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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ROH 09/03/13 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 41 OF THE <br /> SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE CITY'S <br /> REGULATION OF EMERGENCY SHELTER AND <br /> TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. <br /> <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br /> FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br /> and declares as follows: <br /> <br /> A. That the City of Santa Ana seeks to be in compliance with the State of <br /> California's regulations for the allowance of emergency homeless shelters <br /> as required by State Senate Bill 2 (SB2). <br /> <br /> B. That the State of California Legislature passed SB2 (effective January 1, <br /> 2008) modifying State Housing Element law to require local planning and <br /> zoning regulations to facilitate homeless shelters. Specifically, SB2 <br /> requires all cities and counties to provide at least one zoning category in <br /> which emergency shelters can be located without discretionary approval <br /> from the local government. The zoning category must be identified in the <br /> locality's housing element, and include sites with sufficient capacity to <br /> meet the local need for emergency shelter. <br /> <br /> C. That after a thorough period of research and public involvement the <br /> following standards have been developed in order to allow emergency <br /> homeless shelters as required, while maintaining those regulations <br /> necessary to provide for public health, safety and welfare. <br /> <br /> D. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated August 5, 2013 <br /> shall by this reference be incorporated herein, and together with this <br /> ordinance, any amendments or supplements and the oral testimony before <br /> the City Council at this meeting, shall additionally constitute the necessary <br /> findings for this ordinance. <br /> E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein <br /> <br /> are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 <br /> of the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the <br /> Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new <br /> action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are <br /> repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. <br /> <br /> <br /> I <br /> 11 A-3 <br />