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Social Service & Congregate Living Ordinance

JOINT COMMITTEE PUBLIC WORKSHOP - OCTOBER 15, 2019

Ordinance Purpose

• Current Zoning Outdated
• Create opportunity for uses
• Establish review process for potential site impacts & public

input

• Align with current building, fire and life safety codes

Summary of Input Received To Date

• Definitions may be too targeted (e.g. Social Service Center) or too encompassing (e.g.

Residential Care Facility)

• Concern for requiring abutter notice
• The annual license fee is viewed as onerous
• CUP criteria appears too subjective
• Concern for restricting some uses from locating directly adjacent to residential districts
• Interest in expanding the areas where some uses are allowed (e.g. Homeless Shelters,

Group Homes, Drug Treatment Facility)

• Concern for allowing Group Home in Office District
• Concern for the impacts of these uses on neighborhoods

Summary of Input Received To Date

Definitions may be too targeted (e.g. Social Service Center)

• r too encompassing (e.g. Residential Care Facility)

Existing: Social Service Center means a facility that provides services for persons recovering from chemical or alcohol dependency; survivors of abuse seeking support; persons transitioning from homelessness or prior incarceration; and persons with health and disability concerns. It does not include in- patient, overnight, or living quarters for recipients of the service or for the staff. Such service does not include medical examinations or procedures, or medical detoxification, dispensing of drugs or medications,

• r other treatments normally conducted in a medical office.

Proposed: Social Service Center means a facility operated by a public, nonprofit or charitable institution, which provides meeting space and counseling, therapy or other social or human services to persons in need

• f such services. It does not include in-patient, overnight, or personal care services for recipients of the

service or for the staff. Such service does not include medical examinations or procedures, or medical detoxification, dispensing of drugs or medications, or other treatments normally conducted in a medical

• ffice.

 Domestic Violence Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter, protection, and support for those escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence, including victims of human

• trafficking. A domestic violence shelter also accommodates the minor children of such individuals. The

facility may also offer a variety services to help individuals and their children including counseling and legal guidance. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision provided on a 24-hour basis.  Homeless Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter without a fee to persons who are

• homeless. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision

provided during operation.  Residential Care Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour medical and/or non-medical care to persons in need of personal care services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. A residential care facility may include nursing care, assisted living, hospice care, and continuum of care facilities. Continuum of care facilities may also include independent living facilities as part of the continuum. Residential care facility does not include a residential drug/alcohol treatment facility.

 Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour in house supervision for medical and/or non-medical/therapeutic care of persons seeking rehabilitation from a drug and/or alcohol addiction. Such facilities may include medical detoxification.  Drug Treatment Clinic means a non-residential facility authorized by the state to provide treatment and licensed drugs to persons, including, but not limited to, methadone or suboxone, to manage and treat drug dependencies.  Food Pantry means a non-profit organization that provides food directly to those in need. Food pantries receive, buy, store, and distribute food. Food pantries may also prepare meals to be served at no cost to those who receive them. A food pantry may be part of a place of worship, social service center, homeless shelter, and domestic violence shelter.

Lodginghouse shall mean any dwelling for more than four unrelated persons, which lets provides separate rooms for sleeping accommodations for a fee for a transient or permanent basis, without personal care services, with or without meals, but and without separate cooking facilities for individual

• ccupants. For purposes of this article, the term lodging house shall not include a hotel or motel.

Lodginghouse shall include fraternity and/or sorority house. Group home means any premises, privately or publicly sponsored, where board and supervision are given to five or more persons not related by blood or marriage to the owner or primary occupant thereof, for the purpose of social rehabilitation and/or long term sheltered care. a facility in a residential dwelling, providing living accommodations and care for five or more unrelated persons who are in need of personal care services and/or are in need of supervision. Group home may include non-medical drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Summary of Input Received To Date

Concern for requiring abutter notice

• Propose removing requirement for abutter notice for annual

Operating License fee

• Conditional Use Permit would require notification of abutters within

200’ of subject site and posting of sign onsite

Summary of Input Received To Date

• The annual license fee is viewed as onerous

Propose removing requirement for annual Operating License fee of $200

Summary of Input Received To Date

Conditional Use Permit criteria appear too subjective

Conditional Use Permit Criteria

• The proposed use will not have a significant adverse impact on the general

welfare, safety, and health of the neighborhood or community, including that

• f the client population being served by such uses.
• The proposed use is compatible with the character of the surrounding area

in terms of operational characteristics including hours of operation, outdoor lighting, noise, and traffic generation.

Conditional Use Permit Criteria Continued

Group Home:

• Must maintain the appearance of a residential structure.
• When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the

residential character of the structure. Residential Care Facility: When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the residential character of the structure. Drug Treatment Clinic:

• Security lighting is required. Such lighting must be adequate to deter or detect intrusions or other criminal activity

during non-daylight hours.

• Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units.

Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility: Facilities shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Social Service Center: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Homeless Shelter: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units.

Summary of Input Received To Date

Concern for restricting some uses from locating directly adjacent to residential districts

• A setback or buffer distance between structures and the property line

abutting parcels in residential zoning districts could be used instead

Summary of Input Received To Date

• Interest in expanding the areas where some uses are allowed (e.g.

Homeless Shelters, Group Homes, Drug Treatment Facility)

• Concern for allowing Group Home in Office District
• Concern for the impacts of these uses on neighborhoods

Homeless Shelter

Proposed Next Steps

• Continue Joint Committee review of definitions, CUP criteria, and Operating

License criteria

• Identify use locations using Downtown Form Based Zoning Subdistricts
• Next Joint Committee meeting is Tuesday, November 12th

Proposed Uses

Congregate Living:

• Homeless Shelter
• Domestic Violence Shelter
• Residential Drug Treatment Facility
• Residential Care Facility
• Group Home*
• Lodginghouse*

*Amendments proposed to current use definition.

Social Service:

• Social Service Center
• Food Pantry
• Drug Treatment Clinic

USE ZONING DISTRICT R LD LD-1 MD HD HD-1 CB CBL COM O HC BGR

Group Home

P SE SE SE CUP P CUP P CUP

Lodginghouse

SE CUP P CUP

Domestic Violence Shelter

P P P P P

Drug Treatment Clinic

CUP

Food Pantry

P P P

Homeless Shelter

CUP CUP

Social Service Center

CUP CUP CUP

Residential Care Facility

CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP

Residential Drug / Alcohol Treatment Facility

CUP CUP

Where would proposed uses be located?

Uses Requiring Conditional Use Permit & Operating License

Congregate Living:

• Homeless Shelter
• Residential Drug Treatment Facility
• Residential Care Facility
• Group Home
• Lodginghouse*

*Currently requires operating license from City Council

Social Service:

• Social Service Center
• Drug Treatment Clinic

Operating License Criteria

• Description of the property location
• Description of the client population
• Max # of beds or persons of facility
• Property owner contact info
• Operator contact info (24-hour contact

for the public and the City)

• A management plan
• A security plan
• Evidence that all required

licenses/permits obtained

• Labels for direct abutters