CF 19-0401
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Blumenfield – Smith):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare a report relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities that addresses the following issues:
City, County, State, and Federal laws that define the human and legal rights of drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation patients or define the rights of the drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities, licensed, unlicensed, or integrated.
County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating or banning these licensed or unlicensed facilities, any aspect of their operations, or any aspect of their impacts on surrounding communities.
County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating the overconcentration of licensed and unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
Efforts by other cities to regulate drug and alcohol addiction facilities, such as Newport and Costa Mesa, and the outcome of any legal challenges in those cities.
The legality of integral programs and similar associations between licensed and unlicensed facilities.
How the occupancy rules, including but not limited to Uniform Housing Code’s Section 503.2 as well as State and local fire codes, relate to the number of patients and workers on-site at a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility.
Whether 24/7 staff on-site counts towards the practical occupancy rate of a house beyond the occupancy rate outlined in City, State, and Federal laws.
Whether anything in the codes for building and safety address the existence of two dwellings on one property, such as accessory dwelling units and accessory living quarters, which would allow or prohibit these facilities to circumvent laws related to the number of people living on a property, lot, and/or structure.
The legality of operating a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility’s administrative office on residentially zoned property of a facility, in an accessory dwelling unit, in an accessory living quarter, or in a converted garage unit functioning as a commercial business.
Recommendations for the purpose of determining if licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities are operating in a manner appropriate to businesses in commercially zoned lots rather than small-businesses permissible in residential lots.
Suggest opportunities and options for what the City can do to address this issue in a more comprehensive manner.
Recommendations on issues related to administrative uses by licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities within residential zones that are not related to direct patient care.
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to report on the number of calls for service related to licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the LADBS to coordinate with DCP on zoning and building code questions for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to coordinate on questions related to occupancy for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the DCP, LADBS and LAPD to report within 90 days.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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- 08/24/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 19-0401
05/21/2020 Fire Department document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020
05/21/2020 Document(s) submitted by Fire Department, as follows: Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020
Los Angeles Fire Department report, dated May 21, 2020, relative to supplementing recommendations in the Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, with regard to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
- 02/20/2020 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
- 02/20/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from City Planning (February 20, 2020)
Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
- 07/05/2019 Council action final
- 06/28/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 3, 2019 Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
- 06/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
- 06/14/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 18, 2019. Motion (April 16, 2019)
- 04/16/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (April 16, 2019)
City Planning Commission 02/10/2011
