CC RES 1995-064RESOL. NO. 95 -64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
WHEREAS, residential care facilities serve as a home for the
care and supervision of individuals with special needs; such as
minors, the elderly, the mentally disordered, recovering drug
addicts or alcoholics, and participants in jail early- releai.--`e
programs; and
WHEREAS, the California State Health and Safety Code
specifically exempts residential care facilities with six or
fever clients from local zoning ordinances and codes; and
WHEREAS, this lack of control limits the City and
neighboring residents from having input as to the location and
type of residential care facilities; and
WHEREAS, the proliferation of both regulated and unregulated
facilities threatens to disrupt the integrity of single - family
residential neighborhoods and results in an over - concentration of
residen }ial care facilities in certain neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, local discretionary authority to regulate the
spacing between such facilities to no more than one facility
located within two thousand feet of any other residential care
facility and to regulate the maximum occupancy consistent with
existing zoning and density standards would enable local agencies
to fulfill their traditional mandate to protect and preserve the
integrity of residential neighborhoods.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes does support the legislation proposed by the General
Assembly of the League of California Cities assembled in the
Annual Conference in San Francisco, October 211 1995, that
permits cities to exercise review and land use regulation of
residential care facilities, specifically the number of
facilities located within a specified distance from one another,
and the maximum occupancy load based on existing zoning and
density standards.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20 day of June, 1995.
MA OR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
I. Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, do hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 95 -64 was
duly and regularly passed and adopted by the sa'd City Council at
a regular meeting thereof held on June 20 199
CnI CLERK
Resol. No. 95 -64
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