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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH
AMENDING ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 1, DIVISION 3, OF THE UKIAH
CITY CODE TO ALLOW 150 SQUARE FOOT EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNITS
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The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION ONE. :
Section 3016(3) is added to the Ukiah City Code to read as follows:
3. Section 1208 of the Uniform Building Code, relating to the
definition of "Efficiency Dwelling Units" and the pertinent code
requirements, is modified to allow efficiency dwelling units of between
150 and 219 square feet if the following criteria are met. Except as
specifically amended by this section, the provisions of Section 1208 shall
remain in effect.
(a) No more than 20 such units shall be located within a single
structure and/or no more than 30 such units shall be located on a single
parcel.
(b) Maximum occupancy of such units shall be two persons.
(c) Such units shall only be allowed in conjunction with a
housing program approved by the City of Ukiah Zoning Administrator in
which the tenants have been assigned to a specific unit and a
representative of the organization providing the housing program shall
reside on site.
(d) Approval or denial of a housing program proposing to use
these units shall be made by the Zoning Administrator after consideration
of the application for such designation during a noticed public hearing.
Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of
general circulation within the City of Ukiah at least 10 days prior to the
hearing. Appeal of the decision may be filed by any interested party and
shall be made to the Planning Commission in the manner prescribed in Ukiah
City Code Section 9215.
(e) Applications for such a housing program must be made by an
entity legally created to provide housing or administer housing related
programs within the corporate limits of the City of Ukiah.
(f) An approved housing program shall specify the legal
authority of the organization to provide and manage housing units; the
organization's long term entitlement to the subject parcel; assurances
that all applicable laws, statutes, and ordinances shall be adhered to;
a detailed analysis of the client characteristics, on-site security and
management system, organization structure and personnel; a three year
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financial plan for the program to include revenue and expenditure
projections; and a description of the organization's technical expertise
and previous experience in providing housing.
(g) Approval of the housing program shall be conditioned upon
compliance with the provisions of the program. Failure to comply may be
enforced as a violation of the building code.
SECTION TWO.
This Ordinance shall be published as required by law and shall become
effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
Introduced by title only on May 20, 1992, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES:Councilmembers Wattenburger, Shoemaker, Schneiter and
Mayor Henderson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember McMichael
Adopted on June 3, 1992 , by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers McMichael, Wattenburger, Shoemaker,
Schneiter, and Mayor Henderson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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B. Henderson, Mayor