Chapter 12.160 — TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

Transitional and supportive housing, as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 50675.2 and 50675.14 , respectively, constitutes a residential use and is subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zoning district. (Ord. 2025-152, 8/18/2025)

Pursuant to Cal. Gov't. Code § 65651, supportive housing development with up to 50 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 55 years.

• B. 100% 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 Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50079.5 .

• C. At least 25% of the units in the development or 12 units, whichever is greater, are restricted to residents in supportive housing who meet criteria of the target population. If the development consists of fewer than 12 units, then 100% 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 Cal. Gov't. Code § 65652 to the Community Development Department.

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

  1. For a development with 20 or fewer total units, at least 90 square feet shall be provided for onsite supportive services.

  2. For a development with more than 20 units, at least 3% 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 Cal. Gov't. Code § 65915(c)(3).

• 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 local government 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. 2025-152, 8/18/2025)