of approval.