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6.4.A. - Page 98 2.0 Project Description Table 2: New General Plan Specific Land Use Direction and Implementing Zone Changes General Plan Direction Implementation Action/Zone Emergency Shelters— permit by right Revisions to Article 25: Combining Districts(New Section added, Article 25.8—Emergency Shelter Combining District) Assisted Living Facilities and Hotels— Revision to Article 31: Special Provisions (Revision to define and develop standards, encourage existingArticle 31.1 -Purpose) incorporation of accessory uses, respective. Assisted Living Facilities—define and Revision to Article 31: Special Uses and Provisions (New develop standards Section added, Article 31.2-Assisted Living Facilities) Hotels—encourage incorporation of Revision to Article 31 Special Uses and Provisions (New accessory uses in employment centers Section added, Article 31.5-Hotels) Emergency Shelters SB 2 strengthened State law by requiring every jurisdiction to identify, in their housing element, potential zones where new emergency shelters can be located without discretionary review by the local government. It also increases protections for providers seeking to open a new emergency shelter, transitional housing or supportive housing development, by limiting the instances in which local governments can deny such developments. Applicable to all cities and counties in California, SB 2 took effect January 1, 2008. Subject to important limitations described below, SB 2: • Requires all cities and counties ("localities'� to provide at least one zoning category in which emergency shelters can be located without discretionary approval from the local government. The zoning category must be identified in the locality's housing element, and include sites with sufficient capacity to meet the local need for emergency shelter. • Requires that all localities provide at least one such site. • Expands the Housing Accountability Act, to prohibit localities from denying a proposal to build an emergency shelter, transitional housing or supportive housing if it is needed and otherwise consistent with the locality's zoning and development standards. As outlined in Program H-13 of the Housing Element, the City committed to amend the Zoning Ordinance and create a new zoning district or overlay to permit emergency shelters by right, to comply with SB 2. Program H-13 also specified: • The overlay will total at least 12 acres and be applicable to areas of the Light Industrial zoning district and the new zoning district that will implement the Mixed Use - Live/UVork General Plan designation established as part of the General Plan. Subject emergency shelters to the same development standards as similar uses. Develop additional written, objective standards of approval for emergency shelters as permitted under housing element law. The Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment includes a new section, Article 25.8: Emergency Shelter Combining District, which outlines the purpose, permitted uses, uses standards, and development standards for emergency shelters within the new combining zoning district. These standards comply with the parameters of SB 2 and the direction provided in the General Plan. Assisted Living Facilities The Housing Element noted the rising needs of the aging baby boomers. To meet such needs, the Housing Element encourages the provision of more innovative housing types that may be suitable for seniors, including shared-housing arrangements, community care facilities, supportive housing, and assisted living for seniors. Assisted living facilities are designed for elderly individuals needing assistance with activities of daily living but desiring to live as independently as possible for as long as possible. Such facilities bridge the gap between independent living and nursing homes, and offer residents help with daily activities such as eating bathing, dressing, laundry, housekeeping, and assistance with medications. Redwood City Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Amendment Page 8 of 51 Addendum to General Plan FEIR