Vallejo Municipal Code Ch. 16.334 Residential Care, General

These provisions ensure that residential care facilities are established and operated in compliance with applicable federal and State law and regulations, for the benefit of their residents and protecting surrounding uses from potential adverse effects. More specifically, for the establishment and operation of facilities offering living accommodations, and twenty-four-hour primarily non-medical care and supervision, for persons in need of such services.

These provisions apply to residential care facilities serving seven or more persons in any district where they are allowed; including the following facilities, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code, and in this Code:

A. A residential care facility, as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 1568.01, as a facility for persons with chronic, life-threatening illnesses who are eighteen years of age or older, or are emancipated minors, and for family units.

B. A residential care facility for the elderly, as defined at Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2, as a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons (sixty years of age or over (or their authorized representative) where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided based on their varying needs.

C. An alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as defined at Health and Safety Code Section 11834.02, to provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services.

D. A hospice facility as defined at Health and Safety Code Section 1339.40, to provide care for persons experience the last phases of life due to a terminal disease.

Residential facilities for six or fewer residents shall be treated as a residential use and subject only to the same requirements as any permitted residential use of the same housing type in the district in which they are located.

A. Location. Minimum distance from any other residential facility shall be three hundred feet as specified by State Health and Safety Code Section 1267.9 (b).

B. Usable Open Space. At least twenty square feet of usable open space shall be provided for each person who resides in the facility.