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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 211 231 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 0-15-99 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR PERMITTING RESIDENTIAL AND GROUP CARE FACILITIES AND OTHER CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES WHEREAS, there has been a trend away from institutionalization and toward integration in local communities of the handicapped, mentally ill, recovering drug addicts and alcoholics, the chronically ill and those elderly persons who need special care or supervision to meet their daily needs; and WHEREAS, frequently such special needs groups reside in residential or group care facilities and congregate living facilities instead of with their families; and WHEREAS, certain residential or group care facilities and congregate living facilities for special needs groups are subject to state licensing statutes which limit the zoning and other regulatory requirements that can be imposed by cities and other local public entities; and WHEREAS, other residential or group care facilities and congregate living facilities are operated by non-profit organizations, religious groups and clean -and -sober living organizations providing services to other special needs residents that are not regulated under state licensing statutes, but may be protected by federal and state legislation, including the Federal Housing Act Amendments of 1988, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act; and WHEREAS, many times the proposed siting of certain residential or group care facilities and congregate living facilities may result in severe impacts to the neighborhoods in which they are proposed to be located, including impacts related to traffic, parking, noise and the RVPUB\MXM\522830