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Martinez directs staff to update group-home definitions to meet state law, keeps CUPs for large unlicensed homes
Summary
Council instructed staff to amend local definitions so small group homes and small residential care facilities are permitted by right in residential zones, consistent with state statute; council declined to extend state-level HCD guidance to require large unlicensed group homes be permitted by right.
The Martinez City Council received a staff report Feb. 4 and directed staff to draft municipal-code amendments that bring local definitions of small group homes and small residential care facilities into alignment with state law. Planning Technician Bridal Tovar said the work stems from the city's housing element and HCD guidance, and staff presented maps showing where small and large group homes and residential-care facilities would be permitted by right or conditionally.
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