20.80.1300

A. No conditional use permit may be issued for an SRO living unit facility or SRO residential hotel unless the following criteria are met: B. SRO living unit facility. 1. Excluding the closet and the bathroom area, an SRO living unit must be a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet in floor area. The average unit size in a living unit facility shall be no greater than two hundred seventy-five (275) square feet and no individual living unit may exceed four hundred (400) square feet. 2. Each SRO living unit shall be designed to accommodate a maximum of two (2) persons. 3. An SRO living unit is not required to but may contain partial or complete kitchen and bath facilities. If individual bath facilities are not provided, common bath facilities must be provided in accordance with Subsection B of Section 17.20.290 of Title 17 of the San José Municipal Code. If individual kitchen facilities are not provided, common kitchen facilities must be provided that adequately serve the residents of the SRO living unit facility. Additional requirements may be imposed by the planning commission. 4. Individual SRO living units may not have separate external entryways. 5. The SRO living unit facility must have a management plan approved by the department of housing. 6. Laundry facilities must be provided in a separate room at the ratio of one (1) washer and one (1) dryer for every twenty (20) units or fractional number thereof. 7. A cleaning supply storeroom and/or utility closet with at least one (1) laundry tub with hot and cold running water must be provided on each floor of the living unit building. 8. The SRO living unit facility shall provide interior common space based on the unit size as follows: For a living unit size: Common area to be provided: Less than 160 sq. ft. 4.5 sq. ft. of common space 160 - 169 sq. ft. 4.0 sq. ft. 170 - 179 sq. ft. 3.5 sq. ft. 180 + sq. ft. 3.0 sq. ft. An SRO living unit facility must provide at least two hundred (200) square feet in area of interior common space, excluding janitorial storage, laundry facilities and common hallways. C. SRO residential hotel: 1. Excluding the closet and bathroom space, an SRO residential hotel unit must be at least seventy (70) square feet in floor area, and may have a maximum of two hundred nineteen (219) square feet in floor area. 2. An SRO residential hotel room between seventy (70) and one hundred nineteen (119) square feet in floor area shall be designed to accommodate a maximum of one (1) person, and an SRO residential hotel room between one hundred twenty (120) and two hundred nineteen (219) square feet in floor area shall be designed to accommodate a maximum of two (2) persons. 3. An SRO residential hotel unit may contain partial kitchen and bath facilities. If individual bath facilities are not provided, common bath facilities must be provided in accordance with Subsection B of Section 17.20.290 of Title 17 of the San José Municipal Code. 4. Individual SRO residential hotel units may not have separate external entryways. 5. The SRO residential hotel must have a management plan approved by the department of housing. 6. A closet and designated storage space is required in every SRO residential hotel room. 7. A cleaning supply storeroom and/or utility closet with at least one (1) laundry tub with hot and cold running water must be provided on each floor of the residential hotel room. 8. The SRO residential hotel shall provide a minimum two hundred (200) square feet of interior common area. D. Kitchen and bathroom facilities: 1. For purposes of this section, a partial bathroom contains a water closet and sink which may be utilized for both hygiene and cooking purposes. 2. A full kitchen contains all of the following: a sink, a refrigerator and a stove, range top or oven. A partial kitchen is missing at least one of these facilities. 3. The planning commission or the city council shall deny the application where the information submitted by the applicant and/or presented at the public hearing fails to satisfactorily substantiate that the project will comply with these criteria. (Ord. 26248.)