Minutes 02-18-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

4 • Addresses items of concern identified by the BOCC at the May and September meetings. o Removes the relative or legal guardian requirement o Removes the state residency requirement o Allows for a unit to remain on the property for up to 180 days after the mentally or physically impaired person is no longer receiving care. o Allows for more than one individual to reside in the unit. o Increases the number of unrelated persons that can live in a dwelling unit from three to five based on the North Carolina Residential State Building Code. Public Notification • Completed in accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO o Newspaper legal ads for two successive weeks Joint Planning Area Partners • Proposed amendments provided on December 22, 2015 o No Comments have been received. Recommendation • The Administration recommends the Board: o Receive the proposed amendments. o Conduct the public hearing and accept comment on the proposed amendments. o Close the public hearing. o Decide on one of the following options: • Adopt the proposed amendments by approving the Statement of Consistency and Ordinance. • Defer a decision to a later BOCC regular meeting date. • Refer the item back to the Planning Board for a specific purpose. Commissioner Dorosin said he appreciated the work that has gone into this item. He clarified that the unit can stay on the property up to 180 days after the person is no longer receiving care. Ashley Moncado said correct. Commissioner Dorosin asked if it is no longer a requirement that a person be related. He said if one builds one of these structures and the person needing care improved, the facility can still be used if another person needing care utilizes the structure within 180 days. Ashley Moncado said yes. Commissioner Dorosin asked if the structure stays within its envisioned use, it does not necessarily have to be temporary, even though it is called temporary. Ashley Moncado said the main thing that makes it temporary is that it is required to be on a trailer. Commissioner Dorosin said it is temporary in that it is not attached to the ground. He said he would like clarification regarding the number of unrelated persons being able to reside together. Ashley Moncado said the change in this number relates to any single-family structure not just to a temporary one. She said this change was necessary in general but fits in well within this text amendment. Commissioner Dorosin said the temporary health care unit would have no effect as they would be living in a separate dwelling. He asked if four people lived in a house and two people lived in a temporary custodial care unit, all would still be in compliance with the amended UDO.