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City of Roseville ORDINANCE NO. 1645 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9 AN ORDINANCE CREATING CHAPTER 911 OF TITLE 9 TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCCOMMDATIONS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT. THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE ORDAINS: SECTION 1: Title 9, Chapter 911 of the Roseville City Code is hereby established to read as follows: 911.01 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST PROCESS A. Purpose. It is the policy of the city, pursuant to the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 to provide reasonable accommodation in the application of building, zoning, and and other regulations for qualified persons with disabilities seeking fair and equal access to housing. Reasonable accommodation means providing a qualified person with flexibility in the application of building, land use, zoning, and other regulations or policies (including the modification or waiver of certain requirements), when it is necessary to eliminate barriers to fair housing opportunities. The purpose of this article is to establish a process for making and acting upon requests for reasonable accommodation. B. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise or requires a different meaning. DISABILITY: Those disabilities which are recognized under applicable federal law. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Process by which the city may provide a qualified person flexibility in the application of land use, zoning, or other regulations. QUALIFIED PERSON: Any individual with a disability, their representative, or a developer or provider of housing for an individual with a disability. C. Initiation of Reasonable Accommodation Request.Any qualified person who requests a reasonable accommodation in the form of modification in the application of a building, zoning, or other regulation which may act as a barrier to fair housing opportunities due to the disability of existing or proposed residents, may do so on