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City keeps existing rules for boarding houses, will not copy Costa Mesa ordinance after legal review
Summary
After reviewing a recent 9th Circuit decision about sober‑living regulation, San Clemente staff recommended and council agreed to retain the city's existing boarding‑house rules; council received the report and took no regulatory action.
City planning staff briefed the council Jan. 14 on local rules for boarding houses, licensed residential-care facilities and unlicensed sober‑living homes after a court decision involving Costa Mesa. Community Development Director Adam Ataman advised that state law protects state‑licensed residential care facilities (six or fewer residents) from local regulation that differs from single‑family rules and that the Costa Mesa ordinance…
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