Group homes and residential care in Beaumont

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Parking	Keep garage and driveway spaces free; at most one vehicle per resident, at home or on streets within 300 feet. Applies: Unlicensed group homes; applies to residents and the house manager. § 17.13.020 · code text All garage and driveway spaces associated with the home shall, at all times, be available for the parking of vehicles. Residents and the house manager may store or park only a single vehicle per resident at the home or on any street within 300 feet of the home.
Homes for 6 or fewer	Special use permit required. Applies: Unlicensed group homes with 6 or fewer occupants, not counting the house manager, in R-SF, R-TN or R-MF zones. § 17.13.020 · code text An unlicensed group home may locate in a R-SF, R-TN or R-MF zone with a special use permit provided:
Distance between homes	At least 300 feet apart, measured from the closest property lines. Applies: Between an unlicensed group home and any other state-licensed group home or group home with a special use permit under this chapter. § 17.13.020 · code text The unlicensed group home is not located within 300 feet, as measured from the closest property lines, of any other state-licensed group home or group home issued a special use permit under this Chapter;
Where allowed	R-SF, R-TN and R-MF zones. Applies: Unlicensed group homes, with a special use permit. § 17.13.020 · code text An unlicensed group home may locate in a R-SF, R-TN or R-MF zone with a special use permit provided:

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Beaumont's code: Keep garage and driveway spaces free; at most one vehicle per resident, at home or on streets within 300 feet. (Unlicensed group homes; applies to residents and the house manager.) (§ 17.13.020); Special use permit required. (Unlicensed group homes with 6 or fewer occupants, not counting the house manager, in R-SF, R-TN or R-MF zones.) (§ 17.13.020).

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