20.80.290

A. Bedrooms within a Co-Living Community are considered sleeping units as defined in Chapter 2 of the California Building Code as adopted in Chapter 24.03 of the San José Municipal Code. Each bedroom within a Co-Living Community is considered a separate living quarter to be occupied by permanent residents. B. No special use permit may be issued for a Co-Living Community unless the following criteria are met: 1. Excluding the closet and the bathroom area, the bedroom size must be at least one hundred (100) square feet in floor area if occupied by one (1) person, and one hundred fifty (150) square feet in floor area if occupied by two (2) persons. The average size of all of the bedrooms within a Co-Living Community shall be no greater than two hundred seventy-five (275) square feet and no bedroom may exceed four hundred (400) square feet. 2. Each bedroom shall be designed to accommodate a maximum of up to two (2) persons, along a lateral or loft configuration. 3. A bedroom may contain partial kitchen facilities. If individual partial or complete bath facilities are not provided in a bedroom, 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. Common full kitchen facilities must be provided to adequately serve the residents of the Co-Living Community and must serve six (6) or more bedrooms. 5. No bedroom shall have a separate external entryway. 6. A Co-Living Community shall provide a minimum of 20 square feet of interior common space per bedroom, excluding janitorial storage, laundry facilities and common hallways. The interior common space may be located on different floors than the corresponding bedrooms. 7. A closet or designated storage space, which could consist of furniture that provides storage, is required in every bedroom. 8. 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 facility. 9. Laundry facilities must be provided in a separate room at the ratio of one (1) washer and one (1) dryer for every twenty (20) bedrooms or fractional number thereof. 10. A Co-Living Community is subject to regulatory programs and requirements administered by the Department of Housing. With respect to those programs and requirements and the implementing regulations, each bedroom shall be considered a co-living dwelling unit, and the heated common areas associated with the bedrooms will not be excluded from the determination of square footage. 11. An application for a special use permit for a Co-Living Community shall have an operations management plan. The operations management plan is subject to the approval of both the Director and the Director of Housing. The operations and management plan shall be adhered to during the operation of the Co-Living Community. 12. A Co-Living Community shall conform to the design guidelines in Section 20.70.500 . 13. A Transportation Demand Management Program (TDM), in conformance with Section 20.90.220 , shall be required for a Co-Living Community, regardless of whether a reduction in parking is requested. C. Kitchen and bathroom facilities: 1. For purposes of this section, a partial bathroom contains a water closet and sink. A full bathroom includes sink, toilet, and shower and/or bath facilities. 2. A full kitchen contains all of the following: a sink, food preparation counter, storage cabinets, and permanent cooking facilities such as an oven and range or cooktop. A partial kitchen shall not include permanent cooking facilities. D. The Director shall deny the special use permit application for a Co-Living Community where the information submitted by the applicant and/or presented at the public hearing fails to satisfactorily substantiate that the proposed Co-Living Community will comply with the requirements of this Section. (Ord. 30227.)