TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
THRU: Hayden Beckman, Planning Manager
FROM: Arlen Beck, Associate Planner
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider recommendation of an Ordinance amending the Orange Municipal Code to update regulations for Residential Care Facilities and Daycare Homes ensuring consistency with State Law; and finding of CEQA exemption.
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2. SUMMARY
The proposed ordinance amends the Orange Municipal Code to bring the City's regulations regarding Residential Care Facilities and Family Day Care Homes into compliance with State law, specifically the California Community Care Facilities Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 1500-1569.889) and Family Day Care Homes Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 1597.40-1597.46), and updates to related definitions and land use tables for consistency.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Conduct and close the Public Hearing.
2. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 06-26 recommending the City Council adopt an Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Orange Municipal Code to bring the City's regulations regarding Residential Care Facilities and Family Day Care Homes into compliance with State law, specifically the California Community Care Facilities Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 1500-1569.889) and Family Day Care Homes Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 1597.40-1597.46), and updates to related definitions and land use tables for consistency.
3. Recommend that the City Council find the ordinance categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3).
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4. PROJECT BACKGROUND
The City of Orange General Plan 2021-2029 Housing Element includes Housing Policy Action 4F, which commits the City to amend the Orange Municipal Code to comply with State law for residential care facilities and day care homes.
State housing laws require the following:
* Health and Safety Code ??1566.3 and 1568.0831 requires jur...
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