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AUG-17-1993 07:19 FROM ALICE GORDON TO BLYTHE - LINK P.02 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> To: Board of County Commissioners <br /> From: Alice Gordon V1 <br /> Subject: Nursing Homes - Agenda Item 11 l-G <br /> Date: August 17, 1993 <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> It is my understanding that under our current ordinance, nursing <br /> homes can be built in residential districts as follows <br /> (1) 7-15 unrelated Persons-Group Care Facility-Class B Special Use Permit <br /> 2) More than..1..5.unreiated_peris_oi- Some type of Planned Development <br /> The proposed amendment would allow nursing homes for over15 unrelated <br /> persons in all residential districts with a Class A Special Use Permit. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> A perusal of the PERMITTED USE TABLE and other parts of our <br /> ordinance will show that we now limit residential units of this size either <br /> to commercial/industrial districts or to denser (R4-or R5 and above) <br /> residential districts. Therefore I recommend that we take one of the <br /> following actions <br /> I. Leave the ordinance as it is, and require nursing homes of this size to <br /> impacts in as a planned development. The potentia l rnp acts of these homes <br /> on the surrounding residential neighborhood might make the approval of a <br /> plan desirable_ <br /> OR <br /> 2. Extend this use to R-4-and higher densities only, and make the following <br /> additions or changes to the requirements for the Special Use Permit. P.5, <br /> agenda packet- Nursing Home Facility-8.8.26.2-Standards of Evaluation <br /> (d) Delete or a Class A private road" from this paragraph. Such a <br /> nursing facility would be more appropriately located on a public road_ <br /> (i) Add an additional paragraph "i" which reflects the language in <br /> paragraph (a) of the Standards of Evaluation for a Group Care Facility <br /> (8.8.42) The proposed use is ' of within 500 feet of another existing <br /> Family Care Facility or Group Care Facility or Nursing Home" <br /> Also ask the staff to develop additional requirements for screening (or <br /> buffering) and vehicular access to minimize potential adverse impacts on <br /> the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed requirements deal mainly with <br /> the safety of the nursing home residents, <br /> .- vim' <br />