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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7; <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />RESOLUTION NO: R-75-99 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF COLTON RECOMMENDING THE STATE LEGISLATURE <br />PASS LEGISLATION PERMITTING GREATER LOCAL <br />CONTROL OVER COMMUNITY CARE FACILITIES, <br />GROUP HOMES AND OTHER CONGREGATE LIVING <br />FACILITIES <br />WHEREAS, there has been a trend away from institutionalization and toward integration <br />in local communities of the handicapped, mentally ill, recovering drug addicts and alcoholics, the <br />chronically ill and those elderly persons who need special care or supervision to meet their daily needs; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, frequently such special needs groups reside in community care facilities <br />group homes and congregate care living arrangements instead of with their families; and <br />WHEREAS, certain community care facilities, group homes and congregate care living <br />arrangements for special needs groups are subject to state licensing statutes which limit zoning and other <br />regulatory requirements that can be imposed by cities and other local public entities; and <br />WHEREAS, other congregate care living arrangements, group facilities and group homes <br />operated by non-profit organizations, religious groups and clean -and -sober living organizations and <br />providing services to other special needs residents are not regulated under state licensing statutes, but may <br />be protected by federal legislation, including the Federal Housing Act Amendment of 1988 and the <br />Americans with Disabilities Act; and <br />WHEREAS, many times the proposed siting of certain community care facilities, <br />congregate care living facilities, group facilities or group homes severely impact the neighborhoods in <br />1 <br />