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�G .. -- 13 <br /> To Board of Caunty Commissioners • <br /> l=rvrtt Alice Gordon 46- •• • i-v/,r. <br /> Subject: Nursing Homes -Agenda Item 1H-5 <br /> 1-U <br /> Date t 17, 1993 / 5 <br /> . 9hCF UM <br /> it.is my understanding that :alder our currentordinance, nursing <br /> *homes can be built in residential districts as follows; <br /> (C <br /> ) 7-_-_15.3gratgjitrzlorGroup Care Facility-Class 8 Special Use Permit <br /> 23'rloce thi Ll 5 urge ales# tiers ns Some type of Played Development <br /> The proposed amendment would-allow nursing homes for over 15 Mated <br /> persons in all residential districts with a Class A Special Use Permit <br /> -RECUTINDATION• <br /> A Fennel of the PITTED USE TABLE acid other parts of our- <br /> ordinance will showthat we now limit residential units of this size either <br /> to commercial/industrial districts or to denser (! • r R5 and above) <br /> residential districts. Therefore I recommend that we take one of the <br /> follow ing action <br /> 1.. Leave the ordinance as it is, and require nursing homes of this size to <br /> come in as a planned:dvelo rent The potential impacts 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-+a d 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-8:8.281-Standards of Evaluation <br /> W) 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 asiditionai paragraph 1' which reflects the language in <br /> paragraph (e3 of the Standards of Evaluation for a Group Care Facility <br /> •(8,8,42) The proposed use is not within 500 feet of another existing <br /> Family Care Faci I f ty.:or croup Care Facility or tensing 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-surminding neig)bo€'hcod, The prod requirements deal mainly with <br /> the safety Of:tie nursing home residents. <br />