§ 3-9-62. Assisted living facility.

This section provides minimum regulations and standards for an assisted living facility (ALF).

(a)

Location.

(1)

An ALF shall be a permitted or conditional use within the RMF, RMF-T, OMI, CG, CN, and CT zoning districts.

(2)

An ALF providing services for six (6) or less clients is a permitted use within the AG, RE, RSF, RMF, and MHC zoning districts.

(3)

An ALF providing services to seven (7) or more clients is permitted only by special exception within the AG, RE, RSF, and MHC zoning districts.

(4)

Within the MHP district, an ALF may be permitted only by special exception.

(5)

No ALF in a single-family residential zoning district, or generally located off major roadways within the established single-family neighborhood, shall be located less than one thousand (1,000) feet from an existing ALF in a single-family residential zone or established single-family neighborhood, as documented by the appropriate county department. The distance shall be measured from the nearest point of the existing ALF to the nearest point of the proposed ALF. An ALF which is in existence on the effective date of this section in a single-family residential zone, or generally located off major roadways within the established single-family neighborhood, which has been licensed by the state and which is presently located within one thousand (1,000) feet of another ALF, shall not be considered nonconforming.

(b)

Development standards.

(1)

An ALF shall meet the development standards applicable to the zoning district in which they are located, and it shall meet all applicable "special regulations" set forth in article III of this chapter.

(2)

For an ALF in a residential zoning district, no external evidence of such use, distinguishing the ALF from a regular dwelling, shall be visible from adjacent properties, public or private, except a sign with a maximum area of four (4) square feet within a single-family zoning district, or a maximum area of twelve (12) square feet within a multi-family zoning district.

(3)

The requirements and standards of the appropriate state department shall be met and evidence of current appropriate state licenses must be shown.

(4)

Compliance with the terms of this section and documentation issued hereunder with regard to zoning compliance are not a substitute for or exemption from the requirements of county occupational licenses.

(Ord. No. 2014-041, § 1(Exh. A), 11-25-14; Ord. No. 2015-004, § 1(Exh. A), 2-24-15; Ord. No. 2015-056, § 1(Exh. A), 12-8-15)

Cross reference

Definition of assisted living facility, § 3-9-2.