Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

28.39.131 Development Potential.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no application for a land use permit for a nonresidential
construction project will be accepted or approved on or after December 6, 1989 unless the project complies with the
provisions outlined in General Provisions, Development Plan Approval, Section 28.87.300. (Ord. 4670, 1991.)
Sections:
28.42.001 In General.
28.42.005 Legislative Intent.
28.42.006 Senior Citizen and Elderly Person
Defined.
28.42.010 Procedure.
28.42.013 Limited to Housing for Elderly.
28.42.030 Uses Permitted.
28.42.045 Basic Standards and Requirements.
28.42.060 Setbacks.
28.42.070 Distance Between Buildings.
28.42.001 In General.
Chapter 28.42
S-H SENIOR HOUSING ZONE
28.42.100 Off-street Parking.
28.42.110 Signs.
28.42.127 Regulations, Limitations and
Restrictions.
28.42.128 Termination of S-H Senior Housing
Zone Classification.
28.42.130 Development Plan.
28.42.132 Precise Plan.
28.42.150 Maximum Permitted Occupancy.
Land classified in a S-H Zone shall also be classified in an A, E, R-1 or R-2 Zone and the following regulations
shall apply in the S-H Senior Housing Zone unless otherwise provided in this chapter. (Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3407,
1970.)
28.42.005 Legislative Intent.
These regulations are designed and intended to insure the orderly development of land in conformance with the
comprehensive scheme contemplated by the General Plan of the City of Santa Barbara by permitting the enforcement
of restrictions other than those imposed by the other zone districts in this title where justified by the existence of the
following findings:
1. The Planning Commission finds that a substantial need exists in the community for additional housing
facilities for elderly persons of low and moderate incomes.
2. The Planning Commission finds that the characteristics of the site development proposed are such that the
surrounding properties will not be adversely affected by the proposed senior housing project.
3. The Planning Commission finds that sufficient safeguards exist which will assure the long term continued
use of the premises in accordance with the intent of this section and the conditions of approval of the development.
4. The design of the buildings shall be such that it is compatible and/or convertible to uses consistent to the
zone in which the buildings are located.
These regulations are further designed and intended to insure that development occurs substantially in
conformance with the developer's plans submitted as a basis for a proposed rezoning; to avoid the possibility of
providing an excessive area of land zoned for the same uses as a result of failure to fully develop the land so zoned;
and to minimize the use of rezoning primarily as a method of appreciating the value of a specific parcel of land for
speculative purposes when such rezoning excludes comparable rezoning of other properties.
These regulations recognize that more than one (1) parcel or group of parcels of land may be suitable for a
specified use but that if all such suitable parcels are zoned for such use there would result an imbalance in the area
zoned for various types of uses to the detriment of the community or the district as a whole. (Ord. 3877, 1977; Ord.
3710, 1974; Ord. 3407, 1970.)
28.42.006 Senior Citizen and Elderly Person Defined.
For purposes of this part, elderly persons or senior citizens are defined as follows: Low and moderate income
persons, sixty-two (62) years of age or older. (Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3407, 1970.)
499 rev. 9/30/08