“Employee housing” means housing that provides for five or more employees under specified circumstances as defined in the California Employee Housing Act (California Public Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5), as may be amended. Employee housing is privately operated and does not include government-owned and -operated migrant worker facilities. Employee housing includes living quarters provided in connection with any work, whether or not rent is involved.

Employee housing that provides for six or fewer employees shall be deemed a single-family structure with a residential land use designation for the purposes of this section. For the purpose of all local ordinances, employee housing shall not be included within the definition of a boarding house, rooming house, hotel, dormitory, or other similar term that implies that the employee housing is a business run for profit or differs in any other way from a family dwelling. No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance shall be required of employee housing that serves six or fewer employees that is not required of a family dwelling of the same type in the same zone. Use of a family dwelling for purposes of employee housing serving six or fewer persons shall not constitute a change of occupancy for purposes of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) or local building codes. (California Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5) (Ord. 2023-07 § 3, 2023)