19.52.020 Applicability.

(A) Reasonable accommodation in the land use and zoning context means providing individuals with disabilities or developers of housing for people with disabilities, flexibility in the application of land use and zoning and building regulations, policies, practices and procedures, or even waiving certain requirements, when it is necessary to eliminate barriers to housing opportunities.

(B) An individual with a disability is someone who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities, as furthered defined and amended in the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) of California Government Code Sections 12926(i)(1), (2), and 12926(k)(1), (2).

(C) A request for reasonable accommodation may be made by any person with a disability, his or her representative, or an entity, developer or provider of housing for individuals with disabilities, when the application of a land use or zoning regulation, policy, practice or procedure acts as a barrier to housing opportunities.