Sec. 26-134. - Standards for special group residences and similar uses.

The following conditions shall apply to special group residences including but not limited to, board and care, convalescent home, half-way house, boardinghouses and communal housing;

(a)

Density. In a residential zone, special group housing shall be limited to the density allowed by the underlying zone district. In congregate care facilities, each bedroom with one (1) or two (2) beds shall count as a unit when calculating density. In bedrooms with more than two (2) beds, each bed shall count as a

unit. This shall be the maximum permitted density. The Planning Commission may require a lower density as the situation requires. In a nonresidential zone, density shall be limited to one (1) unit per two hundred (200) square feet of lot area;

(b)

Location. When within a residential district, no other similar facility may be in operation within one-half mile of the proposed project site. If the use is a fraternity or sorority, the use shall be sufficiently located from other residential uses so as not to potentially disturb the surrounding neighborhood;

(c)

Concerns. Consideration of the conditional use permit shall address crime rate, concentration of similar uses, and the style and scale of the proposed building in relation to other buildings in the immediate vicinity;

(d)

Continuation of use. The applicant shall provide sufficient evidence that the use will remain as the use applied for through a deed restriction or other method suitable to the Planning Commission;

(e)

Open space. Each facility shall provide not less than three hundred (300) square feet of common open space and one hundred fifty (150) square feet of usable open space per unit or room. Of the one hundred fifty (150) square feet, not less than fifty (50) square feet shall be private open space, and the remainder may be common open space added to the required three hundred (300) square feet of common open space;

(f)

Proximity to public transit. The facility shall be located within one thousand feet (1,000') by legal pedestrian route to a public transit stop; and

(g)

Parking requirements. Parking and loading shall be as required by article III, division 6 of this Development Code.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)