Group homes and residential care in Fairfield

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Parking	Off-street parking spaces must be at most 150 feet from building entrances. Applies: Applies to large residential care facilities. § 25.32.24 · code text Off-street parking spaces shall be located a maximum of 150 feet from building entrances.
Homes for 7 or more	Planning Commission approval of a Special Conditional Use Permit is required. Applies: Applies to large residential care facilities with 7 or more residents besides the caregiver. § 25.32.24 · code text Planning Commission approval of a Special Conditional Use Permit is required to establish a large residential care facility.
Homes for 6 or fewer	No discretionary review is required; treated as a residential use under the same standards as a single-family dwelling. Applies: Applies to small residential care facilities serving 6 or fewer residents besides the caregiver. § 25.32.23 · code text No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other discretionary approval shall be required for the establishment or operation of a small residential care facility in any zone that permits single-family dwellings. Such facilities shall be treated as a residential use of property, subject only to the same standards that apply to a single-family dwelling in the same zone.
Distance between homes	A facility must be at least 300 feet from any other such facility. Applies: Applies to large residential care facilities (7 or more residents), from any other such facility. § 25.32.24 · code text No residential care facility may locate within 300 feet of any other such facility.

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Fairfield's code: Off-street parking spaces must be at most 150 feet from building entrances. (Applies to large residential care facilities.) (§ 25.32.24); Planning Commission approval of a Special Conditional Use Permit is required. (Applies to large residential care facilities with 7 or more residents besides the caregiver.) (§ 25.32.24).

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