Chapter 9.46 — Residential Care Facilities

This chapter is intended to comply with and to further the purposes of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), and the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act by providing living accommodations for special needs populations and enhance the opportunity for those residents to be successful in their respective daily lives and/or programs.

(Ord. No. 307-25, § 9, 5-14-2025)

Residential care facilities shall be permitted in any zone that allows residential uses, and subject only to the provisions and development standards applicable to residential uses of the same type in the same zone.

(Ord. No. 307-25, § 9, 5-14-2025)

Residential care facilities shall be a minimum of one thousand (1,000) feet apart from one another. Distances shall be measured from the closest property lines.

(Ord. No. 307-25, § 9, 5-14-2025)

A.

The City Council may approve and/or modify a conditional use permit for a residential care facility with seven (7) or more residents, with or without conditions, only after it makes all of the following findings of fact in a positive manner.

1.

The proposed use is conditionally permitted within the subject zone and complies with all of the applicable provisions of this Article.

2.

The subject site is physically suitable for the type of land use being proposed.

3.

There would be adequate provisions for water, sanitation, and public utilities and services to ensure that the proposed use would not be detrimental to public health and safety.

4.

There would be adequate provisions for public access to serve the proposed use.

5.

The proposed use is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs of the Westlake Village General Plan.

B.

The findings required by this Section shall supersede the findings specified in Section 9.26.060.

(Ord. No. 307-25, § 9, 5-14-2025)