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18.20.030 of the Municipal Code establishes the following criteria that are to be considered in evaluating a Design Review application: 1. Preservation of the natural beauty of the city and the project site's relationship to it; 2. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building to its site, including transition with streetscape, public views of the buildings, and scale of buildings within its site and adjoining buildings; 3. Appropriate relationship of the proposed building and its site to adjoining areas, including compatibility of architectural styles, harmony in adjoining buildings, attractive landscape transitions, and consistency with neighborhood character; 4. Preservation of views enjoyed by residents, workers within the city, and passersby through the community; 5. Landscaping designed to enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas, provide shade, and conform to established streetscape; 6. Relationship of exterior lighting to its surroundings and to the building and adjoining landscape; 7. Architectural style, as a function of its quality of design and relationship to its surroundings; the relationship of building components to one another/the building's colors and materials; and the design attention given to mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof, ground or buildings; 8. Integration of signs as part of the architectural concept; and 9. Architectural concept of miscellaneous structures, street furniture, public art in relationship to the site and landscape. (Ord. 1612 § 2, 1993; Ord. 1591 § 2, 1993) If the Planning Commission chooses to deny or modify the project, the decision to do so should be based on the criteria listed above and the Planning Commission must make findings supporting its decision. With a Design Review application, the Planning Commission should not deliberate on concerns regarding the occupants of the home or how the home will be used. This differs from the required findings for Conditional Use Permits, for instance, where a primary concern is the operation of the proposed use (see Section 18.124.070 of the Municipal Code). If there are issues that arise at a later date regarding the use of the home, those issues will be addressed by the City's Code Enforcement Officer (discussed in greater detail below.) • This property is zoned for single-family residences; what is the definition of a family? State law prohibits cities from defining a family in terms of blood or marriage and also prohibits cities from limiting the number of unrelated people who live can live together.' 1 In City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson, 27 Cal. 3d 123 (1980) the court struck down a municipal ordinance that permitted any number of related people to live in a house in a R- 1 zone but limited the number of unrelated people who were allowed to do so to five. There, the City had sought to exclude a group of 12 unrelated people living in a single-family dwelling in an R-1 zone because they were unrelated and thus did not meet the City's definition of a family. The Court held that the residents of the Adamson household constituted a "family" because they were a close group with social, economic, and psychological commitments to each other, and who shared expenses, rotated chores, ate evening meals together, and participated in recreational activities together. 2