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Group homes and residential care in Campbell

Campbell's own rules on group homes and residential care, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Campbell Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Campbell's code says

Campbell code What Campbell's code adds
Parking
  • 1 parking space for each 5 residents, plus 1 for each live-in caregiver; at least 2 spaces covered.
    Applies: Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving 7 to 15 residents.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving from seven to fifteen residents shall be required to provide one parking space for each five residents, in addition to one parking space for each live-in caregiver. At least two of the parking spaces shall be covered.
  • 1 parking space for each 5 residents, plus 1 for each caregiver, employee or doctor on-site at one time.
    Applies: Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving more than 15 residents.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving more than fifteen residents shall be required to provide one parking space for each five residents in addition to one parking space for each caregiver, employee, or doctor on-site at any one time.
  • Maintain required covered parking; additional required parking may be enclosed or uncovered.
    Applies: Existing single-family homes converted into residential care facilities serving 7 or more residents (not facilities of 6 or fewer).
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    Existing single-family residences to be converted into residential care facilities shall maintain required covered parking. Additional parking to meet the requirement of Subsection (1) or (2) above may be enclosed or uncovered.
Homes for 7 or more
  • Conditional use permit; allowed only if the section's criteria are met.
    Applies: Residential care facilities with 7 or more residents in addition to the caregiver.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    When the proposed use meets the requirements of this section and all the following criteria, residential care facilities serving seven or more residents in addition to the caregiver may be allowed in compliance with Article 2 (Zoning Districts).
Homes for 6 or fewer
  • Allowed in all zoning districts permitting single-family residences; no requirements of this section.
    Applies: Residential care facilities serving 6 or fewer residents, in addition to the caregiver.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    Residential care facilities serving six or fewer residents, in addition to the caregiver, are allowed in all zoning districts that permit single-family residences and shall not be required to meet any requirement of this section.
Distance between homes
  • Required spacing: 500 feet.
    Applies: Facilities with 7 or more residents; no other residential care facility of any size, or facility for juvenile court wards, within this distance.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    There shall be no other residential care facilities of any size within five hundred feet of the subject property, measured from property boundary line to property boundary line, of another existing residential care facility or a facility for wards of the juvenile court.
  • Up to 1 mile, if the Community Development Director requires it.
    Applies: Residential care facilities with 7 or more residents; set as a condition of approval.
    § 21.36.180 · code text
    The Community Development Director may require, as a reasonable condition of approval, that the facility be located farther than five hundred feet from the nearest similar facility, up to a distance of one mile.

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Frequently asked questions

Where are group homes and residential care homes allowed in Campbell?

Campbell's code: 1 parking space for each 5 residents, plus 1 for each live-in caregiver; at least 2 spaces covered. (Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving 7 to 15 residents.) (§ 21.36.180); 1 parking space for each 5 residents, plus 1 for each caregiver, employee or doctor on-site at one time. (Buildings constructed as residential care facilities serving more than 15 residents.) (§ 21.36.180).

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