§ 65.162. Supportive housing facility.

One (1) main building, or portion thereof, on one (1) zoning lot where persons with mental illness, chemical dependency, physical or mental handicaps, and/or persons who have experienced homelessness reside and wherein counseling, training, support groups, and/or similar services are provided to the residents.

This definition does not include:

(1)

Foster homes as defined in this Code;

(2)

Residential treatment programs physically located on hospital grounds;

(3)

Regional treatment centers operated by the commissioner of human services;

(4)

Licensed semi-independent living services for persons with mental retardation or related conditions or mental illness, if the license holder is not providing, in any manner, direct or indirect, the housing used by persons receiving the service.

(5)

Community residential facilities, licensed correctional, as defined in this Code.

Standards and conditions:

(a)

The facility shall be a minimum distance of one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet from any other of the following congregate living facilities with more than four (4) adult residents, except in B5-B5 business districts where it shall be at least six hundred (600) feet from any other such facility: supportive housing facility, licensed correctional community residential facility, emergency housing facility, shelter for battered persons, or overnight shelter.

(b)

In RL-RT1 residential districts, the facility shall serve six (6) or fewer facility residents. In RT2 residential, traditional neighborhood, Ford, OS-B3 business and IT-I2 industrial districts, the facility shall serve sixteen (16) or fewer facility residents.

(c)

In residential, T1 traditional neighborhood and F1 Ford districts, a conditional use permit is required for facilities serving seven (7) or more facility residents.

(d)

In residential and T1 traditional neighborhood districts, facilities serving seventeen (17) or more facility residents shall have a minimum lot area of five thousand (5,000) square feet plus one thousand (1,000) square feet for each guest room in excess of six (6) guest rooms. In T2-T4 traditional neighborhood districts, the density shall be regulated as for multifamily uses.

(C.F. No. 05-441, § 3, 8-24-05; Ord No. 11-27, § 1, 4-20-11; Ord 16-5, § 1, 4-13-16; Ord 18-1, § 1, 1-24-18)

Editor's note

See editor's note, § 65.159.