A pediatric day health and respite care facility of six beds or less shall be considered a residential use of property for purposes of any zoning ordinance or law related to the residential use of property. This section does not prohibit any city, county, or other local public entity from placing restrictions on building heights, setback, lot dimensions, or placement of signs of a pediatric day health and respite care facility as long as those restrictions are identical to those applied to single-family residences.

(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1227, Sec. 8. Effective September 24, 1990.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1761.4

  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • Pediatric day health and respite care facility: means a facility that provides an organized program of therapeutic social and day health activities and services and limited 24-hour inpatient respite care to medically fragile children 21 years of age or younger, including terminally ill and technology-dependent patients, except as provided in paragraph (2) and Section 1763. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
  • Respite care: means day and 24-hour relief for the parent or guardian and care for the patient. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
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