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3 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: Article 4 . 3 - Permitted Use Table <br /> Article 8 - Special Uses <br /> Article 10.4 - Off-Street Parking Requirements <br /> Article 22 - Definitions <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: x_ High Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 24, 1993 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: <br /> To differentiate the definition and standards for nursing home <br /> facilities from the current designation which is included under <br /> "rehabilitative care facility. " <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: <br /> Under the current Zoning Ordinance provisions, a nursing home <br /> facility for more than fifteen unrelated individuals must comply <br /> with standards for a rehabilitative care facility. The land use <br /> category for rehabilitative care includes facilities for <br /> individuals addicted to drugs or alcohol, youthful offenders, and <br /> persons adjusting to non-prison life. Such facilities are <br /> permitted in the Local Commercial, Community Commercial, and <br /> General Commercial zoning districts. <br /> Nursing homes for fifteen or fewer residents are considered group <br /> care facilities which are allowed in most zoning districts with a <br /> Class B Special Use Permit. <br /> The Planning Staff proposes a new land use category, H8a-Nursing <br /> Homes, that may be allowed in the same zoning districts as a <br /> group care facility with a Class A Special Use Permit approved by <br /> the Board of Commissioners. Appropriate standards are <br /> recommended for addition to Article 8 - Special Uses, and a <br /> revised definition of "nursing home" proposed for Article 22 . <br /> EXISTING AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br /> Article 4.3 - Permitted Use Table <br /> (see attachment) <br />