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Page 8 of 17 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />2.Program H3-3: Housing Options for Special Needs and Extremely-Low Income Households – This <br />Program is intended to meet the housing needs of special needs groups (e.g., unhoused residents, <br />people with disabilities, etc.) and extremely low-income households by exploring innovative housing <br />options. For example, Low-barrier navigation centers provide crucial housing opportunities and <br />services for special needs populations and extremely low-income households that are not met <br />through market-rate housing development. The following proposed amendments would clarify the <br />application review process and development standards for low-barrier navigation centers to better <br />facilitate development of this type of housing in Redwood City and implement Program H3-3: <br />a. Currently, the City’s zoning districts define whether low-barrier navigation centers are <br />allowed within the district, but the Zoning Code does not clearly identify the application <br />process or development standards for review. The proposed amendments would add <br />Article 31.6 to codify State code references to clarify for navigation center providers, City <br />Staff, and members of the public that the standards for low-barrier navigation centers <br />reside in Government Code Sections 65660-65668. <br />b. Currently, the Zoning Code is silent on how to apply parking standards to low-barrier <br />navigation centers. The proposed amendments to Article 30.5 would clarify that no <br />minimum parking is required for low-barrier navigation centers. <br />c. Currently, the Zoning Code is silent on who the review authority is for issuing permits to <br />allow a low-barrier navigation center. The proposed amendments to Article 41.4 would <br />clarify that the Zoning Administrator is the review authority for low-barrier navigation <br />centers through a ministerial review process with no public hearing. <br />3.Program H4-7: Revised Parking Standards – The cost of constructing parking can be a significant <br />portion of the cost of developing new housing and a major constraint on housing development. <br />Housing Element Program H4-7 obligates the City to review parking standards for housing for people <br />with disabilities and affordable housing to facilitate greater development of these housing types. As <br />part of this review, City staff examined parking standards for senior housing, people with disabilities, <br />and affordable housing. The following proposed amendments would implement Program H4-7: <br />a. Currently, the Zoning Code applies the same parking requirements to senior and 100% <br />affordable housing as it does to market-rate housing. Providing parking increases the cost <br />of a project and takes up space that could potentially be used to provide housing units. One <br />hundred percent affordable housing and senior housing typically often have complex <br />financing arrangements need to find cost savings wherever possible to maintain feasibility. <br />To reduce the financial burden of parking on senior and 100% affordable housing <br />developments, the proposed amendments to Article 30.5 would eliminate parking <br />requirements for these housing types. <br />b. Currently, the Zoning Code requires group homes to provide 0.5 parking spaces per <br />bedroom, but not less than one parking space within mixed-use districts, and one parking <br />space per bedroom, but not less than three parking spaces outside of the downtown. The <br />Zoning Code is silent on parking requirements for low-barrier navigation centers. Group <br />homes and low-barrier navigation centers provide shelter and support services for residents <br />with disabilities and other special needs and have lower rates of vehicle ownership than <br />8.B. - Page 8 of 212 <br />323