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Glossary of Terms

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Superintendent

  • Pursuant to Sec. 13B.10.3.A.2. (Definitions), Superintendent is defined as the Superintendent of Building or his or her authorized representative.

Supplemental District

  • Supplemental District is defined as a limited set of topic-specific development regulations, adopted by ordinance, and is indicated in a third zoning bracket in the zone string, and applied to a designated area in order to establish additional regulations that build upon and enhance regulations applied through zoning districts. See Div. 8.2. (Supplemental Districts).

Supportive Housing

Supportive Housing: General

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.4. (Supportive Housing: General), supportive housing: general is defined as a residential use with no limit on length of stay for persons with low incomes and/or who have one or more disabilities who may require support from on-site or off-site supportive services for daily living. Eligible populations may include seniors, children within the foster care system, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, individuals receiving rehabilitation or mental health support, veterans, and persons or families experiencing homelessness. The housing accommodations are linked to on-site or off-site supportive services, including, but not limited to: subsidized, permanent housing; intensive case management; medical or mental health care; substance abuse treatment; employment services; benefits advocacy; or other services or service referrals necessary to obtain and maintain housing. Any floor area used for office workspace accommodating the administration of supportive services shall be incidental to the residential use. Medical services shall not be provided on the premises, unless otherwise permitted by the applied Use District. Supportive housing: general includes a residential community care facility, assisted living, and permanent supportive housing. Residential uses with six or fewer beds shall be classified as a dwelling rather than supportive housing: general. This use does not include non-residential community care facilities, for such uses see Social Services (Sec. 5D.3.10.).

Supportive Housing: Medical Care

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.4.B. (Supportive Housing: Medical Care), supportive housing: medical care is defined as a residential use of long, and short-term occupation, which may be licensed by the California Department of Health, to provide 24-hour non-acute medical services and supportive care on the premises. Supportive housing: medical care includes congregate living health facilities, skilled nursing homes, residential mental health facilities, and hospice care. Any floor area used for office workspace accommodating the administration of medical services and supportive care shall be incidental to the residential use. Supportive housing: medical care facilities may include dwelling units, common dining areas, or other community rooms.

Supportive Housing: Transitional

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.4.C. (Supportive Housing: Temporary), Supportive housing: temporary is defined as a facility providing temporary housing accommodations or services, including low barrier navigation, to persons or families experiencing homelessness. Supportive housing: temporary may provide housing for persons or families experiencing homelessness for a time period not to exceed six months within a calendar year. Supportive housing: temporary shall be provided by a government agency or private non-profit organization which provides, or contracts with recognized community organizations to provide, emergency or temporary shelter or services for persons or families experiencing homelessness.

Supportive Services

  • Supportive services are defined as services that are provided on a voluntary basis to residents of supportive housing or transitional housing, including, but not limited to, intensive case management, medical and mental health care, substance abuse treatment, employment services, benefits advocacy, and other services or service referrals necessary to obtain and maintain housing. See Sec. 9.4.1. (Permanent Supportive Housing Incentive Program).

Surrounding Grade

Surveyed Historic Resource

  • Surveyed historic resource is defined as any building, structure, object, site, landscape, or natural feature identified through an historic resources survey as eligible for listing as either an individual resource or as a contributor to a historic district under a local, state or federal designation program, including but not limited to listing in the National Register of Historic Places or California Register of Historical Resources, or designation as a Historic-Cultural Monument or as a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. This term does not include a non-contributor to an eligible historic district.

Surveyor

  • Surveyor is defined as a licensed land surveyor authorized to practice in California.

Sustainable Energy Systems

  • Sustainable energy systems is defined as any equipment which uses renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, to generate electricity, heating or cooling.

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