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Amendment to Section 2.5 of Administrative Code 2 September 20, 2010 would be raised by the applicant seeking relief based on the circumstances of the subject property. Thus, the ADA Coordinator would work with the applicant and staff to define and ultimately allow reasonable accommodations under the City's zoning code. In addition. approval of this recommendation would allow the City options for how to address reasonable accommodations in zoning and land use for the upcoming zoning code update. As the original Reasonable Accommodation policy stated, the Community Relations Representative is identified as the ADA Coordinator, and the Housing Specialist I is identified as the Section 504 Coordinator for purposes of managing the Reasonable Accommodation policy and procedures. To date no grievances have been filed with the City's ADA Coordinator.. Staff would like to be prepared should one be filed. Upon adoption of this amendment staff will file a letter of compliance with HCD, which staff believes, based on I -1CD staffs representations, will allow the City's Housing Element to be certified. Current City Council Policy The City's ADA Coordinator and Grievance Policy were created in November 2009 with the adoption of the Reasonable Accommodation policy approved as part of the amendment of Title 2, Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code. Previous City Council Action(s) In 2009, the City Council approved the City's Reasonable Accommodation policy within the Administrative Code. On September 9, 2010 the draft Reasonable Accommodation policy was reviewed by the Business and Housing Development Committee. Summan• of Public Outreach Efforts No public review is required at this time for the Administrative Code amendment which would bring the City's Reasonable Accommodation policy into conformance with state and federal housing law. It is anticipated that the City will incorporate some parts of this amendment into the City's zoning code in the coming months. With a zoning code amendment there will be noticed hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council. Fiscal Impact None. Staff assigned to these duties will absorb these functions as part of their normal assignments. Attachments None. Conclusion It is recommended that Title 2, Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code be amended to allow for revisions to the existing Reasonable Accommodation policy relative to zoning and land use restrictions.