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Home My WebLink About545 ORDINANCE 545 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING SECTION 10-1.702 (i) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE WITH REGARD TO ACCESSORY USES IN THE R-A ZONE TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHEREAS, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") wishes to amend the Municipal Code Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 7 Accessory uses permitted (R-A) to include Transitional and Supportive Housing as Defined by the California Health and Safety Code. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ORDAIN as follows: 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 10-1.702 of Chapter 1 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Zoning and Site Development) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10-1.202 Accessory uses and structures permitted (R-A). (a) Home Occupations. Home occupations shall be permitted where the use is entirely subordinate to the primary use of the premises for the home of a family. There shall be no retail sales on the premises, no advertising of any kind visible from off the premises, no evidence from off the premises of the business, no parking more than normally required for a residence, and not over one assistant outside the family unit shall be employed. The raising on the premises of agricultural products and the sales thereof shall be expressly excepted from the provisions of this chapter but shall be subject to reasonable regulations by the Town. (b) Walls, Fences, Trees and Shrubs. Walls, fences, trees and shrubs shall be permitted within the confines of a lot or contiguous lots subject to the height limitations set forth in Section 10-1.504 of Article 5 of this chapter. (c) House Number Signs. A sign not more than one and one-half(1.5) square feet in area bearing the house number and the name of the occupant, or a name designated, other than one of a commercial purpose, shall be permitted. (d) Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings may be constructed only in accordance with the setback requirements of this chapter. An accessory building may be erected prior to the construction of the main building only if it is agreed that the main building shall be completed within three (3) years from the date of the issuance of the permit for the accessory building. A temporary accessory building shall be removed within thirty (3 0) days after the completion of the main building or within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of a permit for the accessory building, whichever is the earlier date. (e) Private Stables. A maximum of two (2) hoofed animals per acre shall be permitted provided one additional hoofed animal may be kept on each additional one-half acre, or fraction thereof, and provided, further, the conditions are satisfactory to the County Ordinance 545 Page 1 Department of Health or such other agency as may be in charge of health standards for the Town. (f) Swimming Pools, Tennis Courts, Greenhouses and Workshops. Swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, workshops, and other accessory uses found by the Planning Commission to comply with the definition of accessory use, shall be permitted. (g) Small Family Day Care Homes. Small family day care homes which provide care, protection and supervision of six (6) or fewer children(including children under the age of ten(10) years who reside at the home) in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four(24)hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, pursuant to State regulations, shall be permitted. No business license fee or tax shall be imposed on a small family day care home. (h) Residential Care Facility. The use of a dwelling unit or portion thereof licensed by the State of California for twenty-four (24) hour nonmedical care of up to six (6)persons per parcel or lot, (not including the provider, provider family or staff) in need of personal service, supervision, protection, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living. No exemptions from other Town ordinances and policies apply to this permitted accessory use. (i) Transitional and Supportive Housing. Transitional and Supportive housing shall be permitted as defined by the California Health and Safety Code for up to six (6) persons per parcel or lot. No exemptions from other Town ordinances and policies apply to this permitted accessory use. (j) Household Pets and Domestic Animals. Household pets and domestic animals as permitted by Town regulations may be kept. (k) Ornamental Garden Structures. Ornamental garden structures, such as benches, statuary, raised planters and fountains, shall be permitted. (1) Antennas and Dish Antennas. Antennas and dish antennas are permitted subject to the requirements set forth in Article 5 of Chapter 1 and Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 10. (m) One secondary dwelling on each parcel or lot of land in one ownership which is of at least one acre in gross area, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter and other laws. The gross area shall be measured prior to any required dedication of right-of- way or access easements, when required as part of a site development permit application submitted subsequent to January 1, 1999. Secondary dwellings shall meet the following standards.: (1) . A secondary dwelling shall be subordinate to and architecturally consistent with the primary dwelling; (2) The secondary dwelling shall not exceed one thousand(1,000) square feet of floor area; (3) If the secondary dwelling is within or attached to the primary dwelling, it shall be constructed so that the entire structure appears to be one dwelling; (4) If the secondary dwelling is separate from the primary dwelling, it shall not be sited in a visually prominent location, and shall respect the visual and acoustic privacy of primary dwellings on contiguous lots; (5) The lot on which a secondary dwelling is located must be connected to the public sanitary sewer system or have a private sewage disposal system that is deemed to be Ordinance 545 Page 2. adequate for the addition of the second dwelling by the Santa Clara_ County Division of Health Services; and must have an adequate water supply; (6) The secondary dwelling shall not have a significant adverse impact on traffic flow and safety; (7) Any vehicular access to a secondary dwelling shall be by.a common driveway with the primary dwelling; (8) The views of prominent scenic features by primary dwellings on contiguous.lots shall be preserved. (n) Temporary Trailer Coaches. Trailer coaches during construction or substantial remodeling of a primary dwelling are permitted, subject to receipt of a zoning permit, pursuant to.Section 10-1.310, after a public hearing held by the Zoning Administrator pursuant to.Section 10-1.1005. One trailer.coach specifically designed and equipped for- human habitation may be placed on a lot,in accordance with the setback requirements-of this Code and occupied only by the owner of the lot and members of the owner's family, as a temporary residence-during construction or substantial remodeling of the primary dwelling on the lot. This permit shall be granted for no more than six (6)months,but shall be renewable upon the determination of the Zoning Administrator that the use has not resulted in detriment or nuisance to the adjacent properties or the neighborhood. However, in all cases,the trailer coach shall be removed prior to building permit final. (o) Photovoltaic power generation facilities. (p) Solar thermal energy facilities. 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance-or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby declares that it would-have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional,invalid, or unenforceable. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; PUBLICATION. This ordinance shall become effective thirty(30)days from the date of its passage. Within 15 days after its passage, this ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Council Members voting.for or against it, in the Los Altos Town Crier, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Los Altos Hills, as required by law.- INTRODUCED: aw:INTRODUCED: May 20,2013 PASSED: June 20,2013 AYES: Mayor Waldeck, Vice Mayor Radford, Councilmember Corrigan, Councilmember Harpootlian. NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: None Ordinance 545 Page 3 ABSENT: Councilmember Larsen BY:. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance 545 Page 4