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File #: 250719    Version: Name: Planning Code - Definitions, Family, Dwelling Unit, Residential Care Facility
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayors Office
Introduced: 12/2/2025 In control: Land Use and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/13/2026
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to define a “Family” as a “Household,” eliminate numeric limits on unrelated family members and requirements that family members share meals, classify Residential Care Facilities that serve six or fewer persons as Residential Uses, include certain groups of six or fewer people and associated operators as a “Household”; clarify the Zoning Administrator’s enforcement authority to administratively subpoena documents; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors: Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter, Stephen Sherrill, Myrna Melgar, Matt Dorsey, Chyanne Chen
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CEQA PC 070325, 4. CEQA Det 070325, 5. PC Transmittal 111825, 6. Leg Ver2, 7. Leg Dig Ver2, 8. Referral CEQA PC 121025, 9. Referral YC 121025, 10. Comment Ltrs, 11. Comm Pkt 121525, 12. Leg Ver3, 13. Leg Dig Ver3, 14. Board Pkt 010626, 15. YC Response 010726, 16. Board Pkt 011326
Related files: 250936
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